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Magyars, who by their success in such a struggle we only re-establish that ascendancy of the er- man element im Austra which they have lately (overthrown. On the antipatgy of the Austrians jand of other Southern Germans to their northera it is idle for a foreign Power to rely. Inthe axemburg affair, in the North Schieswig difference, ue Emperor Napoleon may have seen how the bare Threat of French interference was sufficient to heal up ‘ny German dissension. However much Austria may ment ber exclusion from Germany, she must be wel! ware that itis not through France, and still jess with Prance, that readmission is to be obiained. But if co-operation with France against the North ‘would be certain ruin to Austria, what is there, is asked, to prevent the joint action of those two Powers ‘in the East? Austria's tendencies have pointed east- ‘ward from ber remotest origin, aud in the dissolution of ‘Que Ottoman empire nothing would seem more natural ham for her to collect its disjecta membra and place erself at the head of a South Slavonic State in op- Position to the North Slavonic empire of Russia, Austria's obvious destinies doubtless place her in ‘wach antagonism, but it is questionable whether in any collision with Russia itis to France that Austria would urn for support, Alliance with France would bring on ‘hostility with Prussia no less than with Russia, and in such a double contest Austria might be brought to the very verge of annihilation before France hac time to ifs a finger for her rescue. It is only in the name of sGermany, and as a vanguard of Germany, that Austria has hitherto gained, or may ever hops to gain. ground won the Lower Danube, However irreconcilabiy Austria bmay have quarrelled with Germany, France can never dove to be to her what Germany has teen. The most natural and most necessary alliances have been broken up, and anye like a new combination has become impossible. If, then, the Emperor Napoteon haa any idea of inducing Austria to join bim in a breach of the peace, we believe, no leas than we hope, that his Journey will be in v: AN AUSTRO-FRENCH ALLIANCE. Opinion of a Counter-Check by Russia and Germany. [From the New Flemden Blatt of Vienna, semi-official organ of Baron Von Beust, August 18.) We think that there is no need of a Russo-Prussian alliance to incite an accord between France and Austria ‘The cause of tnat accord is of a date more recent; it ‘dates from the treaty of Prague, which, it is tru, isa ‘Mere convention conciuded between Austria and Prnssia, Dut the tenor of which is of an importance eminently European. The ot Prague has created in the very eoentre of Europe a power unknown there since the great emperors of Germany. It true that, till now, it has ‘deen contended that s great and powertul state in the middle of Europe was neceasary to maintain peace oa the continent; but, in that case, it would be desirable that such a state should be wnimated with pacfic ideas, Such event would have occurred had Germany succeeded in recovering her an- cient grandeur; tor Germany is an empire of civilization and progress—an emp re of peace. Instead of « united Germany, there rose and power(ul Prussia, which Bas thus become a Ut ta a fact that the te, @ pause ‘ward sep, Afier Frederick the Great that pause brought on Jena; the pause uf the Holy Alliance brought on Ol- mutz. Prussia must bs active—in other words, she mest alm at conquests and never cease to disquiet Eu- rope. Unfortunately, close to her are numerous morsels wuch as to excite her a; ite. Germany is at the pre- pont time under the yo of Prussia; militarily speak- ing, is @ great r. It is of paramoun! neces- sity to circumscribe tht Power, and the end must be veached of Prague. What Prus- at Konigeriitz, and what previouely, has been in Ger- mi limited by the V.aine. Bus what neither France nor Austria did ever acquiesce in is that Prussia should plant her foot in Southern Germany. Already she has ‘Swice tried todo so, Firstly, by hor treaties of off sive and defensive alliances; secondly, by the Zoilver conveation. Austria could, with reason, find in these a -violation of the treaty of: im both crr- cumstances, Prussia used oer preponderance and com- pelied the soutbern States to accept her is. But enough of concessions As soon as Prussia puts forward for the third time exigencies that would destroy the independence of the southern states of Germany, Austria and France My to oppose Prussia. Today they openly ask io Prussia why ‘France should interfere with the treaty of Prague? Buch a quostion is sheer nonsense, and it ition of the truth, both posed errangement—had s.¢ informed Italy that she was opposed to her c»nquering Venetia through Prussia— wad Frasce & corps of observation at sangoo—would Prussia have been abie, even with ber ueedie guns and her in- tellectual strength, which we ly admit, to send @ single man to the frontiers of emia? the arritre of a Prusso- Russian aliiance bad not yet dawned at that time, Russia was aot ready, and the pacification of Poland—we mean her crushin, not in the ad- Vanced state that it 1s mow. And also, the Prussian then that assurance and that con- ‘the county of Glatz, and fr a large sum of money. The gos of Hanover, of Hesse, and of Nassau would ‘sit still on their —— lie so sangertape bas accom: wider development of Prussia would give to oppose that country in common. Gliance agains! Germany, bu! ome SPANISH REVOLUTION. Prim’s Movem fa the Provinces—Queen Isabelia’s Throne Doomed. {Paris (August 19) correspondence of Londoa Times ) the report that General Prim had entered Spain has been contradicted and is apparently un- founded, the Pahs Liberté nevertheless insists that an Amsurrection has by this me broken out in that country. ‘We otiil await hi yn of the Liberté’s con’ but there would certainly be nothing sur- Lone bn its proving true, The tyranny and gross mis- successive governments, and ly of the long been ripening cag ed a mo — was winter, and turne: out @ signal fallure—oot from want of sympathy of the people, but because many who were to have taken a promipent part in it were either luke- cowed and broken down at the last WESTCHESTER INTELLIGENCE. Proroan> Oncatation of 4 Miuttany Comraxy ar Weer Faas. —A ‘Meeting of citizens was held at Lissaa Cottage, Fordham, on Saturday night, having in view ‘the object of forming military company of one dred young men, citizens of Weet Farms township. The jate rebellion. Mr, James Fecian acted as secretary. Orama oF St, Joun’s Cortsce, Forpaam.—This highiy popufar institution will be open on Weduesday for edmission of students, Preparations of an active char- Sea ca cond tor 8 wo furnish eee TS shat it may be sree NEW YORK HERALD, MONDAY.’ SEPTEMBER 2, 1867. MUSIC AND THE ORAMA. Drama, Comedy, Bur- a, Concerts, Ora- torios, Minstrels, &c. ‘The present fall amd winter season in the theatres of the metropolis promises to be the most brilliant on the amusement record of this country. The enterprise and indomitable energy of a few managers have at last waked up their Rip Van Winkle brethren and impressed them With the conviction that they must deal liberally with the public and their artiste if they wisy to succeed, The time haz gone by when a manager might coutent himself with @ single star, placed in a setting of bung- ling theatrical “sticks,” miserable scenery and worse Stage wanagement, and then wrap himself up in the mantle of managerial superciliousness and self-suf- ficiency. The days of the managerial empire over im- pecuntous Bohemians are also numbered as the public wil! no longer submit to the impositions of managers or their creatures. The patrons of our theatres bave re- belled against the usurped rights of their servants to humbug them with unsavory and stale dishes of music and the drama, and they now intimate to those servants, in the most emphatic and unmistakadle manner, that their ridiculous assumptions of authority over the wishes of their masters shall no longer be tolerated. The free, outspoken and impartial course of the Hrratp has done much to bring around this state of things, and the pany efforts to contro! its columns inte the laudation of hum- bugs and broken down opera singers have signally failed, It wasa bitter draught for those managers who were misled by the misrepresentations and unctuous flattery of their Bohemian employés to be compelled by the stern command of the public to resign their pre- tensions of authority ; but it will no doubt aid the progress of music and the drama toagreat extent. This season will witness dramas brought out with a view to complete- ness in every detail and concerts given by artists worthy of such a metropolis as ours, And the brightest jewel of the season is on the way from Brest to adorn the beautiful Théatre Frangsis, Madame Adelaide Ris- tori and her company of dramatic artists embarked on Saturday at Brest im the steamship Europe for the United States. She will appear at the Théatre Frangais on the 16th instant in her great nile of Myrrha, Gia- cometti’s last and greatest work, Maria Antoinette, will be produced early in the season. It will be placed on the stage by Mr. Grau in a splendid. manner, the ecenery and appointments being the handiwork of some of the first artists in Europe. The projected improve- ments in the Théatre Frangais will be completed by the 16th and then this theatre will be one of the handsomest and most commodious in America, Beatrice and Norma ‘will algo be novelties in the répertoire of Ristori this sea- son. The intuence which the example of this creat tra- gedienne has exercised on the drama has already pro- duced beneficial results, Some of our own artists turned their attention to this school of acting, and are Row reaping the reward of their industry and talents. To win distinction and triamphs while uttering tho thoughts of the dramatist in a language foreign to her hearers, and to carry their sympathies with her by the sole force of genius, crowned Madame Ristori as the legitimate queen of the stage, The talented and highly successful artist, Ara, Lander, still continues her won- derful impersonation of Elizabeth, and Offenbach’s operas will soon be heard at the same bandsome little establishment on Fourtecnth street, Passing Edward Mollenhauer’s Conservatory of Music, on Fifth avenue, in which concerts, matinées and classical recitals will be given this winter, we find Steinway Hall under- going many necessary improvements. The stairways are widened; additional lights are placed in the hall, and everything calculated to make it the music hall of the metropolis has been done, Harrison's concert pro- gramme for the season is a very brilliant one, and he purposes producing a number of oraturios in a style worthy of them. Bristow’s Daniel will be one of them. ‘It will be interesting, not only as a work of merit, but also as the creation of an American composer who stands first among musicians. Socicties in this city are as un- certain as the weather; therefore, wo leave tho Philhar- monic and Mendelssohn Union forthe present to come to some conclusion about their programmes. Lotta has made an unparaileled bit at Wallack’s, and will con- tinue her lifelike represeatations of Little Net! and the Marchioness until the 11th, when she goes to the Brook- lyn Academy of Music. Speaking of the latter estab- lishment, it wi!l be entirely taken up this week with Robertson's exquisite play, Caste, and our neighbors will enjoy the Inxury of hearing the same play given by two companies. On Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday nights, a company from Wallack’s will appear in it. Mirs. Vernon, Miss Mare Gatinon, Mrs. Clara Jennings, and Messrs, Polk, Ringgold, Stoddart and Hale are the representatives of Caste in this, the author's edition. On ‘Thursday the company that first produced the much disputed play in thie country will appear at the same establishment, under Mr. C. W. Tayleure’s mansgement. Mr. and Mra Florence, Marlowe, Davidge, Lamb, Mrs. Chanfrac and Mrs. Glibert will appear on this occasion, Forrest commences an engagement at the Broadway this evening, appearing in the play of Virginius, T x- cellent burlesque artists, Mr. Lefingwel! and Mrs. Sedley Brown, will inaugurate a season of burlesque at the Fifth Avenue theatre, formerly a minstrel ball. The Olympic, repainted, redecorated and entirely rejuve- nated, will open on the 9th, under the management of ‘Messrs. Hayes, Tayleute and Fox Joseph Jefferson, in his speciality of Rip Van Winkle, will be the attraction on opening night. The regular company includes ‘Messrs, Davidge, Marlowe, Wail, Hind, Wallace, George 1. Fox, the celebrated pantomimist; Miss Bessy Foote, an English cress; Mra, Hind, Mrs. Wallace, and the little favorite, Muss Alice Harrison. “Under the Gaslight” sti!] runs at the New York, and will do so until the Worrell Sisters return to their thousand admirers. The Devil's Auc- tion is the title of the new spectacle which will be produced at Banvard’s Opera House this month, by Mr. De Pol, the new manager. Miles. Moorlachi, Sohike, Blasini and Diani will be the stars of the ballet. At Niblo’s, the Black Crook is enjoying its perpetual youth and awaiting theedvent of its brilliant successor. Mrs, Conway commences her regular season at the Park thea- tre, Brooklyn, on the 7th inst. The Bowery theatre will be reopened for the fall by Mr. Freligh, on the same night. The variety theatres, Butler's American theatre, Théa- tre Comique, Tony Pastor's and Eighth Avenue Opera House, and the minstrels, San Francisco, Griffin & Chriaty’s, Hooley’s, and Kelly & Leon’s, promise novel- ties and artists by the bushel. The Stadt theatre will opap with L’Arronge and his tatented wife, im Offenbach’s operas. The popular favorite, Mme. Stegtich, will probably appear this season, It 1s to be hoped that our theatrical managers will endeavor to give character to their respective establighments, and not poor fmitations of successful rivais. Let each theatre have its specialty, and let all the experience, capital and energy of the management be concentrated upon some ope braach of amusement. One theatre for legitimate drama, one for comedy, one for sensational drama, one for burlesque and one for spectacles would bea much more satisfactory arrangement than having all these bases of the drama bungled in one establishment, Less arice, more jodg ment, less overweening confidence in their power over the public, and more enterprise and eee tsar commas Gaon oon Bave been adm istered to them by the infexibi a je phy- sician, the poblic. Let them guard against a relapse, for it is generally fatal. THE FIRE_IW BUFFALO. Lees Ketimated Additi A Gestroctive fire occurred at 8 o’ciock on Saturday ‘night, ina block of buildings bounded by Ohio, Wash- ington and Indians streets. Among the buildings de- sesgegr g hae ad i i FIRE. IN CHATTANOOGA, ‘Omarramooca, Sept. 1, 1867, A destroctive fire last totally destroyed Webster & Co.'s foundry. Tost $66,000, The of the fire ie unkeows. men wore badly bra by tl plosion of ehelie. FINE I PHILADELPHIA, ParLapeirmia, September i, 1867 The white lead and chemical works ef Harrison Broa, & 00, by fire thie morning to the extant of was damaged $4,000, Which Je covered by OUR INDIAN TROUBLES. Some Oficial Li ¢ Upon Recent Transac- General Hanceck to to Depre- date—They Believe General Hancock was Sent to Murder Them apd Destroy Their Villages. bd Wasnrverow, Sept. 1, 18 The following facts have been compiled from official documents, Although not new they throw light on recent transactions in the Indian country. On the 13th of March last Major General Aancock ad- dressed a letter to Colonel Wynkoop, agent for the Cheyenues, Apaches and Arrapahges, at Fort Larned, Kansas, in which he says:— : I bave the honor to send you this communication for the purpose of informing’ you that 1 have about com- ploted arrangements to move a force to the Plains, and only await a proper condition of the roads to march. My object in making an expedition at this time is to sbow the Indians within the limits of this department that we are able to chastise any tribes who may mo- lest people who are travelling across the Plains, It is not my desire to bring on difficulties with the Indians; ‘but to treat them with justice and according to our treaty stipulations, and I desire especially in my dealings with them to act through their agents as far as practicable. Inf reference to the Cheyennes of yourg agency mg par- ticutar, I may say that we have just grounds of griev- ance, it they bave not delivered up inure w Mexican at Zaroh. I also believe that evidence sufficient to fix upon different of that tribe whose chiefs are known to bave boen in several of the outrages committed on the Smoky Hill last summer, I request that you will inform them in such a manner as you may think proper that I expect shortly to visit their neighborhood, aud that I will be glad to bave an interview with their chiefs, and tell thom aiso,if you please, that I go fully pre- pared for peace or war@and that hereafter I will insist on their keeping off the maia lines of travel, where their Presence 1s calculated to bring’ about collision with the whites, If you can prevail upon the Indians of your agency to abandon their babite of infesting the country traversed by our overland routes, throatening, robbing and intimidating travellora, we will defer that matter to you. If not I would be pleased by your with me when I visit the jocality of your tribes, to show that ‘the officers of the government are acting in harmony. Major H. Douglas, under date of March 14, writes to Major Hoary E. Noyes:— I pave received. from Little Raven, head chief of the Arapahoes, a message to the effect that no more wood must be cit by this command on the Pawnee Fork, and that the troops must move out of the country by the time grass grows, Mr. Jones, tho interpreter at this post, brought me a message from Satanta, the principal chief of the Kiowas, tothe effect that all white men must move out of Council Grove by the spring; that he | gave me ten days to move from this post; that he wanted tbe mules and cavalry horses fattened, as he would have us for them. as he intended to appro- priate them; shat all the Indians had agreed to stop the railroads and roads at Council Grove; that no roads or railroads will be allowed west of that point. Major J. H. Page, Third in‘antry, brought me a message from the same chief:—‘‘Tell the chiefs on the road that they must gather their soldiers and leave; if they do not T will help them to leave. No wagons will be ailowed on the road —— those that bring presents; if any are found they witl be taken."’ Subsequently, in counci! Satanta stated in substance the same, but not in the insulting manner which has already been re- ied to the district headquarters. It has also a reported to me that eight Arapaboes, appa- rently friendly, stopped on the 10th inst, at the camp ofa Mr. Gilch ist. a wagon master fora Mr. H. Wadello, of Moro, New Mexico. on the otber side of Fort Aubrev, one hundred and twenty miles from here, shot at the herder and ran off forty head of mules and one mare. J. H. Leavenworth, Indian Agent for the Comanches and Kiowas, in a letter dated Fort Larned, Kansas, April 9, to the Commirsioner of Indian Affairs, says:— I arrived at Fort Zaroh, Kansas, on the 8d instant. General Hancock arrived here on the Sth instant, witn his whole command, consisting of artillery, cavalry and infantry, about fifteen hundred strong. 1 imme- diately called upon him aud requested information as to the object of his movements so far as related to the In- diave of my avency—viz., the Comanches and Kiowas. He very kindly and promptly rurnished me with th Closed papers, marked 1,2 and 3, As none of th dians of my agency have visited this great line travel. cept a very few, since they recoived their annuity goods last October, and as it was uncertain what portion of the department he micht visit with bis command, he expressed a wish that I would accompany him; and as I believed it to be eminently proper, I will- ingly consented, and should anything occur concerning the 5: Beyrcan of my agency or the interest of the depart- ment generally I shall make report of the same. One of the letters above referred to by General Han- cock acquaints Colone! Wyakoop that the object in pre- paring an expedition to the Plains is to convince the Indians that we are able to punish any of them who may molest travellers across the Piains or who may commit other hostilities against the whites. He says We desire to avoid any troubles with them, and to treat them with justice and according to the requirements of treaties with them, and I wish e: jally in my deat ings with them to act’ through the agents of the Indian Department, a3 far as it is possible todo so. Concern- ing the eioaae of Your agency, we have grave rrarons compiaint. Among officially reported to these headquarters that that tribe bi boon making hostile incursions into Texas, and that Party has very recently returned to Fort Podge bringing with them the soldiers and one the Kiowas have Kansas; that they aro about enieri: with the Sioux for bostilities against us, have robbed and {1 Army who have visited them, supposing that they were Il ascerta ned that certain mem! of that tribe (some of whom afe known) are guilty of the been threatening our posts in Ar- into @ compact murder James Box, a citizen of Mont county, Texas, last summer, and of tho capture barbarous treatment of women in bis family. I desire you to par- tucularly explain to them that one reason why the gov- ernment does not at once send troops inst them to redress these outrages against our people is that their Great Father is averse to commet (which would certainty end in destroying them) il all other means of redress fail, 1 request that you will inform the Indians of your agency that [ will bereaft insist apon their keepi off the main routes of travel across tbe Plains, waere their presence is calculated to bring about difficulties between themecives and the whites. If you, as their agent, can these mat- ters satisfactorily with them, we will be pleased to refer the whole subject to you. case of your inability to do 80 I would be pleased to have you acoompany me when I visit the country of your tribes to show that the officers of the government are acting in harmoay. I will be pleased to taik with any of the chiefs whom you may meet. A large number of other documents show the hostile character of Indians and their massacres and depreda- tions. General Ord, in a communication dated March 5, says: The Wild Comanches are bent on mischief. From the that they steal from the frontiers and have supplied themselves with large cabailados, that they supp! horses to the Northern Indians on the mail routes, 2 it important to put a atop to their wholesale plundering. I propose building posts in their country, as that de- moralizes them more than anything else except money and whiskey. Among the documents is a letter from Major General Hancock, dated Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, July 31, 1867, addressed to Headquarters of the Army of the United Staves, in which he says be bas the honor to ac- ge the receipt of certain com: ications named by him, and continues :— I to the letters of Colonels Wynkoop and Leav- conan ines referred to, and a telegram dated May 23, 1867, from General Grant, upon the subject of the borning 5 Am Indian Ser at oy ison ‘August 9, ave the honor to subject the following state. pkg Bh protein ines | beve.vopled s Conerel of 28, el of the same of FH Het g; ee orsae raat 3 is said to be living, and is said to belo: band. ‘hen Tal et him to bis wontag will take & receil m. I am, air, very respectfully, your obe- dient servant, aoe ee MITCHELL. Captain and Acting Assistant Adjutant General. In @ conversation which I had with Colonel Wynkoop op this subject, while I was at Fort Larned, I informed bim that my instructions required me vo deliver the boy to his pearest relations, througt the military authorities, and got through the Indian a, A hoy I of a loiter from Col | Leavenworth, United States Indian Agent for the Camanches and Kiowas, to the Hon, N. G. Taylor, Commissioner of Indian Affairs, dated April 9, 1867, states that he (Colonel Leavenworth) was directed by instructions from the Indian Bureau, to proceed to St. Louis, to receive from Lieatenant Ge Sherman Wiison Graham, the Cheyenne boy in question, and to deliver him to Colonel Wynkoop at fort Larned. Upon his arrival at St, Louis Lieutenant General sherman informed me that the child bad been sent to me, with insiractions to deliver him to the Cheyennes in the presence of, the agent. These in- ns Would have been carried out while I was pre- arned had the band of Cheyennes to which belonged (Black Kettle) been in that coun- try at the time, It was reported to be in Texas, and I left the boy with the commanding officer at Fort Larned, with the instructions before referred to, Shortly after that time (April 15) the Cheyennes commenced the pre- st ue, which bas thus far rendered the de- livery of the child to his friends impracticable, Tn the letter of Colone! Wynkoop, dated at my head- quarters, on Pawnee Fork, April 18, 1867, addressed to the Hon. N, G, Taylor, Commissioner of Indian Affairs, he states that a courier had arrived in my camp from General Custer (then im pursuit of the Sioux and Cheyennes from ?awnee Ford), with the information that the Cheyennes had turned and gone toward the Arkansas river, while the Sioux had continued uorth- ward, He followed the Sioux trail, and the last des- patch from him (General Custer) is to the effect that the Sioux, upon crossing the Smoky Hill road had desuroyed ‘@ mail station and killed three men. Colonel Wynkoop then goes on to state, that as there was yet no evidence of the Cheyennes having com- mitted any overt act of ere he este ee Sears to me to preserve the village belonging to that agit was distinct from that of the Slows. 5 There is no evidence in Generai Custer’s report of the pursuit of the Sioux and Cheyennes trom the village on the Pawnee Fork which wou/d go to prove that they had separated or that the Cheyeones were not impli- cated in the killing and burning of the three men at Lookout Station, on the 16tn of April, and burning: of the station ; on the contrary, in General Custer's report to Brevet ).ajor General A. J. Smith, commanding dis- trict-of the Upper Arkansas, of Apri 19, received after the destruction of the vitiage and too late to be consid- ered im that connect on, tn reference to the outrage at Lookout Station, on the Smoky Hill, he says fom ara a that, after a careful examination by himeelf and the Dei- aware scouts who were with bim, it was fount imprac- ticable to discover the slightest clue as to what tribe bad committed the act; but save in his report to General Smith, of the 17th of April (copy enclosed marked D), that the outrages were certainly com- mitted the Indians who abandoned the vil:age on Pawnee . They were a portion of the same body of Iadians, about eight hundred strong who croased the Smoxy? Hill road on the 16th of Apri, and reported themselves to be <ioux, Cheyeanes and Pawnees. Th: were all siripped and pait for war at that time, and, in addition to the previous killing and burning at Look- Out Station, they fired into Stormy Hollow Mail Station, and ran ofl stock from that point belong ng to the mail Company ; threatened the mail station east of Stormy Boilow, and ran off stock belonging to the Union Pacific Railway, Eastern district, afew miles further north. My official report of the operation; of the expedition fast spring shows conclusively that I did not devermine ‘to destroy the Indian vill until [ had learned officially of the outrage committed on the smoky Hill by the In- dians (Sioux and Cueyeanes) who had tr acherousiy loft their camps on Pawnee Fork, om tne 14tn of April, or during the previous night. In none of the reports which were received from General Custer of bis pursuit of the Indians from Pawnee Fork was there any going to show that the Cheyenues bad left the Sioux and gone South, All of the iuformation contained in the despatcnes of General Custer at that time was to the effect that the In diaos from Pawnee Fork (Sioux and Chevennnes) re- mained together, with probably a few exceptional small bands, ontil they arr ved atthe Smoky Hill, woen they committed the murders and deproda'ious on the mail Stations and then pursued their flight orthwaras, In reference to the statement of Colonel Wynkoop, that the village of the jyennes was dist nct trom tha: of the Sioux, I can hy | say that the villages stood upon’ the same 4, and I was unable atter an inspection which 1 made in person to distinguish with any cer tatnty the lod, of the Cheyenues from those of the Sioux; nor any of the officers who were with me Sav positively where the line of separation between the villages commenced, although it was understood that the Sioux were on the north side and the Cheyennes on the southern and eastern sides, At is not seen on Iag tapers “the Indians became fully impressed with belief that General Hancock bad come for the purpose of murdering their women and children, a8 had been previously done at Sand creek,” (see same letter fromColonel Wynkoop to Hon. NG, Tay.or, of Aj 18, 1867.) Nothing whico [ sad to the Sioux and Cheyenve chiels, whom I had met at Larned on the 12th of April, nor at the meeting near the villages on the 14:h of that month, could have led the Indians to such a conclusion or bave given them ap- prebensions of such murderous inclinations on my part: for I had certainly assured them that my intentions were peaceful, and that I had only marched into their country for the purpose of having a conference with the different tribes, so that they might have aiull and just understanding of the views and intentions of the military authorities in reference to their future conduct and their interference with the railways and otner routes of travel, emigrants passing through that country, and the treatment of our frontier settlers. Such wore well known to the Black Kettle = pipet ok ppc y on peor ioe fond en ison of 0 ex an copstantly assui ndians, x my tptentions were peaceful, when in my prese and it was not coil efor the hostilities on the smoky Hill subsoquent to their abandoament of the village on Pawnee Fork, which compelled me to destroy their village, that the assertions were made that the Indiaus had actually been forced into a war. (Seo Colonel Wyn- koop's leuer of il 21 to Hon. N. G. Taylor, Commus- sioner of Indian Affairs). While on this subject, it is proper to state that none kaew bettor than Colonels Wynkoop and Leavenworth that I did not march to the Plains last spring tor the pur- pose of commencing « war with the Indians, for before my departure from Fort Leavenworth I had written to each of them, nw them of m; instructions aud of the objects the expedi- tion, and stating that no Indians would be arrested or called to account by me for past outrages and depredations, unless upon th: application of the agents themselves. Io his letvers of April 21 and 24, the drst from Fort Dodge, the latter from Fort Larned, Colonel Wynkoop again reiterates the s atement that the village of the Cheyennes, on Pawnee Fork, was burned without Fee tee Us Sessa toe of that tribe. jotwitbstanding, he must surely bave known when he was at Fort Dodge with me, from the reports which I had received from General Custer, the convents of which were made known to him, and these were the only poe- sible sources of information at that time, that the Chey- ennes generally had not gone South of the Arkansas when they deserted the villages at Pawneo Fork, but had fled north of the smoky Hill with the Sioux, and were parties with the latter to the murders and burning at Lookous Station, aod the other outrages committed on the Smoky Hill about the same time I consider the evidence as to the participation of the Cheyenues in the massacre of Lookout Station and the depredations on the Smoky Hill, after they had abandoned the village on Pawnee Fork, contained in General Custer's reporte of bis pursuits of the Cheyennes and,cioux, conclusive and beyond question, their conduct oo that occasion being, 1» my opinion, only @ contiouation of the outrages whicn they had been previousiy committing against the whites im this t ever since I bad assumed per Cheyennos towards us, hostility which animated them he. to the Piains last spring, Lenciose of former out of ition bt, B September 19tb, 1866—A party of savages ran off four- teen horees and two mules; see : : ter, marked Eb, September 29, 1866—-Two employs of the Overland Mail c rdered at Chaik Bluffs mail station. it z He et eres e owe the tributaries of Belomon | i i Hi i 3 2 o Po 0 Colonel Wynkoop’s letter of April 21 also contains the following :— W ASHIN GTON . Thave just arrived with General Hancock's eotumn ai J post (Fort Doses), and, aro yj - . ew . that six ©! y 1 01 attacked by’ one hundred and. th Waswisctom, Sepiembes 1, 1567p miles west of this post, and all of 1 o'Clock PL st. *§ that they had done nothing to The Forthcoming Amnesty Proclamation. pm aa le ar achotoniea Betisé The announcement that President Johnsoa is pra- ‘0 repiy to this passage I will merely quote that por- ton of my official report which referred to this matter It contains the tacts which I drew from the report of the late Major W. Cooper, Seventh cavalry, who com - manded the detachment which had the encounter at the Cimmeron Crossings with the Indians referred to iv Colonel Wynkoop’s totter :— Dodge) on the 19th tuat, (April rt eyenues (evidently runners from the No} the Cin Crossing, and were dis covered skuiking around the bivouae of a detachment of the Seventh cavatry, wich was at that poiat under com- mand of Major Wickliit When the Indians were perceiy up to some herders, who we and it 1s supposed 1 presence of the troops. Berry of the Soventh Major Cooper directed Lieutenant ry with twenty men, to advance and demand the surrender, which was done through the In- forpreter. In reply the indiana fi he troops: They were attacked and pursued and alx of them (all that were sea! wore kill of our men Was wounded and one horse was killed, IT herewith transmit aeopy of Colonel W. Cooper's re- port of the affuir, marked Tn concluding this letter it is proper for me to say again that before the expedition of last spring set owt I informed Agents Wynkoop and Leavenworth fully of its object, telling them that war was not intended against the Indians, and that it was my earnest desire to act through shem in all matters connected with the tribes under their agencies. I also invited them to accompany me on my warch from Fort Larned to Fort Dodge, so that they might be present at my interviews with the chiefs of the various tribes and hear what I bad to say to them during the time they were in my camp. They must have observed that all of my conferences were with @ view of preserving peace on the Plains, and al! of my actions friendly until the treachery of the Sioux and Cheyennes at Pawnee Fork, aud the murders and depre- dations committed by them on the Smoky Hil! route, after they ran away from their village, compelled me to take hostile measures against them. It is worthy of remark, in this connection, thot while in my camp Colonel Leavenworth stated to me in con- versation that the tribestof his AG pe had been greatly wronged by having been charged with various offences which had been committed by the [ndians of Colonel Wynkoop’s agency (Cheyennes, Arapahoes and Apaches). In the opinion of Colonel Learenworth, as expressed to the Indians of Colonel Wynkoop’s agency, especially nes, deserved severe summary punishment ‘numerous misdeeds, very mapy of which had been laid at the doom of his innocent tribes (the Comanches and Kiowas). But Colonel Wynkoop in- formed me in conversation, about the same time, that the Arapahoos, Apaches, and especially the Cheyennes, were really peacefully inclined, and rarely committed offences against the laws; but most unfortunately they wore charged with crimes which had been committed by other tribes, and that in this respect they had suffered heavily from the Kiowas, of lone! Leaven- worth’s ‘ho ff the most turbu- nd deserved punish- ment more than any others, More recent events have shown that all the tribes above reterred to (save probably a portion of the Comanches), includ- ing the Sioux, were determined upov a genera! out- break this summer, and that the abandonment of the village on Pawnee Forks and the murders committed immediately afterwards on the ray Hill were but the commencement of a war which had threatened to our post commanders on many occasions during the winter, and which ts now waged with savace fury on the part of the Indians throughont my command and the Department of the Pia te and Dakota. In reference to the threats mado last winter by the Indians of war against us this summer I transmit here- with (marked L and L 2) copies of two communications from Major H. Douglass, commanding post of Fort Dodge, which concern particnlarly the Kiowas and Arapahoes One of thm is addrossed to the Assistant Adjutant Goneral, Department of the Missonri; the other to the Acting Assistant Adjutant General. District of the Upper Arkansas, 1 also transmit a copy of a letter from Brevet Major Ashbury, Third infantry, bear- ing on this subject (marked L 3). . ‘his reply to the statements of Colonel Wynkoop and Leavenworth, contained in the copy of their letters reterred to me by order of Genera! Grant, May 23, would have been transmitted promptly after the date of their receipt but for the fact that since that time until the 15th inst. I have been constantly on the Plains, ing almost every day, which prevented me from giving my atteation to the matter until the present . One moment. Owing to the absence of Mr Jobn Smith, United States Indian in » I have withheld two of bis affidavits, marked uuti his return, believing that an error was commit! by him in giving the name of one the bands of Indians at the time of writing them, which can then be corrected. They will then be transmitted for file with this communication. Herewith I return the originals of the papers referred to me by General or May 23, for my beenied a iis : am, Major, reapeetfuliv. your ol servant, suse deeds WINFIELD s. HANCOCK, Major General United States Army, commanding. Estimated Cost of a Genoral Indian War. ‘Wasutxartox, Sept. 1, 1867. It is stated that the special Commissioner now in the Indian country for the purpose of adjusting the dim- culties betweon the government and hostile tribes made ‘the following estimate of the cost to the country of a general Indian war:—The least number of troops that will be needed to protect one line of communication to the Pacific coast is twenty thousand. With our present railroad and emigrant routes there would be required one hundred thousand troops for their pro- tect on alone and for offeusive operations. This force would neod to be Lyf augmonted. the expense cf this force would not be leas than $100, 000,000 for five years. Daring this time emigration would be checked, mining would cease, and the general development of the Westera country would be retarded; and at the end of the five years the government would be in precisely the same position it now is—treating with the hostile tribes to secure a peace. This, it is understood, is one of the arguments which will ‘be used to induce Congress to provide liberally for the establishment of a lasting peace with the Indians now while the opportunity ofters. Force Sent Against Nothing Heard from ¢! iane—Several Have Been Fought—Attack ment Train—The Indians Determined on War-Battle Between Hostile Bands of ae Sr. Loris, Sept. 1, 1867. ‘A despatch from Fort Hays, Ark., dated the 30th ult., says no news bas yet been received from the force sent against the Indians; but several battles are believed to have taken place, All the savages in this section say they do not wish peace, and wil! kill the Commissioners if possible. They are driving all the buffaloes toward their villages on the Republican river. Atelegram from General Augur's headquarters says the Indians attacked # government train near Fort C, F. Smith on the 26th ult., and were repuised with the loss of twenty kitled. One officer and four soldiers were killed on our side, All the bostile tribes around Fort Phil Kearny aro onder the leadorship of Rod Cloud, and are bent on war. Biack Hawk, achief of the Utah ne favors 1c. A battle between the Ogailalia ahd Brule tril of Sioux, occurred on the 27th ult., at Cedar Cafion, thirty miles south of Julesburg, in which several savages were killea, “THE NATIONAL GUARD. PARADE AND CRUBMRATION, The Fifty-ffth regiment infantry, N.G., will parade n Friday next, September 6, for the purpose of oele- brating the birthday of Lafayette, and also to receive a stand of colors from the city authorities, Regimental line will be formed on Second street, right resting on First evenue, at sight o'clock A.M. After marching down to the City Hail Park and rocelving the colors the regi- ment will proceed by cars to Jones’ Wood, and spend the remainder of the day with their families and friends. WILITARY EXCURSIONS. The Eighth regiment excursion battalion, consisting of about one hundred men, from Companies C, Gand F,under the command of a aainoae Appleton, assisted’ by Captains McIntire, and Penberthy, will de- + for Stamford,’ Norwalk and New Haven to-day, in the steamer Stamford, from the toot of Thirty-fourth street, East river, at haif-past one P. M. Too battalion returne to town on Tht morning, at six o'clock A. M. Troop_E, First cavalry, plain mann, had a good time at Etim Park, 110th et) on Thursday last, despite the storm, Forty-four moa shot for twenty-five prizes. Among the latter were three watches. Company H, Fifth regiment infantry, Captain (. Filert, visited Landmann’s Park on Thursday, accompanied by fifteen pieces and twenty-one drammers, There were y-six contestants for upwards of forty prizes. rain put a stop to all outdoor pleasure. r, had their boowe se Company F, Third regiment infant: anoual picnic om Friday last, 20th ult, to Bellevue Garden, foot of Kightioth street, rast river, where quite a party assembled in the afternoon. Among the guests it were General Bendix, Major Hamii- too, Beattio and Captain Mallaly, Tho First, Second, Fourth, Ninth, T: and Eighty-fourth regi- mente were represented. Company D, Seventy-first regiment, has arranged a ind excarsion to New Staien Island, for a week to-morrow, There will be a parade and all the veterans of this gallant old organization will Oe a ranks. Foun will be 16 profitable comman: ng @ portion of the day to target practice. re will also occur the return game at ball between the muffin nines of tbe com |. A meetin; Of the excursion wii! be rmory The Seventy ninth regiment, Veteran a an sprocne day at Dodley’s Grove on Friday inst. It had been postponed, owing to the bad weather on the 1 h of Ang ist, the day xed for lt fret A picnic of Second regiment drum corps takes place at the Cremorne Garden 10-morrow Troop I, First cavalry, wil! have their nineteenth an- excursion at Bellevue Garden on Wednesday is is the old Carbini troop CMEIRT GemenAL Ov SuESIETERCS, pheeen Liebenan, the iate a @ Ada ub regiment, National Guard, has been ap. General of Subsistence, to arran; at the paring # new proclamation more liberal in ite terms than that u ‘h of May, 1865, bas set the People to guessing at its probable contents. By those who are supposed to know something of Presidentiat intentions, it is eaid that all classes of rebels will be pardoned grapted a full restoration of civil rights Bot specifically taken away by acts of Congress, except uch as were guilty of acts of piracy during the war, or were parties to the cruel treatment of Union prisoners. Under the last proclamation fourteen classes were ex- empted from ts benetits, including all above the rank of Colonel in the army and jutepaut io (he nary of the rebel States, and such as voluntarily went from Northerm homes to espoese the rebel cause. My information does not come from an official source, and therefore [do not speak positively about \t. fhe President is reserved on the subject, and perhaps it is safest to say that as yet the exact provisions of tbe forthcoming prociama- tion are not agreed upon. General Grant’s Recent Order to District Commanders. The recent order of General Grant, that ‘district com- manders will make no appointment to civil office of per- sous who bave been removed by themselves or their predecessors in command,’ does not make a new issue between General Grant and the President, There is good authority for asserting that the rumors of difficulties having occurred om this subject are groundioss, The Reconstruction act vests in the General commanding the armies the same powers ag are ‘conferred upon District Commanders in regard to removals and appointments, and, therefore, the order of Genoral Grant is considered merely as @ notice in advance that he would disapprove of such appointments as he indicates, Reported Removal ot Collector James, of Richmond. Rumors of the removal of Collector James, of Rich- mond, are current here to-day. There are five or six applicants for the position. General John E. Mulford has been recommended for it by the entire mercantile community, and ts the choice of the citizens in prefer- ence to any Virginian who can take the oath. General Grant’s Dinner to Minister Romero, Genera! Gran’ yosterday evening a parting dinner to Senor Romero, the Mexican Minister. The Overland Mail to California. The Post Office Department hax directed inquiry to be- made respecting the reported carelessness and ab use of mail matter by the overland mail contractor, In the course of a few days Special Mail Agent Clampite wilt start from Washington for the Plains with a view to correct the reported dolinquencies, The contractor, howe’ denies the allegations and promises to fur- nish affidavits oxenerating him from censure. Alt mail matter for the Pacific coast, if not marked “by steamer,” or “by Isthmus," is sent overiand. The Cholera in Palermo—Letter from the United States Consul. ‘The State Department has received the following let- tor:— Usirap States ConsuLata, Patermo, August 9, 1867. The cholera has of a sudden become epidemic in thie city, and taken very alarming pi ons. On tne Sist of July. up to the time of my mailing my last despate! No. 92, there had only taken place six or seven cases cholera; but hefore day was over they ran up te twonty-nine cases, On the let August it went up sud- denly to two hundred and eighty-five cases, and it bas kept thus up to date, avoraging from _ two hundred aad Ofty to three hundred cases daily. The lower classes, as usual, are the greatest sufferers; but it has, however, spread among the middie and even the upper classes. It is of @ more violent and fatal neture than lad fali, for hardly one-third of the attacked have, 90 far, got over it, The entire population is panic stricken. The greater part of the wealthy families bi escay to the continent. 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