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him to for his life to the mountains, where he lay secreted for several days, until at length he eluded the search of the “ ites,’ ‘and made good his retreat to this post, leaving ail his improvements, with a large stock of cattle, in the | hands of the Mormons, who have held possession of them ever since, but have, as I understand, offered | to remunerate him. | From Fort Laramie he returned to the States for the first time in thirty-one years, and laid his griev- | ances before the authorities at Washington, but up to the present time has not been redressed. H These transactions, as may be supposed, have en- | gendered in his mind a feeling towards the Saints | not in strict accordance with that command which requires » do good to them that persecute us, and it is believed that-he will not offer up many petitions | in behalf of peace between them and our army. deed, those who know him best, think that war would be more in aecordance with an answer to his | supplications. Bridger has been employed for nearly two years | with that great Irish sportsman Sir George Gore, whore hong adventures in the Rocky Mountains, | neted as they Were upon a gigantie scale for the | ment of one man, probably exceeded anything | of the kind ever before attempted on this side the | Atlantic. Everything that a sportsman could pos- sibly require in the way of shooting, fishing, eating | and drinking was provided in the greatest profusion, poster transpot in safety to the theatre of his exploits. * ome faint idea may be formed of the magnitnde of his equipment, when J tell you that his extensive retin contained a secretary, assistant secretary, clerk, guide, fly maker, hunters, cooks, &c., &c.; in all, numbering abont fifty men, with thirty wagons, ‘ous saddle horses, dogs, &¢., and supplies to Sir George remained nearly three years ju this country, , With the exception of one win- ter, which be spent near Fort Laramie, was en- tirely secluded from the world, and most assiduously engaged in his favorite sport of hunting. An accu- rate account of the amount of game “bagged” was kept by his clerk, and during one season the results were as follows :—122 grizzly bears, 2,500 buffaloes; besides numerous elk, black tailed deer and antelope inall amounting to the enormous aggregate of 3,600 animals, none of which were smaller than the antelope. | had the pleasure of meeting this modern Nimrod in St. Louis, and was highly entertained with a nar- ration of some of his exploits, which almost equal those of Gordon Cumming in Africa. He also showed me his equipment of beantifal gnns of various patterns and calibres, snited to the de- struction of all kinds of game, from an English mere toa grisly bear, and among them I observed the names of Purdy, Manton and other celebrated ma- kers. His outfit must indeed have been most com- plete. Atter becoming cloyed with sport in the moun- tains, and killing ev iety of the largest and most formidable animals found there, Sir George | proposes to winter in Texas, and amuse himself in hunting deer and other small game. He brings with him a host of trophies, which will ish hun with ample vouchers for his perform- ce er pronounces him a social and agreeable companion, a fearless and successful hunter, anda | brave Which are inh mation oecomplish- ments of the highest ord iso says Sir George was in the habit, dur ” er evenings they spent in the mount ling to him from Shikespere and other authors, and asking | 6f this is the iact. This office has often found fault with his opinion upon their ve merits, He says | Yourconduct; and to prove this it is ouly necessary to he had never before been bothered with books, but | Quote your own language. | One. Ts Loo ane ese s teeciy i munication to this office, dated “Great Sait Lake City June that he always gave bis sentiments freely whem | 96 °7855,”" will suffice. You there say—" For the last two aske and his criticisms, although not character ized by those excoriating dissections so common with unpaid reviewers, certainly possessed the merit of being entirely free from all taint of modern con- yentionalities or the hope of reward. He did not, pechers. have at command the most abd obras angnage, but his opinions were given with a blunt and honest sincerity which others would do well to copy. (ae one of these occasions, after reading an ac- count of the battle of Waterloo, he inquired of Bridger what his opinion was in regard toit. He re- That musta been a considable of a skrim- dog-on my skin if it musn’t!—the Britishers must a Gt better in them thar days than they did at Orleans. It tuk our boys to lick um, Mister Gore, and ef we git into another muss with um, yon can jest go your entire pile on it we'll do it again; you'll have a Sure thing on um, Mister Gore.” t your worthy and staid citizens of Gotham y think it ‘a very singular infatuation for | a nobleman possessing a princely estate, with an in- come of $200,000 per annum, to voluntarily with- draw from all society and incarcerate himselt in the | depths of the wilderness among savage men an@ | beasts for three long years, exposed to all the perils and privations consequent upon such a condition; but I assure these same persons that Sir George Gove re- quires no sympathy, as he is one of those men who derive more real substantial pleasnre from one day's succesful shooting than can possibly be imagined by those who never leave the cities. “Besides this, he | returns home with a renovated courtitation, good bealth and spirits, and a prolonged lease to his life of several years, and has seen something of the world out of the ordinary humdrum track of other tourists. lmmediately after passing Fort Laramie the coun- try, as if by magic, undergoes a sudden transforma. tion in its fopographical aspect. We bave left the flat and never varying plains, and entered a section abounding in scenery of the most picturesque character. he “Black Hills,” and other spurs of the Rocky Mountains, with their corrugated outlines, now confront us in bold relief | against the western sky, and we find ourselves as | cending towards the summit level of the Atlantic and Paciic ut the rapid rate of about twenty feet to the mile. The Platte river contracts and finds its tortuous and rupid course through cavons in the mountains that have been asunder at some former period, appa- reutly for uo other purpose but to admit its passage. The bold e-carpments of rock, rising to the enorm height of several handred feet, impinge upon the river, and the broad bottom lands with their luxa- rious carpet of 38 are no longer seen, but are superseded by bleak and barren highlands, almost entirely destitute of any herbage save the artermesia, and the short “buffalo grass,” which afford buat seanty pasturage for our numerous animals. We have also passed the “range” of the buffalo and are now in a country frequented by the grizzly bear, elk and cimeron, or mountain sheep, ‘the last named animal is perhaps leas known than any other embraced in the nataral history of our terri- tory. Like the domestic sheep, it is gregarious; but in its habits and figure more resembles the goat; when full grown, weighs about 200 pounds, and supports an enormous pair of horns which some- weigh aw high as forty pounds. Its flesh is y and fine flavored, and isp i my aliment of the game kind t not yet been’ served up to your luxurious New Yorkers. The aroma given off from the fat ribs of the pp while roasting before our camp fires tempt the appetite of the most fas- fin existence, and as it generously throughont the surronnding atmos knows but what some minute particles towards your good city and invade the nasals of your epicures. If such an event should happen, they be taken with a violent longing for this dish, thé flavor of which Soyer in his hap- piest mood never dreamed of, please tell them, with my compliments, that I fear they must wait pa- tiently until the completion of the Pacitic railway; and ii by that time the disease does not become chronic, T sball be most happy to dispatch them a | first return train from the South Pass. mails as yet, and T shall have to en- | rto the first traveller we chance to it may reach ite destination in due phere may floa' time PS. T have just this moment had » glance at the Mormon paper, the Deseret News, of the 12th Au- gust, in which there are several addresses from the | disciples of their people, breathing vengeance = } ited the President, Congress and the people of the Uni States ger y. They certainly talk as if the; meant to reist our entrance into the Territory, and | 1 begin to believe they will, Elder Kimball (who by the way seems to be ove of the most perfect fire- | eaters among them) says, among ah ok of similar | threatenings, “that he will fight till his last drop of | blood is spent; that God will curse Mr. Buchanan, and be curses him.” Rather strong language this, Commissioner Denver's Letter to Brigham Orrick Commmssonin OF INDIAN Arvases, Y | Wasnrvoton, Nov. 11, 1867 Sin—Your commanication of the 12th of last Septembe has been received, and would not require a formal reply were it not for the effort you make to place this office {n the wrong, when, ip fact, whatever difficuities exist have resulted from your own conduct. As the Soperin ter Indian Adairs for Utah Territory, (| wae your y tw keep # supervisery control over the different that they did not exceed their authority also t notify them of all things pe dutce, and expecially to keep them jn thet rea within the appropriations made for your su y Their reports were made to you, and by tied here. You cannot, therefore, plead ig r transactions. Knowing, then, the amount 1 r ' yo norai t NEW YORK HERALD, SONDAY, NOVEMBER 15, 1857. well known that theservices of @@ agent were not re- out an out of to Indians not un- it follows that if your | dratts are not paid you have no right to complain, be- cause you knew atthe time that the appropriations on quired in that quarter; and again, when fitted expedition yourself, and conducted it narchward your superintendency, to give Ger your control. From all thi which they were drawn were ¢! But even if the money was in the treasury ready for the Indian servies in Utah, I do not see how it can b» ap. plied to the payment of your drafts until they shall have first passed through the strictest scrutiny, for this depart ment has iwformation from reliable sources that, so far | trem encouraging amicable relations between the In:tians xi the people of the United States, outside of your own pmediate community, You have studiously endervored to impress on the minds of the Indians that there was a Gifference between your own sect, usually known as Overoment and other citizens of the United States; that the former were their friends and the In addition to this, you have been denouncing this goyerament, and threatening an armed Mormons, and the latter their enemies. resistance t0 the authorities sent out by the President. Indeed, unless you and your coadjutors are most grossly misrepresented, and your language misquoted, the ap- pearance of those authorities among you is all that is ne- cessary to prompt you to an overt act of treason. onid hever have been intended when the appropriations te by Congress that the money should be used in bordinate officer to carry on treasonable prac- this own government. The rule of this office tices ait js to Withbold annuities from the Indians whenever they place themselves in a hostile or antagonistic attitude to- wards the government; and I know of no reason why the same rule suould not be applied to you at this time; but as the appropriation has been exbausted it is not necessa- ry to consider that question now. ‘You say ‘the troops must be kept away, for it is a pre- valent tuct that wherever there are the most of these we and the least security for persons and property.”” The fair to presume that he would not send them to Utah Ter- there are to be found the greatest number of hostile In- dians, it arises from the fact that the troops are necessary dians in st able citizens should object to their presence. hon, and for this purpose all the powers of the govern- mont ure placed under bis coutrel. been separated, on, been Your other rit shall be ascer properly appropriation for that purpose. You sa perintendency, and never its disapproval.” it be given, but cient to ¢ this office had uever mani conduct servant, JW missioner. His Rxcellency Busonam Y Utah Territory. ‘The Reported Massacre on the Plains. FIVE HUNDRED TROOPS KILLED BY THE INDIANS. Williamson, published in the St. Paul Times:— Pasvrazex, Oct. 26, 1857. A report reached this neighborhood on day before yesterday that five hundred American soldiers have been cut off by a large y of Teetonwan, near the Missouri river. The 's was brought here by a man from near the upper end of Big Stone Lake, whose son-in-law (one of the upper Sissitonwau) had just returned from a camp of the Thanktonwan, on the Missouri river, where he heard the news. He reports that whil Teetonwan came to the © asleep, rushed u) get their guns or horses, and not one escaj pleits, and we hope there is mnch exaggeration in this report; but if two or even one hundred of our soldiers have been thus cut off, it is a sad case. T fear there is truth in it. It is very improbable that not one should have escaped, ‘and likely you will have some account of it from other sources not far from the time this reaches you. You doubtless re- member that persons acquainted with the Sioux, almost without exce send.a detachment of our army to perpetrated the murders at Spirit Lake. e you Thave, however, found relatives among the wan, who will receive me kindly.” are in that region. not learn from him on what the fort is situated from were going, but it was probably of the battle is onl three weeks since the battle occurred. reside on the Missouri above them; ‘The Sissitonwan are a! large numbers with a view of being anpuit nuity [ndivns and whites who live among them. ing. Tuomas 8. WiILLAMson, THE RECENT FIGHTS WITH THE INDIANS, HEADQUARTERS OF THB ARMY, } New You, Noy. 13, 1867. § GENERAL ORDERS, } No. A 1. In annonncing to the army the more recent gallant condnct of the troops, under, in most cases, circum- stances of great hardship and privation, is entitled neral-in-chief takes occa- a similar character, not | mentioned in his General Order, No.4, of the current series, which have occurred since the beginning of last year, and to which, since the publication of that directed. They are too combats with hostile Indians, in which the to high approbation, the sion to notice all those ¢ order, his attention has been interesting to be omitted. In the order of time, the cases are as follows :— 1. On the 17th of February, 1856, Captain James Oakes, with a part of his Company, C, 24 Cavalr, from Fort Mason, Texas, after a pursuit of s of seven or more Indians; killed one and wounded sevgal othe property; wounded. The troops were exposed to very cold and wet weather, and for more than seven days subsisted on two day's allowance of bread and coffee, such game ax they could kill, and the flesh of horses they were obliged to abandon. of the appropristion®, and being fally advised of the affairs | I}. March, April, May and June, 1856. The Gene- of the agents and that money could not be taken eut of | ral commanding the Department of the Pacific, at the ——. ee - « oom, mg | the time of hm ep below mentioned, pre- ave 1 the drafis to exceed appropri: | vents, ax entitled to commenc mime tie amount | 6138060 wo the "clase | pots, the following casea == nn Ss Poul hte were nobiies that thelr deat sould not be paid in |. Firat, that of Bvt, Lieut, Colonel Robert C. Buch- sence of the appropriations having been exhausted, } anan, 4th Infantry —having under him Compan 3 C, { rebubed for excseding them, they replied that they | Ist Dragoons; Band H, 3d Artillery; B,B, F &G, 4th formation from you on the subject. These com. | Infantry—who, in less than three months, after past’ through your hands, and yet yon | traversing the mountains and valleys of the Rogue : them by wanoticed. With a full | River—during which the troops had a number of sev. ail the facts you took no steps, so far he public interest of proper sphere of ve been | need in s Val ere conflicts, and in which they conducted them- nelves to if yt ye of bon commander com; jed tl indians to surrender at discretion, thus ee the war in Southern Oregon. i Byt. Lieut. Colonel Buchanan's conduct ix spoken vu i weg of ag gallant, energetic aad Jadivigus; aud whilst vages to War against our own citizens, or to may expect to find the greatest amount of hostile Indians troops are under the direction of the President, and it is ritory unless thore was a necessity for 0 doing; and if it be true that wherever the greatest number of troops are at such places to preserve the peace and to keep the In- ection. There is no reason why persons and prose should be any the less secure in the neighbor- ood of the troops, nor is there any reason why peace- If itis your intention lo preserve peace, the troops will not interfere with you, but if you intend otherwise, then it is necessa- ry that the troops should be on the ground to enforce it. It is much to be regretied that such a state of affairs should exist, and it is always with great reluctance that we arrive at the conclusion that American citizens should at any time require the strong arm of power to compel obedience to the laws, or that a subordinate officer should so far forget bis duty as to use his official position to in- jure one portion of his fellow citizens and to alienate ‘another portion from loyalty to their government. But, when convinced of the existence of such facts, the Chief Executive Las no alternative left but to crash out rebel- Your claim or double salary cannot be allowed, for, even if itdid not come in conflict with the general rule which forbids the payment of two salaries at the same time to the same person, yet you could not be entitled to it for the reason that you became Superintendent of In- dian Affairs by virtue’ of your appointment of Governor of the Territory; and although these offices have since uu had not, at the date of your com- from the duties appertaining to | be examined into, and d that the expenditure was made it will be paidyshould Congress make an y “the department las often manifested its ap- proval of the management of the Indian affairs in this su- The reverse years I have experienced the greatest difficulty in getting my accounts adjusted at the department; and, when they have finally been so adjusted, that it has been done by ng and disallowing a great portion thereof.’* his 8 suff etuess of your statement that ted its disapproval of your Thave the honor to be, very respectfully, your obedient VE It Lake City, ‘The following is the letter from the Rev. Thomas he was there a number of p of the Thanktonwan to | dance the sealp dance, and that he saw them mounted | on the draoon horses, with the holsters and pistols which they had taken. They said that the Long Knives were going to war, and not very far from some fort on the Missouri, and as they proceeded westward they camped near a large’ body of the Teetonwan, who, bearing their drums, in the night | surrounded the camp, and, while they were nearly all | m them, and killed them with their kuives and warclubs before the Long Knives could It is common for warriors to magnify their ex- ion, apprehended that trouble would grow ont of the neglect of our government to anish those who man who bronght the news to Big Stone Lake siys that at a feast to which he was called by the Thanktonwan he sat next to Inkpaduta, who said to him, “Last summer you Sissitonwan tried to kill me for killing some Long Kuives. Now, far more Long Knives have been killed, but I was not present, ‘eeton: He confirms the report of the old man’s entire blindness, and says that beside himeelf two of his sons and a son-in-law Shave confidence in my informant that he gave me the above news as he received it from the father-inJaw of the man who brought it from the Missouri, and be believes it true: bat as he is not acquainted on the Missouri river I could of the river which the soldiers some detachment of the army marching to Utah. He says the place five or six days’ travel (be- tween two and three hundred miles) from Big Stone Lake. As the messengers came express to bring the news, it is probebly not more than two or at most They report further, that « party of the Thankton- wan had recently returned from an ansnccessful ex- pedition against the Good-Ventures or Ricarue, who that having in this expedition lost five or six of their soldiers, they purpose coming, next spring or summer, to cry to the Sissitonwan, Warpotonwan and Maewakanton- wan for help to exterminate those their enemies. wrehensive they will come in resent at the yayment, and give much trouble to the an- aod have sent to advise the Warpotonwan urgently to re- quest that the payment may be made early and be over before they come, and thas prevent their com- General Orders from the Commander-tn-Chief, days, and on the ninth day from his post, overtook a party captaring ali their animals and other ergeant Reis and private Kuhn severely all of his command are considered entitled to com- | noticed: mendation, the followi are _ Cava sey Coreg, a rare Brevet Major J. F. Reyni tillery: Captain oe a jt Com men killed and ete H, eighteen Compani 8d Artillery, and G, 4th Infantry, killed twent; the enemy and took severa prisoners, with four canoes, rifles and ammunition. Company B, 3d Ar- ulery, killed five warriors and captured five horses, ® quantity of supplies and some ammunition, nd, second, operations on Puget's Sound, of the troops commanded by Lieutenant Colonel Silas Casey and x Robert §. Garnett, 9th Infantry, and Captain E. D. Keyes, 3d Artillery. The conduet of these officers is highly commended for skill, perseverance and judgment. The forces under their commands were—Companies M, 3d Ar- tillery; Aand D, 4th Infantry; and B,D, H & K, 9th Infantry. Their conduct is represented as worthy of Hig. aie. ‘utenant August V. Kautz, 4th Infantry, (wound- ed) and Lieutenants Robert H. Davis ‘and David RB MeKibbin, 9th Infantry, are commended for their lantry in the engagement with the Indians on Vhite river. The Joss in these operations not stated. M1, On the 21st of March, 1856, C William Fletcher and six privates of Company F, lst Artille- 1y, from Fort McIntosh, Texas, overtook and attack- ed a party of Indians on the Rio Grande, wounded two of them and captured three horses. TV. In March, 1856, Sergeant M. Kelley, Company Ai, 4th Infantry, with eight men, gallantly defended ‘a small block house and protected all the public pro- 'y at the Cascades, Washington territory, for two jays, against a body of fifty Indians. He had one man, private L. Rooney, killed, and two, privates F. Bernaud and 0. McManus, wounded, the laiter since dead of his wounds. V. April, 1856.—A detachment of thirty dragoons, commanded by Lst Lieutenant Isaiah N. “Moore, Ist Dragoons, with 2d Lieutenant Horace Randall, sent out by Byt. Lieut. Colonel D. fT. Chandler, 34 {nfant- ry, from the force under his command, near the Al- maigre Mountains, New Mexic me upon and charged a band of Gila Apaches in a canon, killed one, wounded several others, of whom three subse- ently died, and captured their prisoners, baggage, ep, horses and mules. Private Alen of Company I, severely nud danger ously, and Private Fox of Company D, 1st Dragoons, severely wounded. VI. “7th of April, 1856.—A detachment of one hundred and eight men from the ist and 2d Artil- lery, commanded by Byt. Major Lewis G. Arnold, 24 Artillery, with Captain Saml. K. Dawson and 2d Lieutenant Loomis L. Langdon, Ist Artillery, and 2d Lieutenant George G. Garner, 2d Artillery, were attacked by a large assembled force of Seminoles in the Big Cypress Swamp, Florida. The Indians were repeatedly charged and driven from the strong posi- tions they successively occupied in the swamps and hammocks, but with what loss is not known. Private John Simons, Company L, 2d_ Artillery, was killed; Corporal Joseph Carson and Privates George Muller, John Strobell, Company C, 2d Artil- lery, and Private Thomas Newton, Company L, lst Artillery, severely, and Private Silas M. Watkins and William Abbott, Company C, 2d Artillery, slightly wounded. VIL. On the 13th of April, 1856, a party of fifty. five Indians were overtaken on the head waters of the Nueces by detachments from Companies B and D, Mounted Riflemen, and I’, 1st Artillery, from Forts Mc Intosh and Duncan, Texas, under the comroand respec- tively of Captain Thomas Claiborne, Jr., and Brevet Coptain Gordon Granger, Mounted Riflemen, and 2d Lieutenant George fi. Elliot, Ist Artillery. One Indiar. killed and four made prisoners; their camp and all their animals tay a ‘The vigilance of the Indians, and the character of the country, which enabled them to discover pursnit ata great distance, prevented a more complete sue- cess. In this case, from the time of leaving Ae posts until the termination of the pursuit, the tr marched three hundred and fifty miles in eight da} They suffered from want of water, and for four days, two in the pursnit and two after its termina- tion, had no provisions but a small allowance of rice and coffee accidentaily obtaincd in crossing the El Passo road. 2 ‘The Mayor of Laredo, Sr. Don Santos Benevidas, Mr. Edward Jordan, and some twenty-five other citi- zens of that place, participated in this pursuit, and are represented as having rendered valaable service. VILL. April 28, 1856—Brevet Lieutenant Colouel Edward f Steptoe, 9th Infantry, commanding | Companies A, E, F & 1, Same regiment, and detachments of Company E, Ist Dragoons, and Company L, 3d Artillery—in all, two hundred | men—at the Cascades, V repulsed the Indians | in their attack of that place. ‘The troops landed un- ' der fire, routing and dispersing the enemy at every | point, capturing a large number of their males and destroying all their property. 2d Lieutensut Philip \ H. Sheridan, 4th Infantry, is especially mentioned for his gallantry. IX.—On the 25th of May, 1856, Captain James Oakes, 2d Cavalry, with a detachment of that regi- ment from Fort Mason, Texas, came upon a party of Indians on the Concho, and killed one. X.—On the Ist of July, 1856, Bvt. Major Earl Van Doran, 24 Cavalry, with his company, under the or- ders of Bvt. Colonel Robert E. Lee, same regi ment, during an expedition from the northern posts of Texas to the sources of the Colorado and Brazos rivers, after a long pursuit, surprised a party of Co- mancl killed two, took one prisoner and captured bb animals and other property. p. August 20, 1856, Captain George H. Stewert, with his own Company, K, Ist Cavalry, and detachments from” Companies E and G under ist Lieutenant Frank Weston, | of the same regiment, (forty-one men in all) from Fort Kearney, pursued and came upon a Se | from seventy to eighty —— Indians who attacked the mail pany he enemy, after an at- tack, characterized by the department commander | as spirited and skillful, were completely routed, with | w loes of ten dead on the field and as many more wounded, with their horses, mules, saddles, arms, &e., captured. The conduct of the officers, Captain G. I. Stewart, Ist Lieutenant F. Wheaton and 2d Lieutenant James B. Melntyre, Ist Cavalry, and of all the non-commis- sioned officers and men engaged, is characterized ay highly meritorious and honorable to themselves and the service, The gallant captain expresses his obli- gations to Mr. Kdward Dillor, of Fort Kearney; alws to Mr. Alexander Steward, and to the Sioux, Red Leaf and Standing Elk. xu. 1856.—A detachment of troops from Fort © ‘Texas, commanded by Captain James Oakes, 2d Cavalry, and composed of Captain Chas. C. Gilbert and eighteen men of ba ag: § B, lst. Tn- fantry; 2d Lieutenant Henry W. Closson and twelve men of company, 1, “Ist Artile: and 2d Lieutenant James B. Witherell and thirty men of company C, 2d Cavalry, penetrated the country between Fort Clark and the mouth of the Pecos, Western Texas, hitherto not visited by troops, and considered very difficult of access. The = tion was condocted with so mach judgmeut and en- , in the operations of a day, three parties of were surprised between the Rio Grande and Pecos and near their junction, and four of the In- | dians killed and four wounded, their animals and other progeny, taken or destroyed. Xi1L— November 25, 1856, Captain Wm. R. Bela. fute, with a detachment of nineteen men of his com- pany, G, Second Cavalry, from Fort Mason, Texas, after a march of eight days, came upon and surprised a party of Camanche Indians, near the head of the main Concho, killing four, wounding several, taking one yner, and capturing six of their animals. In the conflict Private John Curtia was severely wounded. ovember 30, 1856,a detachment composed of men of Company G, First Dragoons, and Company C, Mounted Riflemen—in all twenty——commanded by Second Lieutenant Horace Randall, First followed a 'y of fifty warriors of the Gila Apa- ches, and ra chase of three hendred, and, in one day of eighty miles—going over mountains and plains of snow, the trail frequently obliterated, wihtout water for three days and nights--overtook the enemy, and attacked aud drove them from the position of their own selection, recovering all the captured animals. Loss not stated. Bere 21, ie yoy of seven- nm men of Company C, Javalry, from Fort Clark, Texas, cocmmaaded by 24 Lieutenant James B. Witherell, 2d gf and accompanied by 24 Lietenant W. Owens, 2d Cavalry, and M4 Lieutenant E. W. H. Read, 8th Infantry, both of whom had vo- lunteered for the occasion, a! a march of three days in diligent search of the enemy, came upon a party of Indians posted in a dense chaperal, on the ink of the Rio Grande, charged upon, and drove them into, and across the river into Mexico; killing two, wounding several, and capturing most of their horses, arms and other force. XVI.—Decemer 22, 1866, Captain R. W. Johnaon, with twenty-five men of Compony accompanied by 2d Lieutenant A. P. Porter, all of the 2d Cavalry, after a march of seven days from Camp Colorado, Texas, came upon a part of Saneco’s band of Ca- manche Indians, near the head of the main Concho, charged upon, and drove them into the chaparal: dismounted and followed them in, killing three, bre pe J three and capturing thirty-four horses and all their camp equipage. In this sharp conflict, Bugler Campion and Private Lamb were killed by arrow shots through the heart, and Sergeant Gard- nier and Private McKim slightly wounded. XVIL—March 9, 1857.—Brevet Captain Alfred Gibbs, Mounted Riflemen, commanding a detachment of sixteen men of Co er G, same regiment, from Fort Fillmore, New Mexico, parsued a party of Mimbres Apache Indians, and, on the second day out, ove ‘and attacked thera with such vigor as to Kill six dead upon the field and mortally wounded the seventh. The animals stolen by the Indians were all recovered. In this sharp and entirely successful confliot, Brevet Captain Gibba received a severe wound in bag from a tance. His gallantry in this affair is justly, highly praised by the de- partaeut o | derson and Privates Donne! XVIN.—March 11, 1857.24 Lieutenant Lawrence Baker, Mounted Ktiflemen, with a small detach- ment from Company B, same regiment, from Fort Thorn, New Mexico, after a hot pursuit continued through the night, came, at a known as oe dd Muerto, upon a party of Indians supposed to Mescalero Aj or K ys, who had ran off the animals of United States surveying party, and succeeded in routing them, re-ca) the stolen animals, a8 well as thse bel to the Indians, together with their other property. The exact loss of the Indians not known. Lieutenant Baker's conduct in this affair has been commended by the department commander. His lows was Private Patrick Su'livan, killed, and Private Brroged Docguetes emai Sote feciy eed ties Sergeant P. Duggan, Ce an , cian Thomas Reed, wounded. XIX.— April 4, 1857, First Lieutenant Walter H. Jenifer, Second Cavalry, with thirteen men of Com- any B of that regiment, after a search of thirteen ys,and a march of nearly three hundred miles, came upon a fresh trail of Indians near the head of the north fork of the Nueces river, Texas; and, as the trail led into » rocky country almost impractica- ple for cavalry, he dismounted, ielt his horses with a guard, and continued the pursuit with only seven men. Aftera tedious march of four miles he suddenly came upon a camp occupied by from eighty to one hundred Indians, Approaching it, under cover, to within two hundred and fifty yards, and he and his little party being discovered, rT were attacked by all the warriors in the camp, and threatened at the same time by a party returning to it with horses. He repulved the Indians, with a loss to them of two killed and one wounded. It being then night he withdrew his men, rejoined his horses, and returned bs the poe day; but in the meanwhile 1 ans dis} 5 For the fact three days this detachment had no vations, having been out seventeen days. XX.—June 27, 1857.—The southern column—com- manded by Lieut. Col. Dixon 8. Miles—of the Gila expedition, under Col. B.R. E. Bonneville, 3d Infantry, composed of detachments from Companies B,D, G and K Ist Dragoons, B, G and K Mounted Ritlemen, C, F and K 3d Infantry, and Band I 8th Infantry, with a company of guides and spies, composed of Pucbla Indians, and Captain Blas Lucero’s Mexicans —in all four hundred men—after a march of twelve days from the depot on the Gila river, New Mexico, caine upon a band of Coyotero and Mogoilon led 24, took 27 prisoners, captured or destroyed all and “rescued a Mexican boy from captivity.” lowing named oilicers and men were wounded, most of them slightly:—_ Ist Dragoons—2d Lieutenant Benjamin F. Davis, Corporal Anderson (twice, once with an arrow and once with a bullet), and private Donnelly, Company 3d Infantry—2d Lieutenant Alexander E. Steen, Sergeant James Heron, Company K, and Privates Johnson and McNamara, Company ©. 3 Very special mention is made, by all the saperior commanders, of Captain Richard Ewell, Ist Dra- goons, to whom the credit is given of planning the action and breaking the enemy. Colonel Bonneville gives “much credit” to 2d Lieutenant A. McD. MeCook, 2d Infantry, for “the admirable manner in which he managed his Puebla Indians.” ; Great credit is also given by their commanders to the following named officers and men: Medical Staff— Assistant Surgeon John M. Haden. st Dragoons—Ist Lieutenant 1. Moore; 2d Lieutenants Alfred B. Chapman and Benj. F. Davis; Sergeant N. Pishon, Company B; Coaperal 3. An- ly and &. Walsh, Com- pany G; Lance Corporal W. Lambert and Private N Brewer. of Company D. 3 Mounted Riflemen—Captain Thomas Claiborne, Jr., and 2d Lieutenant J. V.D. Dubois. 3d Infantry—Ist Lieutenant Wm. D. Whipple and 2d Licutenant A. E. Steen; Sergeant J. Heron and Private John S. Harper, Company K; Privates Thos. McNamara, Thomas P. Morris and John Brown, | Company C; Sergeants Dooling and Morrison, Cor- ral Maloney, Privates Giles, Moore, McCardle, inn, Woodsman, Weis and Zinzinhoffer, Com- y F. perth Infantry—2d Lieutenant Henry M. Lazelle; Corporals Jolin O'Donnel and W. Robinson, Com- pany B; Sergeant C. Wolpent and Private McKay, Company 1. 20, 1857.—A_ detachment of twenty- four men of Company G, 24 Cavalry, commanded by 24 Lieutenant John B. Hood, from Fort Mason, Texas, towards the close of the fourth day of a fatiguing march, came upon a body of fifty Ca- mache and Lipan Indians, near the hi i river (San Pedro), and, after a gevere hand_ to hand conflict, forced them to retire with a loss of nine of XX1.—July t | | their number (one a chief) killed and ten to twelve wounded. Private T an, killed; 24 Lieutenant John hn Davit, William W. Willis Barr, bee woundes YXUL—July 24, 1867.—The mail escort of one sergeant and six priv: of the sth Infantry, manded hy Sergeant Schroeder, and a wood pa one sergeant and six privates of the Ist Infants commanded by Sergeant Libbey, having been at- tacked at a place known as the Ripples, about twenty-five miles from Fort Lancaster, on the road from that post to Fort Davis, Texas, by a body of from cighty to one hundred Indians, and Sergeant Schroeder ‘killed; a detachment of forty men from the Ist Infantry at Fort Lancaster, under 2d Lieutenants A. M. Haskell and John P. Sherburne, joined to a detachinent of fort, men of the Sth Infantry from Port Davis, the whole under 2d Lieutenant Kdward 1. Hartz, sth Infantry, ‘was sent out against them. The commander placed his men in wayons, with the covers me Bh irawn, and marched under the guise of a provision train. The ruse was successful, and the party was attacked abont forty-five miles from Fort Lancaster by a body of mounted Indians, — to be Muscalero Apaches, who were driven back with a loss of three their number killed and wounded. The troops were nuhart. The conduct of the sergeants com- manding the mail escort and the wood party is represented as perfectly correct, and it seems to have been gallant and judicious, XXDL—Jnly 29, 1857.—Col. E. V. Sumner, Ist Cavalry, commandin; Ug jon against the Che- yennes, with Companies A, B,D, BE, G and Hoof his regiment, and Companies C, Dand G, 6th Infantry, after 2 march with the former of more than a thou- sand miles, came upon a body of some three hundred Cheyenne warriors on Solomon's fork of the Kansas, in Kansas Territory, drawn up in battle array to op- pose his march. ‘The Indians were all well mounted and well armed, many of them with rifles and revolvers. The y missing, supposed to have troops advanced steadily upon them, they standing | their ground till charged 3 the caveley, when they | broke in all directions. ey were pursued seven miles with a loss of nine killed. Nomber wounded not known. Colonel Sumner's loss was-—Private Martin Lynch, of Company A, and George Cade, Company G, lst Cavairy, killed; Ist Lieutenant James E. B. Stuart, Ist hating 2 severely, though not dangerously, wounded; Ist Sergeant George C. McKowen, Com- pany D; Private Franz Piot, Company B, and Jas. M. Cooke, Company G, dangerously; Ist Sergeant Henry B. Robinson, Company H; Privates Fraucis P. Freer, Company B; Rollin Taylor, Company E, and Thomas Wilson, Company D, severely; and Private Alexander Wilkey, Company B, slightly | wounded. The troops, on the 31st of July, took the principal town of the Cheyennes, which had been abandoned, containing one hundred and seventy lodges and a large amount of their roperty. XXIV.—August, 1857.—A detachment of the 2d Cavalry, from Fort Clark, Texas, commanded by Captain Charles J. Whiting, with 2d Lieutenant Jas, P. Major, same regiment, and Mr. Dunlap, a citizen volunteer, after a fatiguing and exhansting pursuit of five days—dnring which time they were twice, for thirt mene crema water ee horaes— a party of thirty or more supposed to be of the mares party veo attacked 2d Lieutenant Hood. They were char by the cavalry, cut off from their horses, and driven to take refuge in a ravine, with a loss of two killed and three wounded. Their horses, thirty-three in number, were captared. 2d Lieutenant James P. Major and Mr. Dunlap are both warmly commended by Captain Whiting. XXV.-- ber 28, I857-—A detachment of twelve from Company I, 2d Cavalry, com- 4 Sergeant Charles M. Patrick, sent oat from Fort McIntosh, Texas, after a search and pur- suit of seven days, came upon a party of Indians at place known as Santa Catarina; one Indian killed five wounded; eleven of their animals captured. Owing to continued raing the march was a ve severe one, yet the detachment, whilst in pursuit, encceeded in waking one hundred and sixty miles in by? ara § forenehon list omprises but a few of th 2—' foregoing ef afew " expeditions undertaken by the army within the mentioned—many of them, too, highly creditable alike to commanders and men, and marked, as well by the vigor, resources and tenacity of pu with which they were prosecuted, as’ bj the toils and sufferings with which they were al tended. Nevertheless, no special mention of them is made, it being the intention herein to notice only those where actual conflict took place. ‘This rule, however, must have a marked ——- that of Bvt. M: T. W. Sherman, 3d Artillery, who, in Angust, 1857, marched, at short notice, with his battery Fort Snelling to the Indian agence at Yellow Medicine, Minnesota Territory ; and he promptitade, judgment and firmness, rved the country from @ war with the Mississippi tribes of the Sionx ‘nation. In this connection, 2d Lientenant William C. Spencer, 24 Infantry, is commended for his gallant bearing on the of his demanding, alone, the Indian murderer from the armed warriors of the tribe. By command of Brevet Lieut. General Scott : Laven MeDowsip, Assist, Adjutant Ggugral. val Ricumonp, Va., Nov. 6, 1857. ‘The Hunter Men and Governor Walker—What the “Administration is to Expect in the Event of Hun- ter’s Election to the Senate—Governor Floyd and the United States Senatorship—Crawford’s Statue of Washington—High Rate of Exchange on New York, &e. The friends of Senator Hunter seem to regard Gov. | Walker's rejection of the votes of Oxford precinct | as a decided triumph in his behalf. This act is looked | upon in the light of post facto guilt, justifying the sentence of condemnation pronounced by Hunter upon him in advance, and the purpose of opposition to tho administration so evidently foreshadowed in the Senator’s late letter to Mr. Leake. The opposi- ; tion waged heretofore upon a mere pretext, will | henceforth be pursued with a vigor unparalleled in the history of that distracted Territory, the “ultra- | ists” fancying that they are now furnished with an ; argument which will justify any amount of censure upon Walker and the administration. They will overlook the Oxford frauds in their zeal to condemn both; and 1 question if they do not hail this act | on the part of the Governor as peculiarly | opportune. The pretext heretofore assumed as a | justification for the war made upon him, was fast dying out; and the public were well nigh disgusted | with the hue and cry of opposition of which this was | made the flimsy excuse. “Othello’s occupation” would have been fairly at an end had not this recent act of Walker's furni a plea for its revival. But . even in the absence of any such pretexts, I question | if opposition to the administration would cease. The spirit of hostility was too rife to lack clements for its | sustenance. If not in Walker’s course, it would dis- cover some other soo of opposition upon which toact. Many of those who now cry out against the administration for its acquiescence in Walker's licy have heen secretly if not openly opposed to it Koa ‘the start, and it ix out of the question to sup- pose that its course, however perfect, could have re- conciled these malcontents or stayed their hostility. What but an overweening desire for opposition could discover in Walker’s first pronunciamiento a pretext ' for attack upon the administration; or prostitute, us in this last instance, the integrity of the exalted right of suffrage merely for the sake of a shallow retext of hostility? The most that can nye =osaid of this exercise of power on | the part of Walker is, that it was somewhat premature and peremptory. Ultimately the result would have been the sume, and in its de- cision at this early stage, much expense, inconye- nience and angry debate has undoubtedly been ob- viated. To every candid mind Governor Walker's courre would seem justifiable, and I have not the least doubt but that public opinion will bear him out, not only in his policy with reference to the Oxford fraud, but in his general course of action. Should Senator Hunter by any chance be re-elect- ate, he will iti all probability pursue -y of direct and vigorous opposition to the ad- istration. When he indicated a purpose of op- { ition on the mere shadow of a pretext afforded py Waiker’s incipient policy, what ix he not likely | | ta do now with such broad grounds for opposition | as his recent course is made to constitute? T should | not be surprised if the Legislature of Virgina, in | view of the prospects which this state of affairs | foreshadows, would postpone the election until the next session of that body. If he happens to | be elected this winter, and thus virtually | | guarantied exemption from responsibility for { } any course of opposition which he may pur- sné towards the administration from this until the commencement of his new term in 1859, rest assured his inclinations will have attained a fresh | deapeioe, tre) his purposes will be carried out with- } out restraint. I understand his friends in the Legisla- ture intend to force the election on the first or second week of the session; but that they will succeed is very questionable. This course is suggested by the idea That he will be stronger at the outset than during any subsequent period of the session. A similar plan was parsned in regard to Senator Mason's election at the last session of the Legisla- ture, and I question if the attestations of the im- policy of that course furnished before the close of that session, and the regrets expressed by many of | the members, will not influence a greater degree of | caution on the part of the comiag Legislature. | Many of the members who witnessed the disad- vantages, and -perhaps shared the regrets which | that policy entailed, are to take their seats again, | and it ix to be presumed they will not wholly dis- | regard the admonitions of their former error. \ f understand it is contemplated to instruct the three members and State Senator elect from | this city to vote for Wise in eancus, Should they refase to do so, t nay prepare for | irement next time. The claim upon the suffrages of the people of this city, to whose vote he is indebted for bis election, is the | person in respect to whom there exists any doubt | upon this subject. They will all be instructed how- ever, and that from @ source whose instructions they | will find it impossible to disregard. | | There is no truth in the report that Gov. Floyd's name is mentioned in connection with the Senator- | ship. [understand he is decidedly opposed to the | use of hix name in any such connection. Moreover, according to the geographical standard which seems | to govern the people of Virginia in the distrivution of these high offices, he is at the wrong side of the | line—the policy being to elect a Senator from each of | the two grand divisions of the State, as determined by the Alleghanies. His time will come yet, how- ever. When his present term in the Cabinet shall Legation existing authorities, | of the peo Our Caracas (Venesuela) Correspondence, Oct. 5, 1667, Accident to the Caracas Theatre—Fulling in of thé Beef ang Loss of Life—Narrow Escape of the Authorities ame Leadling Citizens—Dulness of Trade—Want of Labor— Effect of the Emancipation Net, dée., de. A few days since an accident happened in this city, which, if Providence had deferred six hours longer, would have thrown into mourning our whole community, A benefit at the now theatre being announced, Gord seas ‘waa taken; and just after the actors had retired in the af- ternooa from rel |, the ponderous roof fell in, crusha- ing everything to the foundation, killing one man and wounding several others employed about the premises. ‘The heads of government and tho principal inhabitants ‘would have been buried ti the rulnsthad. the catastrophe ned in tho eveninr. erything ia excessively dull here, and cultivation is almost at a stand still, owing to the want of labor. The Emancipation act was a desth blow to Venezuela; as & ! also proved in the colonies. It was not a philant ; but a political move to make the then einen poems with the gable race. ‘The American residents are anxiously awaiting the re- turn of their Minister, the Hon. Charles Eamos, from Washington, to close the unfinished business beforo the , a8 well as other causes of complaint against the Curacoa, October 6, 1867. The Appointment of a New British Consul—The American and British Consulships now held by one Firm—Impre- pricty of such a Union, de., de. Since the departure of the Venus for your shores, ne direct opportunity bas offered by which I could communi- cate, and the barreness of news would have rendered it ‘an uninteresting one had any offered, Not so now, for £ teel contident @ nation such as ours, jealous of hor rights, and whose laws aro 80 stringent as to the ap- pointment of persons to protect their interests, cannot (notwithstanding the recent injudicious appointment of @ Consul to this island) hear of the following appointment without feelings of indignation, T refer to the appointment announced yesterday on tho arrival of the European mails, of Mr. Dayid Jesuram as British Consul for this island, with a salary of £250 sterling. Our recently appointed Consul (Mr. Mosea Jesuru) is brother-in-law to Mr. David Jesurun, 9 part- ner in bis business, and, as a matter of course, ever transaction, however important to tho interests of bots nations, would be known to both parties. I leave you, therefore, to judge, how such appointments may work. ‘The Cherokee Nation. MESSAGE OF CHIEF JOHN ROSS. John Ross, the principal Chief of the Cherokee nation, recently sent his message to the Nationa) Council. In man- ner and matter it is quite equal to that of the Governors of many of our States. In the discharge of his duty he visited tho different districts of the Territory, and found well cultivated farms, yielding abundant crops of gr affording a full supply for the wants of the people; filled public schools, large and orderly assomblages, and quiet neighborhoods, furnishing a sure indication of the susceptibility of all classes among the Cherokes people for A ,thorough civilization. Mr. Ross recommends to the i that, in selecting those who are to dispense jus- the enforcement and exposition of the constitution and laws, they should discard every other consideration, and seck only for the largest meastre of ability, integrity and patriotism. He continues:— Ir our rights of soil aud self-government, of free homes: and self-chosen institutions are worth the toils and strug- gies of the past, they are worth present defence and con- Unustion upou the “most permanent footing. Years of trial and anxiety, of danger and struggle, have alone maintained the existence of the Cherokee people as a dis- tinct community, and such must continue to be the case if we would live as men ourselves, and discharge the debt we owe to posterity. The constitution was ordained and established by “the people of the Cherokee Nation, im national convention assembled, in order to establish jus- tice, insure tranquility, promote the common welfare, and to secure to ourselves ‘and our posterity the blessings of freedom.’’ And us the surest means to ‘accomplish these objects, that instrument declares that “Religion, morality and knowledge being necessary to good government, the preservation of liberty, and the happiness of mankind, schools and the means of education shall forever be en- couraged in this Nation.” The subject of schools occupies a large portion of the message. He makes special reference ta the public debt ‘of the nation, and urges that arrafgements should be made for its discharge. Speaking of the plans to relieve the nation, he says:— Imay remark, however, that the retrocession of the Neutra) lund, so called, is the one heretofore deemed most expedient, and which has received the sanction of the Cherokee people. The chief object coutemplated by the retroceasion of that land, which is principally, if uot en- tirely, within the boundaries aesigned to the Territory of Kansas, was to provide for the payment of the national debt, and to secure ample means for educational and xovernmenttal purposes. The necessity which led to the adoption of the acts authorizing that retrocession, con- tinues im full force. The failure to carry out that measure has not only kept the country embarrassed, but has exerted a pernicions influence over the other equally im- portant interests which it was designed to foster and sus- by fa ge beng the course of education—meted out a stinted pittance to every person eugaged in public ser- viee—defrauded the honest holders af public ect >, and ingraced the fair famo of the nation by an act of subatan- | tial repudiation. Humiliating as must be these things to the pride of patriotic men, they are not the enly evil con- sequences that have flowed from the course of _olicy par- sued in relation to this question. It disturbs the harmon xcites disagreements and divisions, and ingidionsly sapping the foundatious of government by withholding means really necessary for its successful | administration. Mr. Koss refers to the relations of the Cherokee nation with the United States. He says that the encroac! | of the United States courts are the palpable violation of treaty stipulations, while the conduct of Marshals in ar- resting our citizens upon various pretexts, and even im | taking prisoners out of the hands of our officers, is produo- tive of vexation and injustice. Mr. Ross continues -—Quiet submission to such treat ment in one case, is but an encouragement for ils repeti- tion in another, If our political rights are of any value they should be zealously maintained, and no violation of them permitted to pass without invoking rodress from the United States government, which is for our pro- tection. As intimately connected with th subject, you cannot fail to be seriously impressed with the change of have expired it is probable he will be chosen to fill the vacancy in the Senate next ensuing. .The people > Virginia feel an exalted pride in the distinguished Crawford's equestrian statue of Washington has arrived here in the Dutch brig Walborg. Prepara- tions are on foot for its removal from the vessel to | the monument in Capito) Square, upon which it ix to stand, The ceremony of the tnauguration will preety, be deferred until the anniversary of Wash- ington’é birthday, when it {a expected the President of the United States and his Cabinet will attend. The Legiaiature and Congress will be in session at the time, 2 that the occasion will be uliarly portune for an appropriate display. The statues of Patrick Henry and Jefferson, Aeiich now stand i on temporary , Will be transferred to = beg erg on the ge at the same ec, 80 ceremony of the inauguration will be made to embrace the three statues, Exchange on New York still maintain an exor- bitant standard, being in some instances purchased at <0 high a rate as fourteen per cent. premium. T have heard of a firm in this city ig one thou- sand dollars premium in one day, on New York, and our smaller merchants suffer proportionately. This must materially diminish, if not wholly absorb the ) profits on their sales, Nor is there likely to be any relief from this impost before the resumption of specie bog ng by our banks, which is not likely to be before the payment of the interest ou the State bonds in a All the State deposits are made with the banks here, and they pay out as they are drawn upon on State account. of these payments having to be made in specie, they must necessarily be on the reserve to meet them, for had they failed to meet the State demands to the extent of her deposits there would be an end to them. There is, fore, no hope of an adjustment in the rate of exchange pending these heavy drafts, and until trade between this city and New York is re- stored to something like a proper equilibrium, Owing to the limited shipments of tolacco and flour from this port, the balance of trade is too largely in favor ¢ Bp? city, and as a consequence, there is. a perpetual drain upon us for specie. The wonder is that it has not been exhansted long ago. The National American, late Botts’ in, died in this city recently for the fifth time, It is said to have cost a few gentlomen in this city, who the forlorn for “jmmortal,” from fifteen to twenty thousand dollars. It fell through repeatedly, but was again resuecitated into life by some galvanizing process. So enthusias- tic were these gentlemen said to be in regard to Botts, that they deposited $10,000 to sustain the Paper, satisfied ‘at the time that it was never to be restored. But they lost not only the money but Botts with it. Politically, he is as dead as Julius Cesar, and in the work of his destruction that pee exercised @ vigorous agency. Strange infataa’ that could lead men to make snch sacrifices. policy shown by the United States gover Cealing with the Indian tribes in the territories of Kansas and Nebraska. And as an evidenco of the dangers with which wo ourselves are threatened, I need bat refer ta istinguished source they do, they can but admonish ue that the renowal may be ef haxd those measures of agitation which but so recently forced us from the homes of our fathers, That you may fully understand the sentiments of the Governor, who, if I mis- take not, was in the Senate of the United States when the removal of al} the Indians from the east to the west side ‘of the Miswiesippi river was the policy of the government, and when the treaty was made which declares that tho country we now occupy shal! be a home for ourselves and our descendants forever, and never be embraced within the limits of any State or Territory without our 1 — the lag ne | extract from that address :— “Tpan the south Kansat is bounded the Soathwestern Indian Territory. This is and te oe ralubriogs and fertile portions of this continent. Itisa great cotton growing region, admirably adapted by soll and climate for the products of the South, embract valleys of the Arkansas and Red river, adjoining Texas on the south and west, and Arkansas on the east, and it ought speedily to become a State of the American Union. ‘The Indian treaties will constitute no obstacle any more than precisely similar treaties did in Kansas, for their jands, value'oss to them, now for sale, bat which, sold with thoir consent and for their benedit, like the indian lands of Kansos, would make them a most wealthy and Prosperous people, and their Consent on these terms would be most cheerfully given. This territory tains double the area of the State of Indiana, and necessary, an adequate portion of the western more elevated part could be set apart exclusively for these tribes, and the eastern and larger portion be formed into a State, and its land soid for the benefit of tribes, (like the Indian lands of Kansas.) thus greatly pro- moting all their interests. To the eastern bow oa ‘this region on the State of Arkensar,run the railroads of that State; to the southern limits come tho great railroads from Louisiana and Texas, from New Orleans and Galves- ton, which will ultimately be joined by railroads from Kansas, leading through this Tidian territory, connecting Kansas with New Orleans, the Guif of Mexico, aud with the Southern Pacific Railroad leading through Texas to SanFran- cisco. It is es#ential to the true interests, not only of Kan- eae, but of Lowsiwna, Toxas and Arkansas, Jowa and Mis, & | ot i become @ State, not only to supply us with receive our products in return, but ar ocew over which that of our railroads should run, which connect us with Now Orleans and Galveston, and by the southern route with the Pacific. From her central tion, through or connected with Kansas, must ran central, northern, and southern routes to the Pacific, and ‘with the latter, as well as with the Gulf, the connection can only be secured by this southwestern territory be- coming @ State, and to this Kansas should direct her ear- “Siancamatin ae ber ity.” not su that the se nts here exprossed have the sanction of the President of the United States, for their spirit is at war with the stipulations of solemm treaties eucourage aggression apon our rights. ¢, nevertheless, important ag indicating the princ the source whence they emanate, and the # u : It is somewhat sw that our raitroad com: | 1¥ {hat may imperil our most interests. | Tho “ Territory’ spok country, panies are taking no steps towards a reduction in x y. on of te the only Their charges for treight and passage in view of the | faatc’ anee,auues, Coupled by, Indians no wii general depreciation in all values. They should} where the Indian can rest under his own laws and ous- evince some consideration for the scarcity of money | toms. And if we would avert the fate of the Indians im and the low standard to which all descriptions of | Kansas and Nebraskas from ourselves, and the ipite goods are fast tending, and shape their charges ac- | tion of events that would bring strife, injury want plied cordingly. They will ge ave to do it of ne- | “e#truction, it behooves us to stand united, to watch with cessity, and the sooner the better. ate Ser cagrens on, to strengthen out gor —. G.P, A, James, Eaq., the British consal at this | riniged by the United States In view of the interests port, returned recently to the city with his family, | rourred to abowe, 1 lly recommond the appoint- after a sujourn of several months at Ashland, (Slash | ment of a suitable delegation, authorized to proceed to Washington, and clore by negotiation euch ters of na Cottage,) near this city. He is a great favorite with all parties here. A Dersist’s Moxument—The Charleston Merew- thus describes the monument erected in Magnolia ometery, in Charleston, to WR. Taber, Jr., Inte editor ‘of that paper, who was killed in a due! about a your sin —Conapievous at the present time ie the new monument to the memory of our late lamented colleague, Wm. R. Taber, Jr. Itisa plain marble obelisk, of graceful pro- tions, resting upon a quadrangular pillar, bearing an capital; under the curve of the capital is the talemblem of the winged ball. The faces of the Pwd hear the flowing. ingeriptions : Front—Wm. R her, Jr. mourned by his friends, his Stato and the . Right side—Born July 18, 1828. Died Bopt. 29, 1856, aged 28 years, 2 months and 11 days. Rear—His remains lie in the family vault, St. Philip's Churchyard, Chorleston. Left side—A tribute of sympathy and respect from his fellow citizens, The mgnumeps id abgut tweuty foul wa height, tional concern as may be entrusted to their care. Fort Gibson having been abandoned by the United States, ithas now become the pro of the nation, and Mr. Ross proposer that it shall be laid off into town lots and sold for the benefit of the nation—« ‘iding,” as he eaye, with more of reapect than belongs to our own people, “for the suitable preservation of the burying grounds there, in which repose, among many others, the = ‘of several officers of the army of the United je. Mawarrs or Cononess Hover Hewtrea rw Waart- rveTox.—Membors of Congress have commenced to drop in upon us, under circumstances—house hunting—premo- nitory of the opening of the session. Tt ia already appa- rent that a mueh larger number of them than ever before design keeping house here this winter, which will add not & little to the refined and desirable comforts and enjoy. mente of the stranger's sojourn in the federal moti ry id Whe course of the gyssio.— Washington Sar, Nov.