The New York Herald Newspaper, July 2, 1867, Page 5

‘ <A Fepubl: : Wnder military rule it ferent, Neglect not your duty to the country, Indiffer- @ace is reiu—it ts death to your country, {From the Mobile (Ala) Registor.} TO REGISTER 18 4 PATRIOTIC DUTY. * ‘Whoever throus® false pride, pique or criminal tndif- ference fils to reguter and qualify himself to vote when the time arrives will surely bitterly repent his mistake, and if he isa true friend to tho have to Teproach himself for the non-performance of @ sacred duty. We regret to learn that some of our young men— true and spirned fellows, who upheld the Soutuern eauee through suffering and danger while war flemed— nore ental todo what they call sie ge of any in politicajaction under exiting laws, Yount satan same ee of honor, the same duty to and love of country that had pot to cail you twice to take Up arms now adjare you to make another sacrifice of your pride and resentments for that same country @nd people. It we of the South, from whatever cause ‘©f pride or indifference, fail to evercise the fraction of Voting power left to us under these cruel laws, and suf- fer tho Btate Government to fali into the hands of our Yadica! enemies, a lifetime of sackcloth and ashes will BOs be able to atone to our consciences for the irrepar- able injary we shall bave inflicted op this unfortunate Biate. ppily our enemies have not left us (although they designed 11) without hope and means of protec- tom. The actual disfrauchisement under the laws does ‘Bot extend to placing us ina minority. Our safety and our destinies are in our own bands, if overy man who is entitied registers hs pame 4nd arms himself with a Dallot to cast for the pcblic honor and public safety. But there are none to spare, and every siraggier and deserter, evory Iaggard in duty will be needed, perhaps fatatiy missed, when the roli of the State’s destiny is REGITER! ReGrSTER! ‘The apathy in registering betokens a species of mad- esa, Do the people mean to give up their country to the devil’s own rule, rendering it uninhabitable by refusing pr themeelves 1a tbe only possible position to prevent &? If tbe people do not come up and register twelvo months will Govelop ba fairest example of a political and sovial heli on that this worid has ever seen. Let every mao hasten to free himeelf from self reproach, and when the evil time comes be able to eay to the old men and the women and children of the land, ‘iboa @anst not say 1 did it.” SENATOR WILSON ON THE SITUATION. SPECIAL CORRESPONDENCE OF THE HERALD. @enator Wilson’s Views Bee General Grant. Bosrox, Mass,, July 1, 1867. Your correspondent bas just had « brief interview with Hog. Henry Wilson, and as his conversation was mostly upon current political and reconstruction topics, I venture to give the public the substance of the Massa- ebusetts Senator’s viewa, Concerning the conditions of reconstruction Mr. Wilson said that he held the samo epinions now as when he returned from the Soutb, As to the matter of admitting the Southern States their former status he claimed that if they complied ‘with the terme laid down in the Reconstruction bill and @lected men who could take the oath, no member of Congress had any right to say that new conditions should Be imposed ; for the law said that they shall be admitted when they comply with its requirements, He would Bile to have added another condition—that it should be @bligatory for every State to establish an impartial sys- tem of common schools; but he felt bound to say that be met no man, of whatever party, at the South, who ‘was not in favor of establishing such a system. He be- Meved that it would be established, because all intelli. grnt men wore agreed that now that the negroes were Sree it was im; it that they should be educated. He believed, he said, thatall the Southern States ould be represented in before the next Presi- @ential election, that they would participate in it, and ‘thas it was very important, both from a party and a na- tonal point of view, that they shoulddoso. If the ican party went into the campaign with the South would be charged upon them with yrete effect, in such States as Pennsylvania and York, that, while the military leaders had crushed Tit tt six months before. Not one-ti up. Border land is so bop #0 good om the average that any industrious buy land today, Itiseasier for a nogro to mestead now than for an industrious workin New Engiand. We could settie two millions ‘megroes on our present public lands in the south, count- acres, without disturbing any- this, the land in the South is BH it In short, the takes a hopeful view of the situa- (on, and believes that the South will soon be clothed in ts right mind agaio, and have a place in the councils of ‘the nation as an equal compeer of her recent conque- THE GUBERNATORIAL TICKET IN TENNESSEE. Nasuvitis, Jaly 1, 1867. Political excitement is running bigh throughout this State, Governor Brownlow rules with » stern will and has set aside the registration in every district that does @od guard many years. oben SALVADOR DE ALBACETE, Sa retary of the Colovues, 4. A. Savonen, Director 1. 0. T. Co, thie serv ing to ane commander tua Sons Wehermuten hp “aan oma ” ‘NEW YORK HERALD, TUESDAY, JULY 2, 1867.-TRIPLE SHEET. CONFISCATION IN NEW YORK. Enormous Increase in the City Taxes. FINANCIAL CONDITION OF THE COUNTRY. The Reports and Recommendations of Comptroller Connolly. BOARD OF SUPERVISORS. ‘The Board of Supervisors met yesterday and trans- acted a large amount of business. Comptroller Connolly submitted reports on the finan- cial condition of the city and county of New York, and the taxation required for the expenses of the State, county and city governments for the curreat year, as fol- lows:— AMOUNT TO BI For State purposes. For county purposes, For city purposes. . From general fund To supply deficiencies. Aggregate tax to be raised............4+ ‘The increase in the direct taxation upon the property of the county for the purposes of the current year’s ex- penses, over the amount raised last year, 1s five million dollara, Among the additional items which go to make up this large tacreaze are the following :— deficiency in State tax of 1865, withheld by this county for taxes 1863 and 1864, not col- lectable from banks and insurance companies. $515,306 For the Metropol:tan Police Department 0 For the new Court House, For site and for the erecti if Commissioners of Public Charities and Corree: tion... PES (are 100,000 For rede! bonds issued for Tepayment of taxes. encesscctcccccess OOG,COD For election expenses of the Constitutional Con- VODUOD......+.00 00+ seessesense 83,000 counsel fees and expenses in relation to Pubtic instruction. Redemption of city bounty Joan. RAISED BY TAX. Lamps and gas 823,250 Judgments. . 2 271,269 ‘Arching Fourth <8. 100,000 Repaving Broadway. 890,817 the following are the comments of the Comptrollor on this exhibit:— REMARKS OF COMPTROLLER CONNOLLY. It will be seen by an attentive peruzal of the foregoing that a portion of the expenditures which have been added by State authority to the original estimates might have been omitted, at least for the present. Tt would seem that tuere ought to be some limit to taxation, and the Comptrolier takes this occasion to ex- ress the hope that the Constitutional Convention, now Tiesssion, ollderiée some tore economics metiod of tmaintuning our city and county governments. There can be vo just cause for an increase of nearly five million dollars upon the already over taxed people of this city avd county, in @ single year, wrung as it must be from the bard earnings of the laboring masses, ‘xhe Comptroller would again urge upon the Board of Sup:rvisors the exercisé of the utmost vigilance and prudence in every item of expenditure under their con- trol and embraced in the Tax Levy for the year 1867. New resources of revenue should be sougnt out; all unproductive property not necessary for public pur- poses sol jeneral offort made to put a stop to every species of extravagance in the expenditure of the public moneys, and new barriers thrown around the public treasury. a Unless this is done, notwithstanding the large re- sources of the city aud county of New York, there is danger, amid the muititude of boards and commissions without any responsivity to its municipal aa- thorities, that our local government may become seri- Po embarrassed in the administration of its financial -interests, ‘The Comptroller cannot close this statement without making an earnest appeal through the Board of te See eter atone pet Led pul xerci aes ‘economy in all expenditures which are ‘Tne Commissioners of Public Chanties and Correction have obtuined leg slative authority to expend $100,000 for the purchase of a site and the erection of » building for the use of said department of thiscihty. The Comp- troller is of opinion, in view of the high oe estate, that this e1 should be delayed until more Teasonable terms can be ebtai and a suitable budding rented or leased tor their present accommodation. ‘The justice aswell as feambility of taxing the whole property of the people of this county to defray the ex) of arching the a A cut on the Fourth avenue, at Yorkville, is sorio i of execution these high trusts may be, the Cor jer Low SW Seed aes Pe Pe era jastly tie office, but to discharge to the best of his laws and ordinaaces im- falis due on the 1st of November next. The whole amount of bonds for this purpose will probably de $2,500,000, payabie in five annual instalments. The Volunteer Soidiers’ Bounty Fund Redemption Bonds of the city, amounting to $490,000, also fail due re A a aahinad aggregate.of nearly ing an : $1,000,000 of ict for ‘Special obj -c to be provided for in addition to the other annui xpenditures, and tend to augment the already large amount required to be raised by tax the present year. It jecessary, how- ever, that the bonds, as above, be ded for in th tax of 1867 and paid at matority, redit and un- tarnished ho: ancial engagements main! Respectful ‘unimpaired, submitted, KICHARD B. CONNOLLY, Comptroller, The Financial Condition of the County—In- teresting Statistics. The Comptrolier also submitted, in addition to the above his annua! report of the financial condition of the county of New Yerk. We gather from it the following Interesting statistics and information :— Balance remaining in the Treasury December Amount of its outstanding and anpaid at Total geenpia of ia county fori “an,90n oon Total payments 4 1966. 349 Total sppropriations made mr ro Eon Bg gn Sg 4 Necessary expenses incu! by the courts in the discharge of their official The Commireter therefore recommends to your honorable body Ppro- jet pepe 3 VALUATION OF PRoranrr, ion of property subject to taxation within the enty und county of New Tore’ for the yoar 1866, was THE VALUATION BY WARDS, The following is the valuation by wards, as corrected on extending Kems of tax :— Real Value, Value. ++ $40,077,550 21,275,500 94,860.900 Twenty-t Twenty-second.. 24,052,715 += $478,948, 634 Rosident... ++ $27,222,475 Non resident, ‘ 141083 Total ...... seen geeees ens e491 $258,086,428 RATH OF TAXATION FOR 1800, The rate of taxation for the year 1866 was fixed at $2 30 per $100, as shown by the following statement: — Amount required to be rai esse ssees «$16,950, 707 Valuation of property, . $736,989,903 Rato of tax........ $2 80 per $100 Product of tax by said rato........ + $16,950, 767 COMPARATIVE TAXATION FOR SEVEN YEARS, The following statement exhibits the amount of the yearly taxes levied in this county for the years stated, for State, county and city purposes: $0,758,c07 Is0s $13,705,092 11,627,632 1865 18,203,952 9,008,271 1866 2 16,950,767 12,091.905 ATE BOARD OF EQUALIZATION. ‘The State Board of Equalization, created by act of the State Legistature in 1859, is charged with the duty of equalizing the valuation of the property of the several counties of the state, in order that all may bear their just proportion of the expenses of the State govern- ment, For the year 1866 they decreased the assessed value of the property of this county materially from the Amounts fixed by the Board of Supervisors. The assessed value, as fixed by the Board of Super- visors, for 1866, for the year commencing January 1, was $736,980, 968. le ‘The assessed value, as fixed by tho Board of Equaliza tion, for 1866, for the year commencing October 1, was 8606, 7! Tbe Comptroller makes the following remarks om this Heretofore it bas been apparent upon comparison with the assessed valuation of property with other counties, ‘that the county of New York, im consequence of a higher valuation than in other portions of the State, has been made to bear more than its legitimate proportion of the expenses for state purposes, @ interest taken by the Assessor from this county, J. F, Zebley, to secure such a reduction on the assessed valuation of this county as to equalize the same with tho assessed valuation of other counties, merits the com- mendatien of the tax payers of the city and county of New York. ‘The Comotroller will here express the hope that the county of New York will receive the high copsideration from this Board which is justly que to the chief city of the State, The trade and commerce of this port, its banking and manufacturing interests, are more or less involved in the proper and discreet valuation of both the reel and per-onal estate in which their capital is invested, and hence the deliberations of this Board are looked to with the deopest interest, The tax payers of New York justly expect that the same principle of valuation will applied to this county that guides the State Board in relation to otber counties of the State, in fixing the basis for the State tax ‘THE COUNTY DEBT, The debt of the county of New York, December 31, 1866, was as follows:— FUNDED DBBT, Court House stock of 1875-1893........ sseee $1,800,000 Soldiers’ Bounty Fund Bonds of 1883-1890.,, 4,000,000 Soldiers’ Substiiute Bounty Redemption Bonds of 1873-1876.............c.se0.s0+ | 2,000,000 Soldiers’ Substitute and Relief Redemption Bonds of 1880-1881......... 5 sees 946,700 Soldiers’ Bounty Fund Redemption Bonds, No. 2, of 1801.. ee sss. 876,000 Soldiers’ Bounty Fund Redemption Bonds, ‘No, 3, of 1895-1897... 745,800 cael ge Redemption Bonds of “sti Riot Damages Indemnity Bonds of 1882, Riot Damages Indemnity Bonds, No 2, of Temporary Debt—Revenue Bonds payable in 1867.......scseecesseeeeeeeeee Total debt of county, December 31, 1866. . .$11.816,300 In bis remarks, the Comptroller briefy directs atten- of the causes that have swelled the debt of ‘this Das If any evidence were wanted of the devo- tion of the people of the county of New York to the nobie cause of the Union, it is bere presented. They contributed freely of their means to supply men and for defence of the flag the new Court House, so that oe present year, and ‘‘this source of ee ap et tg eh s alluding to the act of the Legislature requiring the to “erect or rent’’ armories, drill rooms, &c,, for all militia regiments, and the abas’s to which it @ Hable, the Comptrolier conclades bis report as follows:— In relation to the subject of providing for the sccom- motation of the military of this county, the Comptroller irpose by Major General Shaler, in conjunction with the Com; ler, Should the military authorities be wiling to concur tm the measure thus briefly stated, the Legisiaturs would undoubtedly give she necessary authority, and the tax- payers of this county would be relieved of a large ex- penditure of money, while the Board of Supervisors would avoid any further difficulty in quarters for our citizen soldiers, Tne Comptroller commends this subject to the earnest consideration of your honor- able Board, We are admonished by the vast expenditures which are devolved by law upon this coanty, 1o exercise the greatest vigilance in protecting the pubiio treasury from ail drafts of doubtful urility. While the Legislature bes authorized large sums to be raised by taxation upon the propsry of the poople of this coun- ty, & proper regard to the powers thus con- ferred upon the Board of Supervisors would seem to demand that great caution, prudence and s watchful care be exercised im the expenditure of the public pape been all branches of the county government, with an inflexible determination to curtail expenses wherever it cam be done, with a due regard to the great public in- terests involved. unblemished credit, growth and contineed pros- perity of an kee. alike important subjects of the Comptroller embraces this op- portunity to express his ta to the peopie of this county, through the of Supervisors, for the many si an gregh they have pete ee or eee ‘plogARD B. CONNOLLY, Comptrolier. ‘The matter was referred to the Committee om Annual taxes, on Court ted a resolution for adoption in favor of 4 Desperate Resistance—Probable Break Up of a Gang. Bostos, July 1, 1867. A couple ef Italian coin eounterfeiters, who have been operating here for several weeks, were arrested, after a desperate struggle at about pine o'clock this morn- ing. They fired severai ehéte at the officers, but without fect, and were finally overpowered and taken. Both were heavily armed with knives aad pistols, aad had is their possession a quantity of counterfeit five franc pieces. They give the names of Ross Noria and Salva- dor L. Grazia, and say they are Italians It is thought their arrest will lead to the discovery of a general gang of counterfeiters. THE MARTYROOM OF ST, PETER. Gergeous Religious Coremeny in Montreal. Monracat, Jaly 1, 1867. The eighteen hundredth anniversary of the martyr. dom of St. Peter was celebrated in this city on Saturday THE NATIONAL BANKS OF TENNESSEE, SPECIAL CORRESPONDENCE OF THE HERALD. Revelations of a Most Startling Character— Government Deposits Used to Injure lis Empley to Banks Over One Hundred Per Cont—The United States Deposite—Their Sudden With- drawal Would Smash Many of the Banks— How Quartermasters Build Fine Houses. Nasuyiiux, Tenn., June 26, 1867. In my last letter, dated the 24th, I informed you that You might expect exposures of # most damaging nature to the national banks of Tenuessee, I am now in a po- sition to give you developments that I hesitated to be- Move, until I bad learned it from reliable individuals con- nected with the banks in which these nefarious transac- tions occurred. Before proceeding to the exposure I will analyze the April statements of tbe national banks of this city, which I append. The Fourth National has not yet made a statement, as it has just been esiab- lished :— FIRST NATIONAL B. Resources. Loans and discount. + $271,940 Suspended dobt. 19,511 Over drafts. . 10, 85 Furniture an 4,000 Expenses .,. 12,202 Due from other banks and bankers, srere 52,406 U. 8. bonds deposited with Treasurer of U, 8, to socure circulation, ......s0-ee.seeee » 251,000 U. 8. bonds deposited with Treasurer of U.S to secare deposits. U. S& bonds on hand. Tennessee bonds on hand Cash and cash items..... Total........ceeeeeee Capital stock... Surplus fund.. 38,500 Circulating notes 000 Individual deposits, . 349,924 U. & deposits ... 88,812 Due banks and bankers. 15,221 Exchange account, profit and loss 56,127 Total......... sis nasa ++ $1,023,586 BECOND NATIONAL BANK, Asseis, U. 8. bonds deposited to seca U.S. bonds deposited to secure deposits. Other United States bonds and securitic: Other securities... Cash and cash items. Totals. .cccedeyoceeenesi's veavies snd» dsan's QO66, 880 Tabane Capital stock. $150,000 Sorpius fand., 2 Circulation, . capaci "apenas Loans and discounts,........... oe - $394,635 U. & bonds deposited with Treasurer of U. 8. 35,000 United states bonds..........-..seeeeeeseee 812,600 U. 8 seven-thirty Treasury notes on band.... 87,450 Compound interest notes. .. steee 946,420 Premiums paid on U. 8. bonds . 17,257 181,614 Ex on New York and other ts. ad i sr Total isess $1,481,279 First of all I will take the First National. Thisatate- ment shows that they have deposited but $160,000 to secure deposits, which (according to this statement) is’ but $88,000. This, I learn, ts smalier than it bas beo: at any time since the deposits were assigned to it. The deposits of the government heve usually been between $750,000 and. $1,000,000 in this bank, which has never been secured by more than $150,000. Now, take the circulation, which is $225,000, They have deposited to secure circulation but $251,000, or $1,000 more than théir capital stock, which is the s*curity. The law ex- pressly limits the Comptroller of the Currency toninety percent on the capital stock i his issue of notes to these banks, Ninety per cent of $250,000 1s $144,000, which is all the circulation this bank is entitled to, yet Mr, Spinner gives them two hundred and twen'y-five thousand dollars, or am excess of eighty-one thoussnd dol- lars on circulation, The public, who are interested in the credit of the goverament, would, no doubt, hke to be informed by what authority Mr, Spinner violates the law and gives this bank an excess of circulation, while other banks, more sound basis, cannot obtain the circulation the law allows them. Next, let us take the item of profits In the three months they have added $38,500 te their surplus fund, and other items bring the profits up to an enormous sum that it is impossible to determine, as the figures are so mystified, bo much for the First National. rr} We now come to the Second National. The organs of the government and the apologists for national banks question my statement that deposita of the government are not fully secured. I propose to prove, by the sworn statement of this bank, that my assertion is correct, This benk hes— Government deposits + $190,000 U, 8, bonds deposited ++ 101,000 Leaving unsecured government deposits of..... $89,000 I learn that the government deposits not unfrequentiy reach @ much higher figure. We will, again take the profit, If the above statément can be comprehended, this bank has made in three months profite of over $24,000, Both these banks are designated government depositaries, But the most romarkxahle statement of all is that of the Third National. I¢ is, indeed, difficult to determine how a bank working on a capital of $100,000 can make profits of $26,096 in three months, or about 106 per cent per year! If we turn to the deposits we have a solution of the mystery te some extent, They have a deposit of $1,340,441, which it is customary in other banks (and I presume has been done iM@ this case) to convert into Donde upon which they make 6 per cent in gold interest. ‘The interest upon this sum will give afine item. So much for the published reports, which are very sugges- Live in some items Of... .eeeee to secure deposits. ‘to be loyal men, with using government deposits to give aid and comfort to the rebel, Were my ioformation not of the most reliable kind should pass it over in gold, but not to import. The object of this restriction was to prevent gold passing through the lines to Jeff Davie’ government, Por years certain who had large appeared. their make large dividends did not stop bere, They appre- PURCHASE VOUCHERS jh aw $2.000,000 Deas hed as 1 the CI ‘vauite, For many — a a — millions of doi- were tbus made banks end quartermasters. ‘The baskers pow at the clever manner in which ‘they eaginesred the ness with the quartermemert, tome of whom jum 5 : betters, who did the fighting, recetved no increase of rank and left the service poorer than when they entered it, I would fain leave this subject in disgust, but justice to the government and the people demands that I should = ferther expose the rottenness of these swindling cs, All the banks of the State, I learn, are charging more usury than the Jaw allows, uently as high as tweive per cent, when the State law limits them to six per cent, I believe no bank in the city has made less than sixty, while several have made one hundred and three per cent per year. The president of one of the banks in his city was in 1857 @ wildcat operater in Indiana, and to-day bis bank is as rotton as apy institution im tho State or nation, I believe, TUE TENNESSEB NATIONAL, that failed at Memphis a few weeks ago, I am assured was very rotten. The State Treasurer, who resided here, had a school fund of $620,000, which, ivstead of deposi- ting here, he confided to that bank. Persons familiar ith the facts say that the moment this fund reached cir vaulta they employed it im buying ~ Tennessee securities, which, uader the law, arc a tender for indebted to the State, and which, since the war, have been at a large discount, for tne purposeof making @ grand speculation, When the State called for the school fund the bank proposed to pay it im this depro- ciated paper, which the State would not secure and the bank “‘bursied.” The treasurer, some say, was a part to the transaction, but as he has since passed trom eart! it is charitable to gay he was the victim of others’ mis- representations. I might continue to multiply cases of this nature until T bad filled columus of the Heasnp; but these will suf- fice to convince your readers that the Natioua! banks of ‘Tennessee as a whole are gross frauds. THB PROBABLE SECRET OF THK FUNDS NOT HAVING BEES WITHDRAWN. PROM NATIONAL BANKS. Befor> closing this already long letter, let me again refer to Secretary McCulloch and the United States de- posite in these banks. The circalar emanating from Mr. McCulloch, ordering the withdrawal of government d>- posits from the hanks and their deposit in sub- trexsuries has now been promuigated nearly a month, and I Gnd not a single instance io which it has been obeyed, excepting in this city. In ail casos the funds already’ on deposit have been left in the banks, but as collections were made by revenue oflicers, they were de- posited in the sub-treasuries. In my last f was inclined to censure Mr, McCulloch for not enforcing his circular; but I am convinced that ho is pursuing a course for the safety of the government, From what I know of tho condition of these banks of deposit, I am convinced that were all the deposits suddenly called for, not haif the banks of the country could stand the pressure, and ageneral crash would come iustantly. Perhaps it is better to withdraw the deposits gradually, and thus save the credit of the government. Mr, McCulloch no doubt secs this, and is acting for the best interests of the nation, Such is the general impression of revenue officers with whom I bave conversed. In thts city all the revenue collectors are sent to the Sub-Treasury at Cincinnati, aud quartermasters’ and paymasters’ funce ne remain ou deposit, with the exception of a small sum 1m the First National, WHAT INDIVIDUAL DEPOSITORS SHOULD DO, who have read your edito- ig the frauds of these con- cerns are no doabt ata loss io decide what course to pursue to secure their deposits. The moment the gov- eroment withdraws its entire deposits many of these banks must suspend. There is bat one way in which private depositors can secure themasives, viz:—By with- drawing their deposits at once and converting them into five-twenty bonds, upon which they will recorve eix per cont interest ia gold, which the banks now receive, Thaye now conciuded mv trip over Northern New York, Michigan, Wisconsin, Towa, Illinois, Missouri, In- diana, Onin, Kentucky and’ Tennessee, and you have the results before you, in the Cotton States, lam informed, the bavka are in a still worse condition; but it is un- necessary to investigate them, as I think I have shown to every candid reader that the natioual bank system is a gross imposition upon the public, a curse to the coun- try. a swindle. upon the government—a nuisance that should be wiped out of existenco. THE INDIAN WAR. SPECIAL CORRESPONDENCE OF THE HERALD. Movements of General Custer’s Command— A Talk with Indians—Arrival and Depar- ture of General Sherman—Desertionus from the Seventh Keyimes ‘sur or Seventa Cavatry, Forks or tue Rerunrican, June 22, 1867. In my last letter I embodied a summary of the march of the Seventh cavalry from the Smoky Hl to the Platte, giving, 80 faras was possible, a general sketch of the condition of aflairs on the Plains, that is, so far as the Indians were concerned. The facts of the cage may bo distinctly stated in afew words. Since the Pacific Railroads were projectod and work on them commenced the Indians here have had their modicine talk each year. with reforence to the running of the roads through their country, The accepted idea of the Indians, so far as the best informed traders, scouts and others could ascer- tain, was, “wo cannot damage the railroad until we may have access to it.” The railroads are now, and in fact have been for some months, just im the hoart of the Indian range of the Plaius, All the late movements of the Indians have tended towards the uncovering of the roads. For ycars there bas not been such # panic among the séttlers as that which of late existed on the Platte, Every effort has been mado by the military authorities to protect the railroads and make working parties as wel) as tho pas- sengers safe. General Shorman’s visit tothe country. and the prompt and effective movements that he has made will go tar towards thwarting the proposed mis- oblef, There is not an available soldier that General Sherman has left idle. True, the force at his disposal seems insignificant for the work that it is expected to perform. But General Sherman has made the “nimble sixpence” do more than the work of the heretofore inactive shilling. ‘The Indians aro nowhere to be found on the Plains in bands of any considerable size. They are broken up into war parties numbering from thirty to sixty. In this manner they are able to avoid the troops, dash in on the herds of ranchmen, stam- pede tho stock of trains en routs across the Plains, make attacks on stage, coaches and commit all manper of depredations, news of which, coming as it does from several points at the same time, seems to render pursait and punishment impossible. In the mountains the case fs different, There the Indians are collected in bands of sufficient £120 to enable them to at- tack large trains, and even considerabie bodies of troops, with fair prospect of success, The work of these parties {a not yet commenced. These, I must frankly say, were not my ideas of things when I left the States siz weeks since, and even now I can only say that what I have written is the opinion and belief of men who are consid- ered as particularly weil posted in Indian affairs, and whose feai interest seems to be best served when the Indians can be kept peaceful, even at the risk of per- mitting the redskins to believe that the white man is the timid brother. her thi: bas been present at mber of “talks” cannot fail to notice—the Ind| is usually permitted to have, if he wilt, the first éven then he “out talks” the white seems calculated to engender contempt among the you: “bucks” for their white ‘brothers, ’’ oe Sherman reached General Custer’s camp, near Fort McPherson, on the 16th ult, Three days pre- vious “Pawnee Killer,” a Sioux chief, accompanied by four hiad paid a visit to General Custer’s camp, at that time oa the Platte, tweive miles weat of Fort McPherson. The ostensible object of their visit was (0 make peace and come in and be ) that they might have sufficient time to hant but and replace hs destroyed by ou the Pawnee ‘ork, Persons not kindly toward f but mely well posted wa efarence ‘oui aie of Killer”’ had come ia to see what the whites were doing, P+ fo ger all ric hey cara a short tak that Genetal Custer bi 4 é: i j ie i rH eat " 3H: 3 i fs pit 2b. PI i i Hi Hi feberifs fin | } has been found that wil! be al! sufficient for many years te come; but thw convenient fringe falls fifty miles west, and leaves the soldier a bot square meai of hard tack and peppersauce only, Deprive bim of coffee, and @ soldier, particularly a cavalry trooper, is not the man that be purports to be, If the command is marched = this of country, J = po —_ a the jesertior ready painful uent, wi more than doubied, Lciabian 4 During the march to this camping ground no other Indian discoveries were made than those to be seen at nearly every creek crossing on the Plains. An occasional pony track, or a few slender willows arran; tm a man- ner to form @ support for a blanket shelier that all In- dians seem to feel a necessity for, were about the sum total of the Indian sign. £n lot me remark that the Indian 1s far more careful of his person than 18 generaily supposed by the people in the States. He is averse to exposing himself ia the full undress which he flods convenient during the rebing heat of the day—to the chilling dew that #0 heavily at might. It ig against his medicine—that is to say, it is uncom- fortable. The extremely economical use of wood on the part of the Lodians is « something to be copied by soldiers campaigning in a sparsely wooded country. A quantity of wood that would seem to a soldier insufficient to kin- dio his fire serves the Indian as fuel to do all his cook- ing. The cooking over, the Indian at once puts out the fire, that he may at some future time make use of the charred embers for a second culinary effort, Then, too, the red manu never cuts live timber unless it is for ledge poles, The beaver is his servant in this respect; beside which, the green wood is nut nearly so serviceabie as fuel as that which has become seasoned. From this camp, near the Forks of the Republican, General Custer has despatched two expeditions; one, scouting party, to Fort Sedgwick, eighty miles, in a northwesterly direction ; the other to Fort Wallace, for rations, The scouting ‘party, under Major Joe! Elliott, consiste of ten picked men, who are armed with care and well supplied with ammunition. Their mounts comprise some of the best herses in the comand. Clifford, the guide, and two Delawares as trackers, com- plete the “outfit.” This word “outfit” is ono of the most significant of all the meaning exprassions that are in use among frontiers! It eignifies horses, mules, cattle, ns, in fact everything that goes to make up any party that may undertake a inp om the ‘aios. ‘The expedition to Fort Wallace consists of eighteen wagons, escorted by a squaciron of cavalry under Captain West, who proceeds with the train a8 faras Beaver creek, wheu Lieutenant Samuel Robbins, with bis com- pany, g0es on as escort, Captain West remaining om Beaver creek to discover, if possible, the whereabouts of “Paw- nes Killer” and his baud—not by any means an easy undertaking to accompilsh, as Indians are never known to stay long in one piace. ‘The distance from the pres- ent camp to Fort Wallace 1s nearly seventy-five miles, which it Is expected will be made in two days, During the march of ‘he Seveu'h cavalry from the Platte to this place the regiment has suffered some curious deser- tiona, two or three men having goae off on foot, leaving their horses and a greater portion of their equipments. If tne Indians do not make way with them and add their topmost hair to the many specimens already smoked and dried and carefully laid by as tokens of remem- branee, it will be something astonishing. The discage of desertion, of which I have before spoken, does not seem to have abated. The soldiers are froquently heard can- vassing the best method of jeaving the command, and, strange to say, do not seem aware that they are doing anything that is out of the way when they go off with the best boraes that they can find and arms and accou- trements to match. The officers complain that men cagnot be brought to consider the matter im its proper light while the laws with reference w desertion coatini they are at present. Imprisonment for six mouths is the extent of the punishment that may be inflicted upon a deserter—when he fs caught. It may be well to remark, 100, that $80, the price oflered by Uncle Samuel for the return of his migrating suna, is not considered by the ranchman a price worthy of taking any trouble for. There {s an instance on record where an officer who was ppeceniine from one government pust to another, with ‘is command of forty-five men, was left alone, his en- tire command having desorted in a single bight. The thing, scrious as it is, seems ludicrous in the ex- trome. The officer woke in the morning, called for bis orderly, did some tall swearing because he failed to come, and proceeded to investigute the cause of such a neglect of duty, when he found bimseif solus and far from anywhere. Our mess can certainly sympathize with him for we discovered at daylight one fine morn- ing that the patriots who were prone to remark ‘com> ing, sir,’” in response to our morning call had left during the Bight, and with them van shed the contents of the mess Chests, as well as the keys thereof. ‘We were not flattered etiher when we heard soldiors near remark that “the colonel’s dug robbers dusted and cleaned the grab out nat,” It seems, however, ubat the term ‘dog robber’’ is an old one, it betng a name applied to officers’ servants, who, as a genornl thing, are made happy with the remnant of the tuod of which the officer has made his meal, thus depriving the canine member of the mess, if there be one, of a portion of the food that would otherwise fall to his lot, The scouting under Major Elliott is just to start. By it this istie will depart om its way to t! Herarp office. If Mosquitoes are as attentive to the typos as they have been to your correspondent, I have simply to remark that they will have a lively time eetting it up. {It will be seen from the above that on the 22d ultime Genera! Custer was alive, and bad not been defeated, as the reports would make it appear. As rumors to this effect have been about for several days past, it would be well to doubt them until au official confirmation has been obtained.—Ep, Hrnawp,) THA TURF. Trotting on the Fashion Course. Two matches were trotted on the Fashion Course yes- terday afternoon, One of them was mile heats, to wagons, for a sake of $1,0)0, between Lady Close and Kate O'Brien, The match was won by the former tak~ ing the first, third and fourth heats, Tho race was quite, a spirited affair, although by no means remarkable fer ewiftne-8, The second match was for $300, mile heats; in harness, between three third rate horses, Monaghan Ranger, Maid of the Mill and Sorrel Dan, which was.wou by the former in three straight beats. There was con- siderable pool selling om the first race, at the long odds of about two to one on Lady Close, and cousiderabie variation in the betting as the race progressed, particu- Jarly after Kate O'Brien won the second heat acd looked asif she might win the race. The following are the. details of the maich between Lady Close ana Kate O'Brien:— First Heat.—After considerable scoring Kate O'Brien got off with a load of nearly a length, but on the tarn when near the quarter-po'e the Lady passed her, and ag they went by that point showed haif a length in frout Going down the backstretch she increased tho distance toabouta length, and they passed the half-miic pole and entered vpon the Flushing end in the ame relative Positions, Kate now seemed to gain @ trifle, but falling ere. the Lady passed the three-quarter pole and en- ter upon the homestretch leading about a lencth. Here a spirited contest arose for the heat, but Kate breaking up the won by a longth in 2:38%4. Second Heat,—Ki agsin took @ icad at the start of about a length, but immediately after leaving the stand broke up, She lost netring, however, ¢ mishap, and quickly regained her tros, and they the tura together, Just before reaching the quarter the pee Beep ‘a triffe in front, bat unfortunately breaking up Leper gomten et gent hent saan soe with which she passed the half mile pole and pom the Flushing end, Here the lady pressed her so closely ag todecrease the space between them to o length. Kate now made another break, but catch! quickly and increasing ber im & Moment was three lengths ahead of the Lady as they entered the homestretch, and determinedly brushing mn ft about the “Third Heat —After a great deal of scoring they got off weil peed At the torn broke up and gave way to 1 nhowed couple of to the same distance in fe Fd i fi i Fe ie i on Bp oe oun 2 we oom F we NO, 48, Broonp Moutaay Disracr, meee By Sew heard hoisted at sumrise and kept until ee Seems. transae