Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, August 11, 1876, Page 2

z tonka, and had been prodigal bn praver, as Falher de Bmet had enjoined, andyct his people had gows on from bad ta worse. What ehould he dot Col. Otle, himecll a dib- eral thinker, ndejsed Two Bears to keep on praying. and tn the menntime feport to Father desmet ad St. Louts fot farther Instructtons, Two Tbrars himeelf I3 not on the warspoth; but the fact that & larye proportlcn of hle teibe Ja with ten, Tull, F\Iunl\{l\nlmflllulu to tho cause of Chria- tanity, Since leaving Mamarek and the telegraph, this Branch of the expedition hias been beyoud eiviliza. tivu, and we are lkely 1o continun in Jgnorance. What Craok has done, or what fte will do, are mat- ters of sheer conjectitros vl Terey will do ia suse ceptible of o “mathematleal demoiistration. The very fuct that Hrevet Brig. -Gen, & W, Foreyth, Milltary Secretary fo the Lientenant-General, is along with the command, en routo Lo tha Bk Hoen, fu evidence that Teery and his eommand will o Into winter quarters al onec, It 1s aJamentable trath that the campaign opened Ly the Federl teops taking tha defenalve, and 1t will so close ln thin Centennial year, On the 17th of June, BITTING LULL MET AND WIILI'PRD CROOK on the opon plaln; and on the 25th of June—after taking cato of the wonnded n Crook's fight, and afler a furced march of 00 mHea—Sliting lull met and demolishied Custer, Ono does not lay himsel! open to the eharge of troason when he numils that hero was displayed gencralahip of a high order, Audnow let s du Justice fo n brase mas memo, ry. Terry, and fhat braggart, Tom loeser, of Ifllnncn!‘\o I, May writs oy much aa they pleare abont the Lad genernlahip Curter displayed i that Just terribie cnglq;emcnt yet your correspoudent modestly veniures the opilulon that, If cver the truth of Custer's luat battle ho writlen, it will show that Custer did not tenuscond fnstructions,—that Custor did not attack 8iiting Tinll und nls victorl: our warriors, but that Sliting Bull surprised Cueter and Reno—slanghtered the commund of the former nil would liave massacred the cominand of the atter had It not been for Custer's thoughtfulnesa In keeping hia bravest Captain, Menteen, In ro- rerve. It1unow the last week in July, Crook, who fought the Indisus with Infantry in the tropical cliuate of Arizonn, may possibly attempt the saine thing In the kiyperborean Iatitude, but ‘Ferry, who hine hadd expericnce, will naver put his met upon 8uch hurdshily. In the first place, TIB NUMDER OF INFANTRY ON JTAKD and to come I8 not sufliclent to warrant either Terry of Crook, or buth together, {n taking the offcnsive. And aa for mnun!iny! thama, why, the nllitary ne- Ccossity bocomes a military ‘farco.’ efore loaving Chicago Gen. Sheridan expressed the oplnion to mie thut his only foar was tue hostile Sjoux would break up Into raving bands. This they have dane. Tlenso emphasize that suntence—thia they hace done/ Now, what ia the army golngto do? Accord- jug to the lowest estimnte thero aro 4,000 hostlle Sjoux In the fleld. Acmr(llnf to the Ligh- cot eatlmate, there are 3, 80U Federal troups fu the flold, The Sloux are all well armed with repeat- ing, long-range sifics, and well mounted. "The Tederal troops are partly woll armed with repeat- ing, long-range rifles, und only an integral por- tionnounted. {If thoso at tho front arc no bet- 1er monnted than the 200 horses gent froin St Paul, then Ieaven help them, for a sorse lot of horecs 1 never saw, At Hralnerd, the contractor put hoods un some of thelr hieads (0 keep the Gov- ‘ernment oflicers at Fort Lincoln from seeing what villninous brutes they were,] If it be true thit the Slonx will make tho campalgn hereafter in the guerrilla fashlon, whut cheek will Gen. Phitl Sheri- Gon's command liold over thum? Tho Slonx muy not fnvade tho settloments, they miay not ruynge the frontler, but thoy will Keep up an active war- fate that wili mako thom oll the Larder to subiduo next year, This letter s dated “ON THE YELLOWSTONE juven.' It your readers want to kuow What thia river anid Lhe conntry borderlug it are, they will not need Munro's Dimy Novels, Ned Buntlino's storles, or rof, Mayden's reports, In former lettors to 'Tux Tutnuxk 1 hnve oxploded sowe of thero romantic theories, 1nstead of ity hnmzln Invitlng region, 1t 1s now, In thu middle of its short summer, n wost forbidding land, To-day wo landed and preospected one of fta moet inviting valleys. There ‘wus an open prairle reachiing back 2 nilos to the fuothills, and evidently filled with & luxurluny vegetation, Tho helght of the bank and the allu. vial depurit naturally indlcated the presence of bullberricn, atrawbetries, aud the thoosand-snid- ono indigonons varicties of the florn) kingdow, iat what diu we find? Bage-brush and lop-cured sun- flowers! One solitury hermaphrodite wild. roso was discovered, but might have been cactus, a8 we bad mo botanlst on the boat. ‘The general configuration of the country fs that of & fellow who hus buen bounced out of aCanal-stroot whisky-dive, fud the guneral value of Lhu country is ¢qual to Chl o-Itiver wa- tor for toilet purposes, 1In fact, Lers 18 B scope of country lying north and sonth of the Mirsourl iverand eastand west of the 104th longitnde which God Almighty Intended solely for the vecu- patlon of Bloux Inainns und rutticenokes, and 1 shall ever hold that the white mau has ne niore Dbusinoss hora thin be has in Uil It this vast wild—tlmber, wator, pralric—ono would naturally expeet to find pp abundince of wild game, It s o reglon seldom eucroached upon by the hunter. = Su far, we hayve kcon o holf-score of “wild goese with thelr youn, one antediluvian bear, one youngetk, and one black-tailed dear, THIS IS ALL OF LIFR, But in the mud foot-bilis ouo cun casily flud Tomaim "ot "tepuice “nnd " pitbarlads "ot the agos no before; and whi ¢ land- b M Wk g Bl Tl o B P Tt student thers sro avidences of tho glacial perfod which the canons of Switzerland cannot snrpuns, T have found molluscs and ribbed pensloners upon the Munlz of old Neptune at tho wnow.ljuv on eome of thess Montaus poaks slde by elde with ecarlot and nutritious have acen and heard tho hot-blooded viper wi le uod biss on tmountains that were wont to otfer sheitering places for dull and lethargic theosauriaus; and whore, to-day, the awkward clk aud buffale gam- bol, once the heavy mastodon trod in teiwmpli, Anapparent luxuriant vegotution lends a charm to the acune—the eye (v pleased; tho truusjtivn from mud and mosquitoes (the characteristica of the Missourl River) to the gravel and canon of the Yel- lowstone, fs gratitying. And yet, anu fouls ko exciaiming with tho Pealmist: ~ ** From the valloy of thin death, O Lord, delivar ust™ There Inau'old u)ylng. that it there ls anything mean in a man, afife on the Plains will b!’nt.' it wut, Anotber old saying, if there Is snything mcan in s man s o in the army wil) brinyg it ont. Glven, the truth of theas old sawe, and tho presunt circumstances, 1ifs both on the Flolus sad in tho army, and yoar answet ls, JE 13 A DEVILISH MEAN MAN, Wo have fuind hiwi in all his tmperfections, and Niw presunce amung theao expeditioners i Lho onfy drawback we hinve had to contend witt, I will not Auseribe il too accuratsly, for, with all the Joaf- er'n mesnnes, he will whuot, anil 1 do not proposo 1o enn the tisk of having any Tiinuxe letiers rido up b judzment and get me clipped of_an auriculue uppendn t hu lsa clironic grumbler, a glut. tou, o hlowh and u concelted ans, o was never west of the Miastasippl in hiw ite betoro; yet by peraistent cranuning of burder novels und Cuis- n 1ifo on the Plains ne has acquired o basla of teelintea) information which enables him to Jay off when an srzament i going on, snd come in on the tretels with acliucher which nover falls to ci that party. liis principal cmployment, fore, [a zoini abaut the bony and watehlng for tunitics to ahow off his learning; aud an wo Lave 400 men on honnd, opport, ldom wantluz, Among the otleers ho ed us 2 pestlience, 1f ever we reach ‘To; amp Siy Oracle Muwhnrd witl po into wuarantine, Other- wire, wo hive o most ngreeable party. The crow of th traneport Carsoll, fram Capt. Uim Burlutel and Clerk J. (2. A, Parr to the enzineers and slew- ord, are nll quatified and ugreeabls wen, courteons in furninhing information und modest b e dis- chargs of thelr ssverul duties. Add to these our principal passcnger, QHN. J, W. FORSYTII, ‘who ¥ now making his second lrl]}l up tha Yellow. stone, ond a genuns humo named Uncle Ben Jewell, pilot, and evorybody finds his curionity pleassutly gratiled. Uncle Heu hua heen u riveruan from time immemorlal. 1ila earlleat recollections, how- ever, are jndistinct,. and le does not ek to go any farther back than June, 163, when ho' made a canoe voysge with Tather Marquette down the Chicago, " Deaplaines, and 1llinols Rivers. 1 140G he wus stecrsiian for Tewls and Clarke, and gulded their butteaus from B1, Louis to the mouth of the Gallatin, CTncle Ben, ke most Misslaaippl-Rlver boatmen, was an ordent rebel, and it is hils Bapolest bour when ho can get roine of the present milltary party in the pllot-bouss while ‘he relates incldents of the l‘mu S*whon 1 was with Stonewsll, and we Ot flnu'lml in Firgluny, ' Liko must stenmboutinen, o thoroughly understands his = Lusincasi umd, ‘whilo we Jaugh at the licenso be allows his tongue, we know nlso that his eye is like nn eagle's, and Nis musclo like Jlercufea’. Tha Yellowstono River i, in places, very narrow und rapid, One of Unclu Bow's chicf pleasures i that of sudden), ewinging the Carroll ln and kuocking turties off o wlog with tho fantall, 3 Lustscason Uen, Forsyth mapped tho .Yellow- stons Kiver, and wo Gnd ks data invaluable, snd, oy he ls on cducnted, sgreeably gentieman, thoso who are for tho first Hug sxplutlug Win God-for. wnken replon avail thomselves of hle knowledus, TILL HOMANCE OF A ¥OOK YOUNG MAN, 1 found him yestorduy, cating bis hard bread and beans ot the aft end of {he bollars, where the heat was aluiost intolerable. Although the boat s very niuch crowdud, yet thero wers other and moro fu- vitlng plices for lunching, and I saked hio why he didn’t go furward aut of e heat, §o replied vVery quictly thut It was Iiw way—be Dked (0 it and be slone, 1 had befure noticed that a suajority of the troope wery Aidericans and of the bettor class, vomcthing wnusssl dn the Tesular wrwy. Ihe youuy man in guestion was bright und clean ook g, and not over 835, and out of curlity 1 et the frst Sergeant of hiv cumpany for in- funnation. Al the Bergeant know win that tha nan bad enlisted at Newpors Darracks sud cawmo 10 thy Compuny four yeurs ago, When It wus stationed o the Upgier Mivsourd, fle wos an onlinurily courtesy und ol politler, never getling futo trouble, cinerate Incatg © and | drinking, and wovavn proferrlog to) bo wlune, To-day, earght biny alone dud Interslewed Lim, with a pro- Viro shut it ehoild o no further, it eant, Lo Uie adlicers ul his regiment, and that 1 xhonld o nim A rtut favor, he ave mie i brtef blography, 1y tamily woze noutherners of respectabls standing, Lavigh of modurate circumstunces, at the coms o et of the Jute CivI Wur, 11t father Lad carly Implauted in bl mind a loveof *'thy glord. o pomp and elrcumstance of war,” belng hin un cuthusiustic worabipor ul the sbrine of Nu- polcon Botaparte, Leath cae b bim, ue hu wohl have wished, whils Jeading & clirgs of cavalyy agi b ot thio infuntry of OLL TECUMBEIL AT IESACA. Tl mother dled of u broken hears, his only slater married apd went th Kurope, end psaca fuund ienuilces and fricndivse, Frouss 185 to 1672 ha W bded bupd to makeu reapeclable Byl bot fatled. InJdune, 1872, Lo cullated ot Nuwpurt,uud S tve, Iie tise Wil eeplee neat eear. beg 1 have fnpes of Iintereathng sowie of father'n friende i my bebatl, and A mnbodtesn'a position T tee oy, T nm stowvine hard o mnetor of o soldiees M uned, 1k [laring A \ery faik edieation, 1 fully niaster the highiee f~’m1 w1 n A fewe ' T ubtaluing Yot this the detaile of your father have you Aftor Thesttating e dnswered: . Hurt. ranft, anla, i3ty noele, and - % promptly Infesposy UL yon have sitel Infaence un thiat at court, and out of x miverable pride prefer 1o serve tau private soldier, und give up yous scalp to Sittng Boll, why, go on, A roldice got shot to.day--shot in the neck—with o Dmllet. lie wasn't hurt touch, but terrinly {ittle nlzeer boy ealled “hyrnrp " wan with a [i\ul. swhen 1t went ofl.” e ball rvmm‘ through o blkhead and the holler deck and hit n woldler un thie Invrc{ ery night the picketa fire an alarm, by 4 have turned “Iliere I8 no ymine in the conntey, which Is 'y gRood sign that there are uo Indiane very clase, The expedition has had {ta AECOND SENSATION to-day. Lvents of o stariling character crawd upon us, \‘rn(v,-nm{ the negro boy, Syrn{y, shot n soldier, and to-day his detachment of the great Federal army perpetrated o grossand unpardonahle outrage npoin the Amerlean eaglo and two forlorn Americans who, becoming ilieguated witl this yhlialnous country, had perched that emblem of iberty upon thelr standard and struck oat for clvillzation, Upon fuller examination, we il that the two forlorn Americans wera desctters from the 8fcventh Cavaley, and wero traveling dowu the Yellowstone in a ainali boat, laving for In:l)lhl A box of hanl-tack and an eaule xx paascnicr. They report Terry's conunani stiil hemmed In by Sltting Ball, but desertern gencrully o with much volus bility, Nevertheleas, o good ewbstantial lie 18 lx-nrcv:lnmll:{ men who have been for days and days confined to the circumacribed Iimita of & Meamoont which makes sn sverage d miles an honr, In anticipation of the bullding of TWO TEN-COMPANY I'OSTS on the Upper Yellowetone, aud the diveesion of o Irge portion of AMontana tradu through this ciian- nel, Tsend you the following revised **log " of the rteamer Carroll, ad, next yenr, steamhoating on thia river will undonhtedly be Inrge, For the bhen- elit of steambontoen, [ would romark that the Yel- Towstona ita entire lencth ls About such n river as the Ohio frum Brandenburg to French Ialand, b tween Loulsviile and Evanavilie, An its pencral nonrce fy fn the scuthwest, tho general dlrcctlon s northenst, lwving precipitous biuds and high table-landa on its cast bank and willow-patehen and prafrie-land on the wert bank. The cutrent ta steady at 613 miles an hour, except on raplds, where it reachen 843 and ), The attom is composed of hard pravel, with impure sandatong rocks freely distributed through' the bends. There v a 4-foot chatnel from {he month W Powder River, slthongh itis now late in the searon, Eyery indication is that the river will be nuviguble that'far for 20-inch boats- al) the year, In muny places the river In cut up into sumll {slands, ‘making the chatnel hard to ind, Woud i fonnd (n abundanee {n nhinost every bend, TELLOWSTONE RIVEl, PROM FONT BUFORD TO UEAD OF NAVIGATION. Forayth Rlur, Ol £, Gilhert Koy Weat Palni. Kanley Shoal Seven Triands Hanond Island.., p Bally's Cromsinge,eaesens 63 DeYIls Uuckl Alone 1Eapla, 73 BuiTulv Rapids Crittenden'n ,r da. 70 Sunday Creek .. Letehton's uit . 80 ftuynold Ialan Evuna Cre 87 Tokue Rive K 07 Custer's ARhity 73, 101 Tong tata (0 Little Pore 120 Willotin Cree quu[l-,nu‘;rl:pldn. Procion. INDIANS, TUR DATTLE OF TiE CARROLL, From Our (rcn Correspondent. OK THE YELLOWSTONE, Powder Itiver, Eaturday, July 20, 1870.—At lawt wo have had a battle with the Indiaps. Detolls to follow. Results, a very falr puraphraso of the school-boy'a favorite martinl poem, **We charged n n dock of geeso," cte, The dererters we captured this morning told Col, Otls that au Indiun camp wus ot the month vf Powder rlyer, but no credit was givon Lho report, Farther on, wo saw a cavalry horse pleketed on the west bank, Unt aid not slop to investigate what was certainly a singular sud suspicious cireum- atance. At b p. m. wo muda the head of Wolf Tapids, which lay under a high bluft In the left- lmnd bend, and after crossing over to o high pral- rle, uncovercd aa ludlan camp on fite, position vu the roof of the pilot houwe, with a fleld-gines, your correspondent waw the enemy, perhnpa 200 strong, on the cast plateaw just below Powder River, and forty or fifty un thy west bank, THR ALARM WAS AT OKCE SOUNDED, and the Twenty-second Infantry put In Aghting ae- ray, From whera the lostile cump was frst dix- covered to o polnt oppusite an the river wis nearfy two miles; tho buat was heavily foaded, and tho curront seven miles on hour, At first, evory indicatiun was thut the Indlans intended gly- Ing us battle, ‘I'he boat, bowever, ran very sluw, and the fact that she has hut u small cabln, and that the soldlera all crowded to the larbourd sida where the Indiane coudd see the force they woull lave to contend ngatnst, determined them to roe treat. Atonce, all was lfe and bustle fn the camp, They began rewoviug thefr supplics and ponles 1o thio timbor aud bluffa up Pawder River. Seelng thie, Cal. Otls ordered a landing, butas the boat shoaled on the [eft-hand point under the cump and aistance of 30 foet from thexhore, he counter- manded the order, and she stood out and up the river. After foollng away un hour in_phting the muddy torrent of the Yellowstone, Col, Otls gave the order to LAND AND FIONT INDIANS, ‘The boat was headed tuto the right bank, and ofter striking, iwo companles went ou shore und de- ployed ns siclrmishers, but o march of u mile }nilud to uncover a wi Indfun, The boat then stood ont jn the rlver and the first firs came from tho Endian camp §n the shiape of 0 Winchester bul. lot, which struck the hurrieano roof just forward the pllot-house und hin U inchics of one of the pour devil who unly s iiny or two befure. descrted to keep from being” shot.” Barricmdes of dunnge and kunpsack - were laetily thrown ap on the larbonrd shde, wmen ordered bee hind, and_a general firo opened on the Ayt frostiles, The distance was overa hinlf mile, ap althouh thousandy of shots were fired, yeb there wus 1o evidence that nuy executlon whsicver was done, 1t took the boat from b o'clock, when the Indiny cnmp was est dlecovered, tl half-past 8 to un the two smiles, sl fram our slds (he rttle of musketry was incessant, The fndians, however, did not fire to excoed o dozen shotd, alx of which ook etlect on the boot, sud one slightly wounded wrlvate Davoghue of Captain MInees. company. 2 u point opiposite the Indiny camp hie hot was Einded aid Captalnn Footow’s company won thrown forwurd as skirmishers, After un- cuvering the high prairie TUE INDIANA WERE Flve ponivd, ol a good muny munts, Were foand t the catap, ( cort und outa. The down and the recall sonnded, aoNe. rms and equlp. a8 alea n large Hes were mers On the west bunk, Adjutunt Cnaey and Lieat. Mackiin found a good deal of furnge, which they destroyed. e geveral recull was then sonnded, und aftor all thie Craopm lud crtaeked tie boat steamied sowly up the river, uid thus ended. **the Luttle of the Carroll, ™ Many of the troops were under Gro (+uch nw §t wis) for the fiest thie, and [ am 2l to way thore waw noscalilng, Tu meckanans ahip, L rry 10 sy, they weto sadly deficient, TR, NEW VOUK MERALD COME- BIONDENT, sefzed hin repentlng riflo umd went on shore with the first detachment, but your eorrespondent, ke Martha, chose tho better Gind moro wafe) part, and remuined at Wi poat (the safust ouw uu tue baat) on the (op of the pliot-honse, 1t Judguent al discretlon were peobtable i thy e, for white Rl v trudglog e v correnpondent quie of Long John Campboll, sud led the van i ritling the dessrted Indfuncamp, 1 captured the highe wnuck-u-muck's primitive war outtlt and enough red flannel medlelne baws o last te Whisky Ring oty as it quurters I the Cook County Juil, The dinnn wo surpriecd wera outho war-puth, bt whether golng “toor seturniug from one of the Missourl River Agencies could not be determined. iele peesenico here, i an eeld suppiled we Gy evidenlly were with gumunition, argues badly for Terry's communid, Puocioy, TERNY’S CAMP. ARIIVAL OF THE BEINVORCEMENTS, From Oup Oon Corvespondent, Cang Rosrnun, Montana, Aug, 1o—After twolve daya’ truvet by river from Fort Lincoln, the Twon- ty-second Infantry haw ut Jast reachod Gon, Terry's commund, bringing much-needed reinfurcements; und yet, b I far trom belug In whape to mave agutnst the hostile Sloux, Gens. Turry and Gib- bon are encamped on the west bank of the Yelluw~ stune, oppoalte the mouth uf the Hovsbud, and 300 miles from the Missourl River, As @ have heretos fore writtoa, Gen, Terry Lus not beew ablo to aye sume offcuslve wperations sinco the maseacrs of Cudter. Ad far us wo can Jearn, ten. Crook has also heen aetlng an the defensl Tuls wiik work wad wilafortune Lo the catpuizs durlug this year, 1t 1a thy upiversal custom amony the Sloux Nutlon, after 4 battlo in which they have beou victorious, to return tu thelr tribal grounda, HULD A POWWOW, AND MAKH “MEDIOINE" After defeating Crook, Shiting Bull und hle northern allies’ were on thele way (o hold a pow- wow and make nediclue, when Caster fnteecepted them, That victory made the obMgation sl) the moru binding, 8nd now over n 1month bas pavacd, duriug which thue neeely every hostilo Indun bav Leen to his trila) home, mude Ll mediclue, beld Ll powwow, sud returued W othe graud war- Tuling’ S S S st | eamp. v | Fans Cilic Tmllmtd have connsd dn front of Cro: L ey were o fen 0f et o Jrom [§ e, Tted Tatl, and Standing ek Agenties, o to einface: Sty Buth afler ke twn coent butthed, awd auon whom the wie not - restlne - Fhe i 1t u on the Carrall (day, 1hove Just lenrned, weee vitane who ‘weee with Sitting two hattles, umd who were 1helr way kLo Jofn him after havine been home, maae medichine, and recelved reerints s well as aninue nitlon and snppties, This conitrms what 1 wrote nbont the Grovan Indinn taking 100 \Winchester carteifieea from Fort Buford, From ail the in- formntion gathered Inthis camp Tasny led 1o believe thnt Sittinge Bull e encamped orer (n the 1 Horn Mountalna norHi amd wost of ook, No hastiles have been nearer this camp thin Powder River, e Toreey, avsoun s Col, Miles Joins i, WILL MOVE TO 0IN CHOOE, walsing rank, and plannime a fjolit cnmlml,':n. T'his movenront catinol powsibly take place hefore Aug. M. The distance for Terer to inurch {8 he- brecn K and D0 mitex. Sipy <[y Shting Bull to remuin on Uis present ground, the (wo commanle cannot pive him battle before Ave, 25, o the meantime, Sitting Bull will alro be recelving reinfareementa of men and eupplios, Agnind shonid Shitdag Bull remain o his present ground, Gens, Terry nid Crook will replan the campiun for surrounding the Ludlans and crashing them fn oune general emggement. Tt will the wily warelor suffer himeelf to e thus entrappedr When the campalgn u\x\em‘d did e not uarch 100 miles and defeat Crook, and, n-(mnlulxuu miles, defent Cuis- teer And set, with the limited number of troups pusdcssed by (Jen. Tetry, 1 do notree how this uble commander can plan uny ofher enupnten, Sitting [l will never sniler these two coltunna to naite if he can-help it. ’1'u~|hlrlll! I# strongennugh to Nkt Terry, aud Terry he will ight the very week lie beaven hix baro of anuplies un the Yellowatone, Therefore, your earrespondent predicta . A GRNEIAL AND NLOODY ENCOUNTRR sbont the Inat weak in Augus There |4 A strong- 1y reretenced tendition nmong the Slonx that thelr favored war scason fa the firat quarter of tho new moor. This will oeenr on the 1th of Angukt, Aw the alinanac would say, nbout this time look out fur scafps. Gen. ‘Perry's command i um‘wd on a aplendid plateat with water, grase, and timber bn sbund- ance. Everyhody well aud anxlous for a forward move. ‘The'men, however, are o ragged sa filly Barlow, Lut have ratlons and wedicine In abund- ance, Puocion. AHRIVAL OF COL. MILRS. Speclal Dispateh tn The Tribune, CAXF ON” THE YRLLOWATONE, Aug. O, YIA Dine nakek, Do Tos Augg, 10.~Col. Miles, with slx full compynler,ihas ‘arsived. Mot of the troops ara ncrosd the eiver, The movemont will probably begin to-murrow. THI SEVENTII CAVALRY, THE CUANGES LN ITS OFFICENS, Armgy-oraers under danto of July 20 moko the following nesicnment of officers In the Seventh Cavalry, ro muny of whose ofiicers were killed {n thu battle of the Little Ul Horn: PUONGTIONS, Maj. Eimer Otin, of the First Cavalry, ta be Llenten- ant-colonel, June 23, 1876, vice U. A Custer, Klifed in netion, Firat-Lteut. Henry J, Nowlan, Reglmental-Quarter- marter,to he Gaptain, June 3, 1870, vico Keogh, Killed in acttun, (Comnpany 1.) rotLiont. James M. Bell, ta bo Cuntatn, June 25, HE vice Visten, kilied'tn sction. (Comnipany'£ ) Fimt:Lieut. Henry dnckenn, 10° bo Captaiit, Suno 23, 1870, vids T W, Custar, Killed 1nacilon. ' (Conipany ‘Encond-Lient. Winfield 8 Fdgerly, tobe Firt-Liens vum»m..lunu 23, 1876, vice llcll."orummml. (Company ifecond-Lieut, Cliarles W. Luened, to ho Firat-liou- n_:luulll" June 45, 1974, v I!Jm:klfln‘ promoted. (Come any B, Uond Liout, Anidrew 1. Nave, to be Firat Liegten- ont, Jihe 23, INTG vice Smith kliled $p action,” (Come iy A %S Licut, Georo 1. Wallace, 10 be Fint Licu- tonnit, June 24, 1870, vico Melntosh, killed in acifon, {Cotnpuny }.) Becoot Ticut. Chiartes A. Varuum, to bo Firet Licu- :&nfi"‘:n’ e 35, b, vico ‘Calhioun, killed . action, omraiy Cr ecdiu Ljent. Lutter K. lfare, to o First Lientens ant, Juue 25, 1870, vico Forter, kllicd In action,” (Com- any 1) Pond Liout. Edwin P. Kekerson, 1o be First Liou- tenant, June 29, 1874, vice “:“a""flv appoluted Regi- mental Quartermaster, (Company 1) Necond Lieu, Eraeat A, Garliniion, 1o vo Pieat Liou. teunnty dfune 23, 1470, vice Wallace, appointed. Jiewl- menta; Adjutaut. (Compuuy D).) TIANHPENY TO THR SEVENTU, Second Lfeut. Willlum W. Toblusou, Jr., of the Tiitrd Cavaiey, ¥ice Hodimon, killed T sctlon. (Came pany 1.1 "icoid Lieut. Dankl U. Pearsou, of the Bccond Cavalry. vico Edruriy iratioged. - (Company D, secuud Lisut, Gharlva tioneld, of the Second Cayury, vice Lamed, inted, (Company F.) secotul Licut. Gearge ¥, Chisac, of the Thied Cavalry, vige Nuve, promoted._ (Company 1. Second tient. Joln W. Vilkinson, of tho Eighth Caye alry, vies Wallic, promuted. (Coinpany G, devt. Krra B, ¥uller, of the Elighith Cavalry, froniated, | (Comiuay A.) Gearge 0. Laton, of ths FIfth Cavalry, vigd Tlacrington, ntwing in acticu, (Compauy'G.) Becond Livut, Edwin . Andrus,of {h Plith Cavairy, vica Hare, promoted, (Company K.) Sacund Lieut. Joh @, Grexlain, of the Thint Cavairy, vige Htnrgls, Killed fn ugtlon, (Compas ny M. Hugh 1. Scotty of the ‘lm‘ncuvnry. el action, (Coupatiy ¥.) of tho Tenth Cave vige ity ocani Lles. Luyd & SICCormeks niry, vive Eckerson, promofed. (Umlllmn(r 4 Kecond Licat. Alhert.t, Rusell, of the ‘Tuiith Cavals £y, vice Garllngton, promoted. (Compnny I1.) IEAFIOINTMERTA TO THR AEVENTI. . Eekerson, of Rhodo 1al o fecondt Futswin' 1 iand (1 Liculvuant’ FITth. Gavare), 16 ho Aecmnd Lieutinaas Syt 1470, vic raden, Bromoted. (COmpay Lo THE PLAINSB. NDLY UTES AND SIIOSHONES—SOLDIERS AT HICINE HOW—STOUK-STEALING BY NED- SKINS—AN INDICTMENT OF TIE SI0UK. Spectul Correspondence of The Tribune. Mrpiaixe Bow, Wyo, Ter., Aug. 7.—Even ns carly as this, the grues on the 1'lains w russct- colored, mingled with yellow and brown; while fur awny, amid the Bluck illlls, the dork plues n the gorges look Mke hugo dark-blue ribhons. The route from Laramis City to Fort Fred Bteelo sweeps, with o mugnificent curvo, way round tho Lase of Elkk Mountaln, tho extremu western linit of the Medicine-Uow Runge. Laramtlo Peak, well to the right of the Plains, and sitting lke o King amid the Black Hilts, Juoks blue and hazy, Its aldus sensacd with great gorgen und chasms, — the wounds it haw recelved In ngos pant durlug the wars of the clements, The Unlon Pacific Raflrond rune up alons the courso of tho Larawmfe River, where thore iito no troes, and but fow bushes of any kind, Rabbits and sharp-talled grouse sro seun i consldorable numbers, while antelupe and an ocenslonal prairi-wolf give virlety ana Iffo to the lundecapo. Some of the creeks that aro dried up present white aud shinimg beds of alkall, atrotching off among the hills ke silver threads, antll they aro lost atald the knofts and foot.hilfs of tho more olevated ranged., Gpon reaching Fort Stesle, we fnd First-Liout. Junins H, Spencer, Fourth Infantry, who has just arrlved with A PANTY OF UTD INDIANS, who are on thele way to Joln Gen. Crook. The main body of warrlars, some 75 or 80 In number, hud not arrived, but wero expocted In a day or two. Capt. Jack, or Yampah dack, one of the Ohluts, nnd Bang-wau-wick, s famous Ute wartlor, accumpanied Livut. Speucer in hia long ride of 75 miles thw day beforo, Capt. duek, who I8 quite communieative, fnform- ed Col, Birsckott thut s men wero very snxioud o meet the ]:a’llmu in battle, in order to pay ak Beconi Ilvut, ¥RIE all gome scorus that have been & It time _uccumulating, o el the Utea wers woll-mounted and armud, sud that thy military authorities hud promised them leuuly of aumunition. 13y wae not rumarkubly well-dressed fur an Indinn, having valy o fow vrinmonty, con- sistiniz of silver buttous, in his hule, It secins that the Utes huva no wond for button, aud lu thelr lunguisgo cull wilv uttona patuing button, Jack T 0 SA-pat-uewncl, or Kub-Chiof, —Douglas, who Iy comibit 0 with the main body Of thu warrlors, beitg u Great Chicl, or 'Fa-wach, ‘PheChlof Doug- 104 tw un excollont man, Lelngs suber, diligent, und Drave, und one who would rauk us & gentloman 1€ he had w whitu skin umIfi: clothes, "I'ie Utea nre good-looking Indlans ns a whale, und wear Lh hankets with becoming grace and dignity, Thelr resuevation 1s al whnt lé known us tha White-Ulver Agency, in Colorudo, 'The 1n- lllull:"llrll to by completefy oyttitted ut the fort, wo un 1o he AVAILAWLE FOI THE CAMPAIGN AT ONCA Theee Indiuns are on friendly terms with the Slishones, or Snakes, and the Navajos; but ure Bitter eneier, and have been for years, of the Sloux, Cheyehuew, and Arapabuss, 10 cowing up, these Indians passed near the gold-uitues on Hnake River, o small stream, wo culled, which je s tributary of the Yanigal, ‘The \'um)mh etptios into the Oreen River, or Colorude of the West, wiileth ponrs its floods Inta the Gulf of Californin: When | asked Jack how many Utea t all, he u'yllu(lx Le3e o rewd e, that ho bad not counted them, Mr, Curtis aceom- paned theso Indians us Interpreter, Pho Utes Wear beggingy mads of buckekin, and aro’ in fine flm;llllun fur the deld, AILL raw had car-rlogs 1o huir cars, ' weathar fs quito cool after the recent raine; and | noticod that wmitlees, buttertlive, criciets, aluln[wrgu and fifoswcem t nbound, The beidge ucrosd the North Vlutle, uear the fort, is o vory tny stricture, und the river wnd banks present'u n~r( fnviting appesratico. 1! fref-clasy pule hero wh ro were in ' meaning mand 1t and, at snch time ICUe, WULOIN, iavel, dust, ragw, hiay, nmlnln;:-u)ylm" through o adf wh 1 bnpelled by stemm-power,” ‘The moun- taln-range bolow recelves full nttentlon, trees bee fug uprooted, und thrown abont in wild coufusion. A PARTY P BHOSHONES, or Buakes, from the Wind-Kiver Valloy, made o Seleudly viult to Fort Weleer on the i fnst., awl seurly wucceeded In producting o stampede among the whites at Carter Stutiony wha touk them for s purty of Sloux on the war-path, ‘They rode down with whoop und yoily uppatentiy in greal glee st the rosuit of the fate batthe o the Ruscbul whers Hivy killed woveqal Slous, Adu souvenirof the byttle, they sent n hund, which they hud cat from adead Bloux Indkn, to' thele fricads, the Utes, who hud & grest dance pver it as woll us u goncra) Johiflcation, The Enukes mudo s great deal of iw%»u generally, sud wppeared to by very bappy i u account of uttacks upon the freighi-traius hee tween M i o filat?nnlm\ Fort Fetennun, or roported attacky, 1t was thought best to BTATION BUME SBULDIERS AT THH PORMER PLACES and Capt. Carpenter's compuny of the Fourteenth Jteshment of Infavlry, from Camp Douglus, uear Ball Lake City, camc down the road vu saturday, The eotmpany was ander eommandof AL dasting nd procerded o make netierd bey sienr the stathon ot the trakn an the voad, anl al fnunny war, bexbiles piving contl- e frantier«peaple, none urL whom feel o4t Avenrily ! he counirr (e 1 {0 the nortl of ney Afew small baiuds bl dlo altwoat Ineslentable dumpie Unton Pacltic Kallroad, 1€ they o hla morning, after the great rafn ond wind, Elk Monatain, with #ta blie vuttine, lay ngninat the ks, —the leise white clowds rotlinalong its same it forming a pictnre of great heanty, equaled onty by fta appearnnee atannset, when it sesmel tranatormied into a mass of spdendid Hylne parple, The A tiaed at Fort Stewle 3 cab nenr the ‘mown- talty, nnd [ hanled thenee to the post, o distance i or 0 mitles, No grass swtable for hay can nid any nearer. TIE NONTI-PLATTR RIVER riaee tn the North Park af Colorado, and near Jis lmlulk; nmay Lo found Immense bede of gravel, in whiel there are sume fine stones, wneh 'y topaz, and agate. On the marging am we see cluatera of willowe, colton- A roses, wage-leasl, sonpeweed, grensc. woul, w, @i Lhe OVCr-presont nmbequarter, s tunke thelr homes T the rocky leilyes of the mountaine, and are duite numeroie, florned froga, too,—the moxt lunoeent of all thitem, but, al the «une e, the tost re- 'ml-lu <toukne, —are nlso oceasdonstly futnd took- s for fifes, und gaplins abont in au aimless sort of away, The atmosphero I8 most bracing, and one and hie cliost hore to ite fulieat extent, smre alwaye ol l(cltln( reat Maker of Al Thin: conntry of ew flowets, nfeeminable tracte of waste land, srid ris, alkuli-bottoms, craggy rocke, and sugoe- Tite suanrrLED anovse (Petiocelen Phaxtanellun) Ia froquently confounded with the sage-hon: but it fe, lnall reabects, a much anpetlor bird, and worthy of more attent{on than hus hieretofore heen bestowed upan it "They aro found In the eame ra s the enge-hens, anil sre of tho xume color, except that they have o bluck an the lower anrfuce of their festhiers, Thelr Jogn are thickly covered with n dense groseth of feathers clear to thefr tocs, “The flesh fa°extellent, The, are about one-half the rize of the sage-hen, Thie year thero_aro more than the mountaitcers have ever meen hefores which is }lm\uhl{ nttributuble fient game-faws of Wyomlng Territory, elk, mountain-seen, und antelope have been undintirbed through the spring nnd snmmer months. and they now seein abolutely to swarm I every directfon, Tho number of buck-kins sent fn hy the Ute Inddiane, aud purchascd by J, W, igun & Co,, post-trnders b the fort, Is some. thiy wondortat, "The game-Jawado not extend fo the ‘ludlnnu. who hunt whenevek uml wherever they choose and the consequence s, thoy bring in grent :wumdlm of gunie, > ‘The Utes oo all excellent hunters and fond of the charo. THEY ARE GOOD WARRIORS, T0O, and will given good acconnt of thempelves after thiey uive Joined the matn body of our soldiers in the North. ‘They are hent on dafng th very beat they can for our prople, and will Uo thelr shnrs toward bringing the 8loux to o reallzing sense of theirown unwarthiness, The whole of Laramie Plsing fa now tu beantifal conditlon, and Is capable of supporting countioes hords of horaes, catile, and sieep, Theo Sloux mude ruida on the Plaius last year and fienr befora, and stolo hundreds of horses, “for which reason the uottlers have beon unwiiing to take the tusk of horso-ralaing agaln. When the Sfoux question sliall hava heen scttled, and the Indinng glven to underntand that they will not be allowed to sweep- down on tho Plains again, and carry off such stock ns they inay thiuk fit, our Territory will tako new life, Wheto thera i8 une slock-ranch uow, thicrs wiff bo ten thens and ol nfong the streams through tho Tlalns, and in tho mountalnw, wherd thero 18 good grar,lnlg, there will be good faems omd excollent lierds of cattle. At prosent, the farmera are afrald to mako farms away from the jmwnediata ncl;ihbwhunduf the towns " and wllitary posts; and thls mast con. tinuo until the loux Inixns NAVE BEGN TIHOROUGHLY CHASTISED, We lave been walng for this war for several yuars, and now {t [a wpon us. Last year tho In- dinng wwept the Rock-Creek Valley clean,—tho féw hersce that were lett being taken down to Cole orado, sud thero solil. After they had wtolen all the stock In the valley, and left ii desolaie, they made their appearunce ut Lookout Statfon, anil wlole cvery hoof of stock they could tind inany direction. " Thiamid took Klucu ahout 8 month uf- ter tho one 1n Rock-Creek Valley, Our citizons hore the Jose us beat thoy could, hut prayed for the hour of rotriliution, . Much of the slock taken on these ralds was af- terwards seen st the Red-Cloud und Spotted-Tall Resorvationss but the vwners were ubnblo to re- cover i, 'Thin wana flne stato of afMaies, indeed | And It wan really u blessing to the Tereltarien of the For Weet wiien the Stoux war began, although we may all be obliged lo suffee wouic temporary inconveniences, It s a difficult matter to make the nverage Fastern man believo that all the wronge comnmltted on the frontler are NOT COMMITTED BY WIHITE MEX, Thero nover was & greler fallicy thn thls. The Indlans broke the provislons of the troaty of Fort lLammiu of 18Uc over and over” mgain, beforo the whites decamed of culllng thom o account. COur citlzens have been robbed ; men, women, and children butchered In cold biood by them; aud stll the suthoritios were lonth (o commence bostillitles ngainst them, Lvery aeaxon they left their retreats in the moun- tans, sud swoopod-down apon our {nfant scttle- mente, imurdoriny and rabblig evory party "ty fell In with, This is no fancy sketcl, as tlie his- tory uf Wyomlnf and Montana benra witness, Tie terms Of the {reaty of I8 stipulntod that “The sountey north of e North-Platte itiver, in Nebrarka, snd cast of tho aummits of the Big- ITorn Monntaing, in Wyoming, should be hold and coniored uncedod Indlan teTeltory; and that a0 white psreon or persons shouly be permitted to acttlo-pon ar occupy any {mruan ol tha same, nor, without the consent of the Indiana first had or oblained, should pass through tho same,” This was ull very well, The treaty also went further, and stated that the Indinne ahould romafn an thelr rosorvatious, and hunt only on cortuin Jands in Nebruaka during the hutfalo-neason, Notwithstanding all this, the In- diuns fnvodud the terrltory occupfed by the whites ropeatodly, and It wan wot unlll 1873 hat the whiten thought of such a thing we invading the ler- ritory of thy Indlona jn order to STOI THELL DEPREDATIONS, In Wind-River Valley, twojeaceful and harmiess women, nnmed Mra, Hichardu and M, 1all, wero murdered iy cold biood by the Bloux, on the 24th of duly, 18748, 'Tho “Indlnus wers followed by o truop of cuvalry, sent out by Col, eackett from Cainp Stambough,’ hut mude good thelr retreat to the reacrvations, Red Cloud's ron-in<law wius_one af tho purty engaped in this muesucro. Mr, Bdward Dantels was kifled Dy the Sloux, fn the Suminole Mines, on the 16th of .Iuls, 1874, Josso Plunton was mortally wounded by tiem, r Fort Fotterman, on tho 24 of Jduly, 1874, Mr, Jolnson was killed by them, near Ruwhns, on the 1et of August of the sumu year; beafdes one officer, Lleut, Tiobineon, of the Fourtcenth lnfaniry, and sovernl soldlors, wha were ut diiTereat tines uhot down by them I told blood, ‘Phis catalogne of erimes canld bo oxs tended indefinltoly were 1t necensary to doso, 1 only glve you such facts as have come under my own persunal knowledge, and which can be rolleil upon us triie, 'This la the reason why wo are now st war with the Blotx, Axves, ——— 'HOPPERS IN 10WA, Special Correspondencs of The Tridune, Des Mowxes, In., Aug. 9,—Evidently your cors reapondont **Cyclops " knows littlu about *hop- pePs, when he says they leuve more than they take, 1 have the nuthorily of & gentleman of Cherokeo County—his statements belng bused on observa. tlons mnde threo days after the date of **Cyclops, " letter—that, {n the vicinlty of linzzard, which Joins Chicrokes, **Cyclops’ " locality, on the west, the 'hoppoers are movime in two divislons, of ahout 2 miloy in widthy und that the ground la completo. ly covered with them. Thoy moved at once on the corn after alighting,, and dovastated overy Hchl thoy attacked, In an baur. H'ap- pers ndvance onfy when the wind 1s favorablo fn he dlroction in which they are traveling, Onco alighted, and the wind continnlug oppoesits to thelr Nue of march, they wiil rewiaty where they ure, bo it one day or week; #a that, at the dato of **Cy- clopa® lutter, devastaton by 'hoppers may have heun un exuggorntion; but, threo days lator, iy uy‘mrinuun, na eyery ono Knows whio has witnesse uhopper-ruid, A Tow years ugo they visited thie county, and tho city lay In thelr route. For twa r threo days thoy flew high, southwest, A cotie trary wind struck thom, and they cawe to anchor mtheelty; und, su Jong ns the contrary wind bluw, lhug atuck. They muiched through the city in soltd phalanx, completaly cavertug the grotn, moving [ s direct southwest eouro, = A fire could nat hinve marked mure completaly the coursy that urmy of *hoppers mado durlug holr three duys' By, ANOTHER METEOR. 0 (he Kd(tur of Ths T'ribung, Hnurasp, lake Co., 1L, Aug, 10.—At half past 12 a'clock on the night of Aug. 0 a beautiful muteor came whizzing through the alr with Hght- ning rapidity, (t belng vixitle only for the spney of two minutes; but a long trull of dazzling eplendur way feft foating lacily In the rear, and*marking Ity path, which frown nartheast to soutliwest, For L conld enally b dinltagulshod, —;iruxluulu ¢, and rapidly ckunglng its color, wnbih it bai abrorbed frou the surrainding atmoss pherea suffelens supply of the coolinzg olemonts ta snddenly rendor it w tho eyo of thic obstever, eitlro- Iy fuvisiblo, Onandon it went, tomuken graceful bow, a8 though challenging thy carth, with ull ta alluring forcus, ta deaw it within its om- brace. St It gHdes in the roalie of Space, either to complete 1w mighty orblt or else rowh with u cranhing vengeatico on the shuafs of yondur sy, . dy By e ———— TELFGRAPHIC’ NOTES, Speclal Diagatch o The Trivune, Brinxersue, W, Aug, 10,—The Sceretary of Stute tu-day [usued certideatos of corporation to Stricklund’s International Casold Goods Company of Chicago; capltal, 8500,000; snd the Chicage Blawping Campany ; capital, $:150, 600, Peonia, B, Aug. 10.—A o Bar-mecting, held this atternoon, commitices wore appointed to mako arrangeinents for Lhe Juying of the corner-stons of the new Court-House, wnd to (nvite the Jduazes of thy Stute to be present, The cecensony id espected to take plucy Bept. i, Speciul Dispatch to Tha Tridune. BunriNeyos, Ja., Aug, 10.—The put thon of oflcers of Mount Pleasant Chapter It A, M., by Wo R Lawton, M. B 1L T u{.\l,»uud. [ niLt, sttracied mauy colured peuple Lo this city. IDAY, AUGUNL MISSISSIPPL The Outrages in the Recent Elece tion, Masterly Roport of the Sennte In- vestignting Committeo, Domooratio Ascendency Seoured by In- timidation, Force, and Fraud, From Thirty (o Fifly Negroes Assnssle nated at Clintons Wasttixavoy, D, €., Aug, 7.—The report of tho nazjority, alpted hy Senators Houtwell (ita anthor), Cameron of Wisconaln, amd MeMitlun of Minne- rotd, tanomasterly production. It In fall of toxt whlch will beconie the suzgestion for thonsands of chmpalin speechen, The testinony will be pub- 1lshed nbout the 1st of September, It will fill abont £,000 octavo pag The aubjoined abstract covers every polnt of the report, hut excludes the quota. tionk, and, in all, Is nbont one-fourth of the vrig- tnal document In length, 1t aays Wt the ovideuco before tha Committee will support THES CONCLUSIO! 1, That force, frand, and Intimidation wero need venerally and witccessfully in the political canvass of 1875, £, That Gov, Ames was n nan of nerannal Integ- rity, and an able Chiel Magistonte, and thut his if. neas wae sdntited by his A)ululcul opponents, 4. That there were in ollice \:-lvl'cl:\ll y In elechive offices), ineh who wero incapable or dishonest, it that this fuct §s us trpe of the Democratic as of the Kepublican connties, and that seither the Govern- or nor the mdskes Of the purty sustafned them, hut on the conurary that they were geneeaily driven from vilice, 4. That while It Ia truo that somo of the recent citizens or ‘‘carpet-baggers betrayed the friuat conflded to them, the mnjority were [ntelligent, udpright, and hrave men from the North who were entirely incorruptible, who are now strageling ogainet great odds to eceure a Just adminlsteation of publle nifairs. f, That the rate of incrense of taxces of Minsls- lppl before and after the War is much Jens than in #omie of the Nurthern States whetre no gerlotis com- plaint I made agwnst them, This cemplaing Is considered at some length, 4. That thero was NO JUSTIPICATION WIIATRVER In any wrongs or ereors of itepublican administra- tion for the outiges and crimes commllted to overtlirow it. 7. That the chatze that Gor, Ames attempted to orzanizo the black bgalnst the white race, by a **Negro Militin,® hes no foundation In fact, 28 the evitenco shows that notive-born eitizens, who had speved in the Confederato army, were nceepted Iy Wim, and comsmnnded as oflicers, and that it was his purpose to solicit and aceept recrults from all claszcs of the rwplo of thu State, 8, That, although this uct occurred after a anries of nsraerinations (following the Clinton riot) which lofL the tovernor powerless to keep the peace, it was snnde the pretext by the Democrats for upenly organtzing andarming themselves in military clubs, by which tho coloted Intisbitants and white fteptbe licane af the Siata were averawed, intimidated, and dn{trlvcd of thelr rishta an citizen 1. That thero companics committvil namerous murders of cltizens who had been and then wors actlve In the Republican party, 10. That the Guvernor was not only not ropro- henslbla in organizing o militia, but it was his duty 1o do an, und that thu conductof the Democracy in arming to resist 1t was unlawful, and onght to Nave been suppreesed, cither by the State or natfonal authoritics, 11, That the rlot at Clinton, and the hlnody men- aco on the following Sunday, were in harmony with the policy previonsly adopted and designeit to INTIMIDATE AND PARALYZE TUE REPUBLICAN AUTY, 12, That tho allegatlon that the negroca were or- funlz(nz Into milltary bands for th destractjon of he white ruce, 8 pretext made for the founiation of Democratic nrmed companies, wos wholly un- trng, u8 the evidence shows that not only were thy blucks not armed tu any extont, but that tho<e vl had arms were furnished with Inferlor and second band wenpons, and that their leadozs, both refiz- lous and poitleal, discountenancail the rosort fo orco, 1. That in & sentonce It mny bo naseried that all the atatementa wnde that ther was kuy fustiflable cause for the recou’, procecdings In Misalssippl aro without foundution, 14. That, on the other hand, iL 13 to bo sald that a majority of the white Democratic voters of the State were enyaged Ina_systewatle effart ta carry the election, und this with a purpose to resort to all menus within thofr pawer, Including on the art of somo of them the murder’ of prominent potsons in the Republican Pnfl(‘ hoth white and hlack. 16, Thut the minority, who wers opposed lo theso outrages, and who are farn time overawed uml'puworlun. uro membors of the Repnblican party, L 16. Thatthe cloment of soclety which chlofly committed these Dlltrn{(u on the celored und whita Republicans waa mainly young men, who have reachod munheod since the cloko of the War, but that thoy were cncoaraged in thelr couras by the Democratic leadard, wha accepled the political ad- vantages of thelr conduct, andaro LAMGELY NIEBPONSIULE IOR THE ONIMINAL RE- BULTH. 17. 'That the negro Inborors were In munf caren compeliod to vote for tholr Domoceatic empldycrs; that thers wass goneeal diapositlon, by theeats of discharging them nnd refuslng them subslstence, #a to compel thum, and that in some conntles tho contracts mnde with tho laborers declared that they eliould lova thelr shure of the crops If thuy did’nut vote W knit their employer, 18. That the Demucratic clubsorzanized Inevery {vurl ‘of thu Blute were supplicd with the beat aruin fut could be procured i the cauntry; that they cyerywlhero oxpressed thelr purpose to carry tho election at wif hazards; that in mxm{ cuxes tho! procired Guo ae more pleces of actltery, wit which they truversed the country for weeks befory tho clection, intlnldating the nc;i’nm-. inenncing them, and firing into thele Lowses by night, -« 10, That the intimidation was #o "goncral that In o Inrge number of conntles, previons to the eloe- 1t was tmpossiblo to hold lkcamhllcnn meet. ings; that In muny runfi Republican countios Kepublicun moctings wore broken nly. aml thereby all attompts to canvaed theso districts were aban- doned, 20, That the carly riota at Clinton and Vicke- burg wers the resultd of a special purpose on the purt of the Democrstle leaders to brenk up tho wneetings of the Ropublicany, to destroy the leade ers, and to inangurate s yley of toreor, not an) in these counttes, but thioughout the State, which would deter tho biucks fromi ttending meetinge, snd vapeclally deter them from thu free exorelse of the rizht {0 yute wi lim‘du{ of election, The sesults {hus kought for were, In & large degree, attatued. 21, I'hat tho number of negroes assnsninated after tho Clinton rlot could not have been less than FUOM TIIRIY TO FIVTY, ‘These wora foliowed by the cowatdly munlors of Mr. 11affa nnd Benator Caldwell, 22, That uu'muulmfcn were chiuly conflned to the Tepublican counties, whero it wis necensary to overawo thu Republlcan majority In{ unlawfil menns, but that in two or three Republlean coune ties, us Wilkinson and lssaquenu, thers wero no military Democratic arganizations, aud, theraforo, comparative peace; but that i thesy twvo conuticd, slnco the clection, gross outruges, attended witl violenee aud murder, have beon porputrated, and evidontly with the purpose of securlnyg n Domo- cratie victory in thaso dlstricts in November next. That [n lesaquena Connty ono Col, Bull, an oflicor In the Confederate avmy durlng the War, and ot thls thne oficlnting ad clorgyman, took command of B pnr&v of armed and mounted me a‘mo morniug of Bundny, the fth of Docembe d traversod tho countey bolow Rolllng Fork durlng the day, and that night the men of his command took from their honies at leust soven unotfending nograes and BIIOT THEN IN COLD BLooD, Within the nuxt twe daga five other feading ne- flmun wure sununoned to ‘Rtulling Fork durinyg the uy, ad thero compolled o sfin o statoment by wlilely "‘""f became responsiblo for thy good cun- duct of all thelr negroes, with the exception of curtaln men named, who, in fact, by that stipulu- tion, wers miade outlawa, st nd w conseqiicnco fled from Aol honies and thoir fundites, und abandoned thele praperty, Siuco that doy they have been 1n exjlo, 24, Tant thu Democratle military organtzation extended throughout thu Etate; that it embraced notnueh loss than hall the Domoceatie voters: that In the respective countivd the mumbers conl he smmoned Instantly by slguals givens by Qring caunons or uuvile, and that probubly’ within less thun a week the entire forco of the State COULD DY JROUGHT UNDER ARMI. 20, That the Ropublican candldatos thomselyos In somu fuvtances wers compullud, thruugh fear of bodily harm, to withdraw thele names feom the thcket, and even unlto thommelves ostonsily with the Democratic party, and deliver apeeches ju sup- purt of ita poilcy and cundidates, 28, ‘Phot the “aingle fact that the life of the Chinirman of the Republican Stato Comuittes woy wived by the interventlon by |ehvumlvhlc dispatcl of the Chalrman of the hHemocrutie blutu Coumafte feo, illurirates the gravity of these revalutlonary prococdings, 20, Thut In eeveral cases, when Intimidation and forco did not scenro s Democratle victory, fraud was resorted to in conducting the election and counting th votus, 40, 'Vhiat the elvi) authoritics have been unable 10 provent the outriges thus entmorated, or to punirl th oifondoers, b fact thut 1 abso snd equally truu of the Unlted Statea Conrts fn Missiusd) xr’n‘. #1, Thatthoe preseat Denweratlo ascondonoy In Minnlosippi 14 DUB SOLELY TO THR OUTHAGES THUB BNUM- RATED, A2, That If thoro hnd heen s freo cluetion there would huve been eighty Republiaans 1o thirty-tive Desiocrats 1o the Hause, and iwetty-two Republls cens to dfteen Democrats fnthe Senntu: thetefore, Al the prescot Slate Leghalature und State Goye ernment of Mlnl--!psn are not lawful bodics, and thelr nets are not entitled to recognition by the pos Htlcal department of the Government of the United Stutes, although the Presidont noy jn Wis diveree tlon pecognize i us o Qovernment de fucto for tho Proservation of the {mmc s Tho report closca in thrss words TUE BUMMING-UE, The events whici the Commlites wero called to Investizate hi the arder of the Benate conutitute one of the dorkewt chuptors 1 Amerftun fustory. Misateatppl way u leadaig Site Ip the War of thy ftebeliton, nud oy ently and persirtent advocate of thome fatal poitical heeesles In whichthe Rebelljon T orlgy Foler, Iy s daree n dlegree n any ofher » may bo ¢ evilent the Wars and whe ended, tho white Inbabithnt= rewietod thone hessnres of eqtiality which wero exnentind tn Toenl and general penc and prosperity, They refused to accept the nezro aa thelr eguat, politeally, and for fen yens ther hace solzedevors fresh oppartunity forn fresly dental of s rtehte, © At Junt they lovo regained premacy in the Stato by AUTS OF VIOLENCE, FIAUD, MURDRI, fraught with wore than adl the horrors of open war, wlll\mllllnlmnur,nll,;ully, generosity, or Juss tice. " 1ty them thie negro Ianot reanrded ns o cltizen, andsthenever ho Bnids frlemd and an ally in hin efloete to ndvance Wimevlf In polltiea) knowledgo or nteilectund eultnee, that tricid nnd ally, whether anative of the taie or an Humigrant’ from the Nurth, is treated aea publie l‘ll\‘!mr. e evil con- requences of this policy touch ind paralyre every branch of heluatey snd’the moveinents of ‘husfness in overy chaunel . Misalastppl, with Ita fertilo rofl, immense nata- ral resnurces, and favorable commereiad position, In In fact mare completely exelided frow the tutu- enco of civillzation nnd eapitat of the more wonlthy antd ndvanced Statex of the Unlon that aro the dis- tunt consto uf Ching 4l dageti. Men who poss capiial are anxions to escapo from a State in whi freedons of opinlon i not_ taleraled, where active leipntion In public Affairs In puntshed of Ith sucial oatraclsm, alwags with business Jos and not infraquently, aa the recond shows, I extfe and the ‘abnndonment of property, |||rnm‘h fearof death—~consequiently, Jundn depreciute In value, the reward of lubor fnore mul more uncer- taln, taxea more and mote birdemwome, the evils of generul dicurder arve multiplied and intensified, and by an Inevitable ritle of sucial and public 1ife, the evila thumael vencting, icreasing the apir- it of disorider, Unlers thin tendency can he arceste ed, avery auccessive chapter in the aunals of that ) gtato will b DARRRR AND BLOODIER than the preceding one. Thin tenideney cannot ho arreated by the unatded eftarta of the penceful, patriotle, nnd taw-nhiding cltizens of the State, “There {4 4 email Body of nutive whito persons, who, with herple courage, are malntalning the principles of Justice ant vqual- ity, Thero Is alxa o emall body of nien from the North, who, with squal conrage, are endenvoring 10 rve tho State from unarchy and degradatlon, 1f Beft to themaclves, the negroes \\'uull{ co-opsrate WIth these two clurses, arrased against them all arc o majority of the white peonle, who poasess n hirser purt of the pnmwt{ who unlfermly conmani Tefsure, wheth- crindividually thoy nosess proporty or Nt ; wii look with contempt tpou the blsek race, ani with pot the white men who uare thelr political alliew; who are habitunied to the uee of arms in war and in peace; who, In - former thnes, were ne- ctietomed to the excivelve nyment of politieal “nwcr. and who now canalifer thenaeives dograded i 5 ¥ tho'clevation of the negro to the Tunk of equal- ty In political affaire, They have hrrurvlllpownr by force, aud, it left to thewselven, they willy DY PRAUD AND PORCE, RETAIN IT. Indecd, the momory of the |.fmm¥ event of tho campaign of 1875, with thu knowledge that thele oppunents cat command, on the Instant, the prens once of orzanized hodies of uemed men ot évery votinz pince, will deter the Republican yarty from smy general effort o repaln the power swrested m them, These dlsorders exint uléo in the hboring States, and . the splrelt and fdeas \v(;nch gavo rise to the disordors ave even inore sen- oral, The power of the National Qovernment will he invokied, and honnr nnd duty allke will require ity excrclee, Thenatlon cannot witness with Indif~ erence tho duminfon of Tawlesssesn anid anarchy in 1 Stato, with tho fncident ovile, amt a knowledau of the Inovitablo conrequicnces, + Jtuwen u duty (o the citizens of the United Steles reslding In Mivaine ulppi, asd this duty 1ot pecform, 1L has ge- niitecd {0 the State of Massiwslppl n repubtican form of Govurnmunt, ond tho guarantcs must by made good, L. Laws may e passed by Congress for the pro- gfi:‘l‘mn of the'rights of cltlzens in tho respective on, 2. Btater in anarchy, or wherein affairs nre eone trollad by bodios of irmed men, should be denfed ru&xwmnmuuu In Congrena, 4. The constltutional gnarantee of o republican forn of government tu every State will require the United Statea, if those dirotdors incrense, or even continue, and atl wilder mearnees shnll prove In- eilfecunal, to recunstruct the State upon o republi- can buuis, BILVER, The Tranwcendent Tmportanco of tho Quos- tlon of It Itemonatization, Th the Edltor of The Tribuna, Lnicato, Aug. #—There 8 no question now undergoing discasston In which the peoplo of the United States ought to feel so great an In- terest ns that fn reference to thu status which #llver coln should sssume or o dmpressed by proper legislation. 1t s remarkable that o sub- Jeet of 80 tuch fmportancs I8 excluded from, aid neithor wentioned nor ndverted to in either of the piatforma of the two great polltical par- tlen; nnd ft is equally remarkable that so many men, fntelligent wpon goneral subjects, are lu- borinyg oither under misapprehension or futense prejudice {n repard to this question. The anirble Tettor of ‘Fhurlow Weed, pub- lished In ity Trinuse of Thursduy last, to- gether with the newapaper-diseusslon evoked by it, it s hoped, will attract the uttontlon of thoughtful mon, and givo o proper direetion to this question. It fs manifest that uo reliance can be plnced upon the professionat politicians of elther party {or tho pruper settlement of a flnanciul poliey. The people themselves must upeak out, and de- mand that the party-shackles upon s tUnancial poliey be broken. Cungress will doubtiess ad- Journ without further uctlon upon the subject. Buth political parties soem unwilling to tuke any deflufte et positive measures, tor fear of possible offeet upon the approaching Prosiden- thaf election, Even M. Tildon, in s letter of aceeptunee, written shice the ugitation of this sllvor question, mukes no reforente to ft. On tho other hamd, wany of the pulpfeans in Congress blludly oppose the leglslation pro- posed In this direction. 10 the rénedy s wrought out, it must be done by thoss who nelther expect nor ask anything from muchine politleluns. 1f wo uro to have any brewith of stateamunshilp upon finance, it oust receive its Iusplration directly frum the people, Without wlting until next January for n Con- gressfonul Committes to Investlzate und deter- ming whether the Uovernuent shall continue to coln coustitutional allyer invney, the poop'e of both parties should demand, nad see to it that their Repreaentatives returned to Congress noxt foil ure right upon this quostfon, The partics huyve made no fssuo upon it, ad, therolore, the country I8 free to ralse and enlores thls quus- tlon. It would bu a deserved rehuka o the whinmivg telckaters of both parties should this be dene, It 18 Influltely tmure anportant to the uution that this preut question be lghtly set- tled, thun that cither Hayes or Tllden whouly be eleeted President, 1say this deliberately, while L entertain decided convictions us to tie sorious results dupundent upon that choles, Let us briefly Jook mto this siver question Amotyg tho powers delegated by the States to the Gonorul Govermuent 13 the puwer to *eoln money,” sud the power Lo prufithit the States, by proper loglalation, Trom maklug “anything bt groled and adlver coti n tender in Uhe puyment of dubts,” This chunso i been vomstried by the Courts, from the sloption of the Coustitue tlom, to einbrace tho colnage of silver equully ns weldus gold; amd it wus never supposed but thut “eoln* smbraced silve Undler this ctavse, the Federnl (lovermmont has utways, without question, assorted the sule power to eolti money)” o ul probibited s ex- ervlso by the States; aud, i the prohibltory clanse of the Cunstitution, abuvu quoted, it s son thut Mailver col! ls' inontluted o nomine, It s idle, then, ¥ty argue that “uilver coln” {8 Jess the constitutfonal money of the United States thun gold ol It 8 a questton of prave doubt whelher Cougress can, by any legislation it might attempt, obliterate cluaer of the two Kinils of monoy urdaliied sl rocoguized in the Constltutlon, "I it wers conceded the power to lm:wm. thu colbuge of sllver, 1t followa | would v tho snime power as Lo gold slso; und thus, in ecifeet, Congress could annula provision of the Cunatitutlon. Congress mrf‘y regulate the exorelso of the power, It should not, and can- nut, ALLEINpL more, ’ . 1t s unueceasary to add what has beon & often sabil by others, that the tlovernment never dssued ln{ obligations which, by thelr termg, or by the termes of the acky In pursuubcs of which thiy are Instied, uro puyable in gold to the exclusion of sfiver cofu. ‘Chey are, fu terma, Daguble In Hcoin™3 which, fnteepreted by the oxpress Iangunge of tho Cunstitution, means 4 rold and allver co” It {8 not worth while, therefore, to stop 1o answer the ebjection Inconstderately mindo by »0 muany that It would hu repudiation for the ‘Government to pay s ohilzations i %silver colny® und au set of (ise honeaty to fta erwlitors, It 1w the Tnproper outgrowtl of tho sentiment, ereditable to the honesty uf the majorlty of the Amerfean peos ble, thit the Goverimnent should konestly meet, ull gf its abligations, und sparn rup\mlailuu i uvery forn, Tho wmuases of the peoplo aro honest, and wi onfovee honosty on tho purt of the Goveriment. Tho capitalists of thls und uther countries, ereditars of the Govermment, Widerstand thls, wnd the attempt by Lo svie Dpon Ui sontis went und wake it serva o purpose waleh s fue cauitable and dishonest as uppicd to the ques- ton of demuonctizing * eflver coin. The vbllgations walch they fiull are in 4 coln 75 whicl, us we have seen, e uud *allver colu yably ) Lol Tas Uuycrulicue, there fure, rescrved the right Lo clect whieh ang. ool ™It would use 0 payment, ‘ryfi'f!'" erediturs were butind to know, liecause oo 18 nnted {n the hond." As inatter of fag, not be elufuied thit the Gikors and Tyjge ™ theso abliigations iad any othier wiklorspac1tt Thla 8 i loand view GF the questin,. "% doea It appear to the politieal cconoming] ¥ a coneeded thal the estent and the indevelypied sllvor nlises T OME Ter oy o finmense, ~ We have not aa yeb ascerbuiyen 1o extent, Buflive It Lo any, U tnny be D& (M| trilo cyond question thabei counitry po gt Ftuhu cain uecessfully compete with ns ) Inaa the nurkets of (e world sllver h..)[‘“,,“ R m}n of equal linctnoas aid welght, for sy joyt price. We woulil ordinarily sny that whateyer et of interest value our people conld iy 1 the anurkets of the world, ota profit hoye cast of production, vught o by fostered agg & cu{l‘;n ed hyfimr(ha’t:rnm::lm.‘ T e © have, then, the undeveloped my exll!;mslllwn l||‘lill|l|ll&l.:si ) P ! neral fy The stagnation of husiness, and riage, of almost” every species of cnlurprlm',“c:',:,lf:_ quent upon the patle, huve tirown'a larg . portion of the laborine clisses out of mq.fl, heut. " Tho creditor clise, Robiig e ol the country in control, timoronsly refuse gy, Tow 1t cleculation, and wilt take no venbarg whicls employ labor, Ience results an almey total stugnntion of busine Meawhily the distuncs between the debtor an) creditor clnsaes is lncrepsing. Ty e are reduced to greater destitutlon; the rtcm mide richers and the great, respectalie miggy clasa—upon which Republican Government ey depend, and whose net savings hitherto lygy been tnerely nonvnal—Is belng forced nto gy debtor clusses, The chasm is dally wideniy, and must_continne to wilen durkiyg Uhe erigy enee pl present conditions, Now, let the Government. encourage silyep mlmu¥ by colning all bulllon whiu?uhnllh, Dronght t its minis, Lot silver be treated juy os HI:I' other cominadity Tor which theve ls g gy mand fn the markets of the world, Should the Government continno the colng of “sflver mulu:?'," thus, and 1o the exteg which the conditlon of the country requires, ¢ demand for this commodity will spring up, s wo Wil see bow qulckiy all” of. the Industrics of the land will be rovived by It It will sthnulay mintng of the precious ietals to an extent by yond antlefpation. ‘That wili_cmploy the surplus labor of thy country, The murket value of legal-tendy notes Wil keep elose step, os It does now, wit that of * gllvercolun.”? Thoe lnrgclf speculaily and tietitlous price of gold will decliie to g the advancing price of ¢ sflver coin, until gy Govermment promises-to-pay, which are B0 da rided by the politiciuns of both pariies, will by at par with both * pold and silver colty,” Wiy tiwe pofnt shall haye en resched, resunptin will have beeome an weeomplished fact, Let tha Govermnent take the pruduct of thy Inbor, coin it at its minta, and taen It hack Inty those tolliug lmnds, Tt will readlly reach an) relieve all of the debtor clars, Tt Wil enfone the einployment of capital now held [dle by 3 ereditor clags, The wheel of all the Industr all over tho land, will. commence o tmove. By the force of aven by the Inw of demand and supply, remnupuu‘fn' of apevle-paynents wiil have tuken place, will- out o heeald, and without the compulsfon of ¢ legal ennctinent; aml this will_oceur just the sning whethor Colzress has or hiag not “fixeld by Taw the tine for redemption, As a Republlean, Tear thut the Jealen of that party, frum eatses which T fail to uuder. stand, will allow I.lu:lr]mrt?' to b )vlnw\ upn Lhe detensive on this guestion of sflyer colnege; nudy and so aurely s they do that, thele reear will render more doubtful the. resnlt of ke eleetion. 1t i8 wuid thnt tho further eolnage of altver will ke this countey the receptacle of all theall ver of the hild, to the ¢ sfon of all gold coft, Lupprehend no such result, The cotn of the Old Walld Is more dubased than ours, Be wides, such oy objeetion 18 based upon the suinption that this country cannot compete fo the production of pliver bullion; which assump. tion Is cuntrary to the fact. Further than tha, the subjuct fs entlrely within the control of the Government, It aloha van * coln inoney," and 1€ this Amierlean lndustry needs * protection® let it have i, The arguptent. thnt further sllver colnagy {vnuld b unjust, for tho reoson, 08 s allegul der-welght, §s without foree, hecause Congros 18 expresaly enpowered to regulate the welght and fluier pess af old and sitver coln, It wosld seem, however, that the standard silver dollar, s extating witen the oblkzutions of tho Gover- ment were made, shoulid remuin unchanged; and that the other denominatlons might by madle (o conforin ta the anmo standared. B0, also, ny to the objection that silver cotnagy would lead to unduo Inflution. Congress hay control of the volumu of the eurrency nnd Jawid money of the country, and ein reguiate {tsou nat 1o disturh the buslness of the country. It Is Delieved, henvaver, that *sflyer-ols® Inilation, in the hands of the debtor amd laboriny classes [n this country, 18 not thu worst of evil to bie feared, nud worild bave o direct tendemy to esuse u return of prosperity and busicy aetlvity to the n:mmzrry. There I8 ground for entertaluing the appre Tonslon—which prevails tue extensively umuog the people to be ignored=—that the Goviernmens Is now helog, and"Is In danger of bebg n ke future, administered fn the Intorest of the creditor elnseos of - this country, and the creditors of iho Government In Ee- rope; amd with tvo Nttle regard fo the rights and Interests of the debtor ciusses,~clasacs up on whon the Government laneely depends for the crestion of the diversilled intlustries of the cauntry, the paymeut of taxes, aml dischane of itsubligations. \\'hlchu\'nrpulll.lcm party shall retuin or, attuin power should milio u eadial change of its fuuneial polley in the Interests of the whote countey, and “of no oue clasi of citizons, Joux L. Beysemn e — EVANSTON, Tho Villago Trustees mot at the viliage oMco Tucsday evening, all the Trustees belng prosent, Prof, Fisk, of the Univermty, way present wih he petition mentioned bn The Trisesrs asking (he Trustees to prohibit the keoplng of bllitard-saluons in the villago, 'Vaw documont had rocoived about a thoeand slimatures, many of them: being thos of prominent and [nfluentinl citizens, 1t was woved to refer the petltion o the Judi- ciary Commlitee, Proaldent 1luse remarked that the ovll was a gtowing ony, and the people were anxloun that the Bo.ard should take somo declehe alepn toward suppressing It dmmediately, bt nevertheless tha petitlon was peforred. A lTettor waa read from the llon. Dayid Me Williams, of Dwight, 1L, stating that ho bad tivu vons hora at college, and proposcd to send so- other, Ilo bulleved that onc Ulllinrd-table did more harm to students than half a dozen liquore waloous, "o roport of the Commuwslonorswan recelred on the eethinntes for tho Improvemont of Umis ntroct, They estimated the cost of claylnz end kravellng at GO cends por runuing foot, or §200 iwn whole, 'Tho report was acceptad, and 1t wat ordered that the At uraoy ananlinance for the maldy The report of Merrll village, was presented, ho {ustructed to prepare i of tho ussesxinunt. Ladd, a8 Tecaaurer of the 1t was a detalled state: ment of fne monsy recelvod and paid out v bim as Arepurer, and -tm'wml the balance due thw villago from him to b $134, .00, the samo befug the deflcit fn_counees tlon with hisdato taflure, belne on dopoait In bis bank, The report was ficcepted, aa was his reslgs uation as Prensurer, A discussion on the blillard quostion ensued, on motlonof Dr, liavis to fustruct tho Attoruey 10 draw an ordinance probiblting entirely the keepe g of billlart-saluons, or any such gambling de- vices, Tho Noard ' aivided on this question, foma of the Trustecs belioving that it whonld be prohib- {ted entirely, othars thinking that it would be use- Tesn to proliibit, us, In cuse of violation, the courld would nat sustabn thom, whito they would be s talned in any retrictions they fght impose, no mntter haw severa, O a vote being baken. (be resolution wad carrjod and o Attoruey ordored W draw the ordinance, Mr. R, 8. Kine was cluctad Viliage T'ressurer, anid My bond placed st §76,000. Mr, King I 88 oldand Lighly respected citlzen of Evapston, and }xl‘-‘ uéelt:tlun causew univereal satiafaction, Ad otened, A necting of the depositors In Ladd's hank wa hold at the 'I’nwn»llullnguu-dny ovening to_ beat statomnent of the coudition of affalrs from the A slgnoe: A majorlty of the depositors werv pres: ent, and aleo a large numbnrn!‘pmmlnom cltizent Dr. Maunlster wae elocted Chairman, and M7 An‘ draw Richmond, the Assiguoe, read tiio statenin! No had prepared, The total indebtedness was ahown to be s jittle over $100,000, 1f the Eastern ereditors release thefr wocutjtics snd ko it With th othor creditors pro rata, tho et il b about $:47, 000 snd 2, 500 shares of l}llcnvm('ll! Company's stuck, 1f the Faaturn croditors retsin thelr securities and make no claim, there will bx ssueta vathmated at ahout $25, 000, and 1, Hoahars of tho Cement Company’s stack, Mr. Richmond explained that the figures '\GIW not more positive an account of the Juipossibl H of ohtaining complety {nformation from Me. La bl i s Dreacht atafo of hoslth, and atud Uit {he furormatlon ha fisd ziven them was based upon the exnmination mudo by Wlmeelf and the Comnitte r‘.l of tho bauk accounts, and stutements made (ben by M, Ladd, and (hat the estimates wero V€Y carefully wade, and ho belfeved them to o cof rec! Br. Wilson, of the Committeo, nald that ther hnd been utterly umable to gain sy wory fnformatlon, would - not e it Me, Ladd recovercd Neivntly 10, b fniestiguted, forr quostions were 8e nk‘ By dud o tiillett, of Wisconsin, who fe somes by Iutereatad, and wure muewwercd by Mr, fticangits thu uuly fnformatiou clicited boing that the has" ern ereditons hid not been heard frow, s it "N not known what they would do, sad thut M l.nl had wome properiy st Giencow under comtruch which lind been partially paid fur, sud which wig! Yikw wowy adilitivunl saicta. soma denuiinations of the coln ure of un. -