The New York Herald Newspaper, December 26, 1868, Page 13

‘The Strategic Importance of Camp Supply— Description of the New Fort—Roster of the Officers Siationed at Ca Supply Arrival of the Nineteenth Kansas Volun- teers—Burial of Captain Hamilten—The Captives Expect to be Executed = The Wounded Indian Children. HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE MISSOURI, IN THE FigLp, FORKS OF BEAVER AND WOLF Kivens, I. T., Dee. 4, 1868, Camp Supply at this point, 105 miles south of Fort Dodge and in the heart of the Indian territory, during its very brief existence, has developed into the most important centre of operations in the present Indian war. Midway between and but a short distance west cf the reservations of the Chey- enne and Arapahoe and Kiowa and Comanche nations, a8 a fleld base of hostile movements against the refractory Indians a better locality could not have been seclected. Good water, an abun- dance of wood and game, as well ag winter forage for horses, are the recommendations which it possesses for the accommodation of troops, and its proximity to the favorite resorts of the savages during the inc:ement and snowy weather of winter gives it a marked stratezic value. On Novem- ber 20, 1868, the construction of the necessary bulld- ings and defences was commenced under the su- perintendence of First Lieutenant Joseph Hale, ‘Third United States infantry. Lieutenant Hale de- serves much praise for th? energy and skill dis- played in the completion of the post in snow and storm and overcoming numerous other inconven- fences, The work in its finished condition 1s | of suMcient strength to be defended by a small force against any number of warriors that May undertake to attack it. The work is constructe! of logs hewn in the woods about a mile distant. The north and west fronts consist of a stockade; the east and south are made NEW YORK HERALD, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 26, 1868.—TRIPLE SHEET. that no male prisoners were taken over eight ee old, the rest taking up arms and joining im the fight. There are now in the hospital several very young boys and girls badly wounded, but from not single one of them has come the siightest audible indication of their suffering; yet the expres sion of their facea, the wild glance of their eyes, betray that they do suffer. During such painful Operations a3 proving and cleansing out their wounds, placing the thumb on one temple and stretching the hand across the forehead, fixing the second finger on the temple opposite, they close their eyes and patiently submit to such ka on apart as the teachings of surgery require, One little about six years of age has a bullet hole through her body, on tie left side, and yet she sits up and makes no complaints, All the wounded squaws and chil- dren rode in on thelr ponies, refusing to have any- thing to do with ambulances. Another singular feature In the Wounded is the peculiarly offensive odor of the sloughing wounds, The well squaws are still encamped with the cay- alry and seem tobe contented with their lot. The male children amuse themselves throwing reeds as if they were spears at diferent objects, thus display- ing the cultivation of thelr expanding merit as fature warriors. Amor the trophies brought in was a handsome lodge, which belongs to General Custer. To-day this was unloaded from the wagon, and having sent for several squaws the General had the lodge put up in true Indian style, This is part of the duties of the squaws, and in @ very few minutes they displayed their proficiency to an extent which surprised every one. The lodge Is of skins and perfectly white. It is not at all surprising that the loss of their lodges is looked upon by the savages as so great a cal- amity. The number of skins, the proper tanning, of them, fitting and stitching them together consti- tute evidently a labor and expense of considerable magnitude. In setting up a lodge the squaws get around with the lodge poles in their hands; these they lock at tne upper extremities and set them In position forming the skeleton of the lodge. ‘The ome skin, one end attached toa pole, is laid in an upright osition against the lodge poles already up; the skin then unrolled and wrapped around the outside over the lodge poles. The ends are then fastened with thongs, leaving an aperture about three feet nigh for. an entrance and at the top for the egress of smoke. The captives, sick and well, have not lost appetite or flesh since in our hands. Their capacities for stowing away food are truly amazing. Hard tack to them is a great luxury, and old and young, sick and ell, devour it with all the relish of the choicest aud up of the warehouses for stores, At the northeast and southwest angles are lunettes sweeping all sides of the fort, and at the northwest and southeas| angles are block houses with loopholes. From points the rifles of the troops have unimpeded rafige of at least 399 yards, The entire work has been con- Btructed by the trosps. ‘The following oMicers have been assigned for duty at the post:— Brevet Major John If. Page, captain Third United Btates infantry, commanding ‘post. Lieutenant Willams, Third United States infantry, post adjutanr, Brevet Captain William Mitcheil, post quarter- master. First Lieutenant Henry Nolan, Seventh United States cavalry, post commissary. Dr. J. J. Marrton, acting assistant surgeon, United States army, post surgecn. Dr. G. M. Sternberg, captam and assistant surgeon United States army, medical director of the expe- dition. Company B, Third United States infantry, Brevet Major Henry Asbury, captain; Lieutenants J. P, Thompson and Williams, Company E, Third United States infantry, First Lieutenant Joseph Hale commanding. Company F, Third United States infantry, Brevet rates john H. Page, captain; Lieutenant Chancelior fartin. Company K, Fifth United States infantry, Lieuten- ant George P. Borden commanding. Company G, Th'rty-eighth United States tofantry, Brevet Major William M. Beebe, captain; Brevet Cap- tain J. A. Sanders, first lieutenant. ‘The last of the Nnetcenth Kansas volanteer caval- Ty have arrived at this point and will remain here for the present. This regiment, commanded by ex- Governor 8. J. Crawford, left’ Topeka on Novem- ber 5, 1863. Owing to storms and a broken country, upon arriviag, November 24, near the Cimarron, the regiment being without rations, Colonel Crawford left his train and about 450 mea under Major Jenkins, and with the remainder of hi troops pushed out tr ch of this point. Previous- ly Captain Plyly had been sent abcad and found the camp here and had reported the condition of the pie grote By the time of Colonel Crawford's arri- val supplies, under escort of Lieutenant Pepoon's scouts and Captain Plyly’s company, were far on the ‘way to the relief of the Kansas men on the Cimar- and sai nitived after a journey of several days. The Kansas troops were entirely out of ra- tions, ana for some days had lived on baffalo meat alone, brought in by hunting parties sent out dally. The remainder of the regiment now resumed Une of march and arrived hereon December 1. The Seventh United States cavalry will also remain bere for several days more. Captain J. W. Clous, Thirty-eightn United States infantry, has been relieved from duty as — AB. sistant Adjutant General to the present expedition ‘and assigned to temporary duty as Acting Alde-de- Camp to the Commanding General. Captain Louis M. Hamilton, killed in the battle of she Washita, was buried this afternoon with military honors. The entire regular troops at present here turned out. The body of the deceased captain was carried in an ambulance as a hearse and covered with a large American flag. The ambulance was Preceded by Captain Hamilton’s squadron, com- wanded by Brevet Lieutenant Colonel We'r, as escort, and was followed by his horse, covered with @ mourning sheet. Major General Sherid Brevet Major General Custer, Brevet Lieutenant Colonels Crosby, Cook and T. ‘uster; Brevet Major Beebe and Lieutenant Hale acted as pall bearers. A meeting of the officers of the Seventh United States cavairy was heid in the camp of the regiment, on the north fork of Canadian river, Indian Terri- tory, the 2d day of December, 1868, to take into con- sideration the untimely death of Major Joel H. Elliott, of the regiment, who was killed in the battle of the Washita November 27, 186%, and to testify by Fesolution the respect and’ estitnation in which the deceased was held by his comrades in arms, Brevet Major General George A. Custer was chosen to pre- side over the meeting and a committee was ap- pointed to drafi resoiutions. Lhe following were Feported by the commaitvee:— Resolved, That the officers and soldiers of the Seventh United States cavalry unite in their expression of alncere and profound sorrow for the death of Major Joel H. Elliott, who r Je of the Washita November 27, 4 to the best interests of the exe bi 0 the profession and 10 iment which he 0 Zealvi prove. Resolves; That in all the siciesludes of bia eventtal lite, from the ranks, where be firet served as a soldier during the he had attained when he dled, our Jeiity and trathfulness ; that bis correct example is worthy of imitation by every une who t dis- tinction in the profem of arma, Resolved, That the gallant bearing of Major Filiott in the nich hit him anddenty career is deserving of the highest attitude of de“iant daring, heroical example inciting them to deeds of valor st encomiums that can be bestowed. Resolved, That to the bereaved mother and relatives of the @eceased the oftcers of this regiment especially tender their heartfelt sympathies. Resolved, That the sccrotary of this meeting be directed to send a copy of these proceedings to the family of the de- deased. The one committe was adopted and the meetin; journed sine die. a ening of the oMcers of the Seventh United States cavairy was held in the camp of the regiment, on the North lork of Canadian river, Indian Terri- tory, on the sth day of December, 1868, to take into consideration the unumely death of Captain Louls M. Hamilton, of that regiment, who was killed in the battle of the Washita November 1868, tify by resolution the respect and estimat the deceased was held by his comr: Brevet Major ‘al George A. Custer was chosen to preside over the meeting, and a committees was appointed to draft resolutions. The following was re- ported by the coniuitte Resolved, That the death in batt tain Loais M. Hamilton, has beret friend, whom while living we gentieman of unsullled hi and spotless fame; that we mina the genial face, the sparkling wil, the well tried, warm ud {Tasty heart of iim whose loss wo mourn more deeply de, Cap- nd valued than worte va tel. Rescived, That by the deayb of the herole Hamilton the army has lost ons 6! | ightest oruath shat he Wasa with heart and hand in his work, thor ugh, galant #0! whose highest alm vw pe perfect, “without fear and with: out reproach,” in all pertaining to his profession ; that among the brilliant lors who were selected alter the closest scrutiny from the armies of the East and of the West for the new army which wee mip “at the Jato war our lanieuted Ham fa the that the genius of his mind and the qu rt stam; one of the purest and Drightest roldiers of his that bis blameless life and glorious death en- « the departed horare ot bis race. patriotic ardor and devotion ty country ity which rendered the g sire, Alerander Hamilton, Siluatrions, were truthfwily perpstuated in the gra eTorth of whose life were directed toward the re: nent which his progentior hal aide: to build, whore life's biood was shed in’ risiting just re Wibution upon those who had savagely 01 every prin- ciple of humanity and who had persistently refused to rec Bize the authority of that government which be had lear: rate and, for the supremacy of which he ramous felda, officers and roidiers of the Seventh cay: their heartfelt aympathy with all who f the deceased. ally do they tender the same to his relatives and family friends. Resolved, That the secretary of this meeting be directed to tranamit @ copy of these proceedings to the relatives of the deceared. ‘The report of the committee was approved and the Meeting adjourned sine die, jrurtng the first few days of the captivity of the #quawe of Biack Kettle’s band of Cheyennes there nsiderabie anxiety felt by them. At first the to the hospital, fearing out for vengeance. The Soldiers taiking to each other not in toncs the most gente and « vphonious and in a language they could jot understand, they construed it into @ controversy fas to when and how they were to be disposed of. In constant « ol what disposition was to be made of them of the squaws visited General Shert- dan’s interpreter, Mr. Curtis, and asked him whether the Ii to be kiled, When assured that the whi man did not kill women and children for what the warriors did they felt materially relieve 1. Since then the wounded squaws have appeared more Lvely and exhibit an unusual feeling of gratitude for We kind treatment they have been receiving. Th's feel ne thoy Manifest by shaking hands with the es committed by their band. d ones refused to they were the first sing) surgeon Waenever he visits them. The most re- ma‘ k vbie inst inces of fortitude are exhibited jn the eases of the wounded Indian children. The despera- tino! th; fighting at the battle of the Wasuita on the ef *. uf the savages may be judged from the fact chest cake, The Indian War—Its Origin=The Success Already Accomplished—Winter Fighting the Trae Mode of Subjugation—Description of Medicine Lodge—Two Couriers Killed by Indians—Retarn of Wagon Trai: HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE MISSOURI, Camp Surety, FORKS BEAVER AND WOLF Rivens, I. T., Dec. 6, 1868, influence exerts more power over the savage mind than that of fear. The ordinary feelings of humanity find no existence there, and such im- pulses a8 sympathy or gratitude to incite a recipro- cation of good deeds are a3 dead as the thirst for ood is strong and beyond control. , A review of the causes and progress of the present Indian war is but a repetition of that same expe- rience which has been the natural condition, it would seem, of Indian affairs for some years past, but in the present instance indicates the exercise of more energy, of more skill and with better prospects of durable results than have characterized former attempts at a decisive subjugation of the hostile tribes. The great draw- back In the past has been the regard for the auto- matic philanthropy of a c!ass urged on in their cant by their own interests or those of corrupt oficlals and their tools, This class has even the boldness in the present case to disfigure the true state of the case and again, with their usual misrepresentation, ignorance and falsehood, attribute the blame of the war to the white settlers, In response to a cowardly feeling of so-calied humanity the Peace Commis- sion of 1867 was established, and on it devolved the “whole Indian question for a practical and if possible peaceable solution.” To farther this ob- Jeet the operations of the troops were made subor- dinate to the Commission. This Commission at least deserves the credit of showing an indefatigadle spirit if it did come out barren of results. Treaties were entered into with the Cheyennes, Arapahoes, Ktowas and Comanches. At the recommendation of the Peace Commiasion the Powder river country was abandoned, This action was construed by the Indtans as the result of fear on the part of our gov- ernment. The Sioux having accomplished their frat purpose now extended their depredations to the Pacific Ratiroad, on the Platte. The Indians along the Arkansas, on the south, were not slow in believing that the whites had been forced out of the Powder river country and undertook, in emulation of the boast of the Sioux in the North, to drive the whites out of the hepsi Hill country. Both these sections are fine ranges for the buffalo. ‘The Cheyennes in August last took the warpath, with nearly 250 warriors, as they had it then be- Heved, against a band of Indians towards which they were hostile. In the same month they made their appearance among the settlements in the valley of the Saline. After receiving the most friendly treatment they suddenly threw off their disguise, and instead of appearing as friends they were sud- denly and too late discovered to be enemies. The vaileys of the Saline and Solomon suddenly became the scene of a relentless, savage war, and in turn the tomanawk, the seaiping kulfe and the firebrand swept along the Smoky Hill and the Arkansas. ‘The war was now fairly inaugurated and its incep- tion nted one of those instances of Indian treachery which had so frequently before resulted in the massacre of innocent and unsuspecting men, women and children, By September nearly 100 per- sons met their end at the hands of the savages. ie chiefs of the ee had promised to proceed to Fort Cobb and get their annuities, and thence withdraw to their reservation. In stead of fulfilling thelr promises, they bezan a series of depredations on the line between Fort Wallace and Denver, in Colorado Territory. The Kiowas and Comanches about the same time entered into an agreement at Fort Zarah to remain at peace, and left with that impreasion fixed on the minds of those who repre- sented the government. The next information was that the Kiowas and Comanches had joined the Cheyennes and Arapahoes, General Sheridan, taking lew of the condition of afairs within the | the limits of his department, at once transferred his headquarters to the field, and commenced prerece. tions for a determined war. General Suily’s fight near this point, Forsyth’s gallant fight on the Arri- karee fork of the Repubtican, Carpenter's and Gra- ham’s fight on the Beaver branch of the Republican, General Carr’s decisive fig it in the same vicinity, an General Custer’s annihilation of Black Kettle’s band in the battle of the Washita, be sides & number of small engagementa, is the fighting record of three months. It would be a low estimate to that at Jeast three hundred warriors have been Killed since the war broke out. Two hundred and fifty are om- cially accounted for. The dexterity of the Indian in getting off his dead would largely increase the official count, which ts based upon an accurate knowledge of the Indian loss from the bodies seen carried of or which fell into the possession of the troops. Nor have the wounded been estimated; and it is quite natural suppose that in a loas 6 hundred and fifty warriors killed many more wero wounded, of which 4 fair proportion may be called mortally, and subsequently died. It 1s very evident the savages thought the inclem- ency of the winter would secure them in thelr remote fastbeases, and in tie coming spring they might win resume their depredations and — atro- cities. The wisdom of this winter campaiga ni twofold significance. First the Indiana have recerved thus far the mest rapid and decisive thrash- a Sady have ever te éntertained with in the same length of t'me. In the second place, It ex. plodes their belief that the snows and storms of winter will prove an insurmountable barrier azainst the approach of troops at a tin ‘hen the effective- ness of their mode of warf ceases. These two considerations have, doubt) by this time, had some effect, but the savages have so far only seen the beginning of what is in store for them, ‘There are 80 many considerations Involved in an Indian war that to premive anything wonld be use- less, One thing is certain: unless higher authorities meddle in the matter the war will go on until it reaches an even ae success and more decisive and durable resnita, The captive squaws think their people have had ugh and wiil come into Fort Cobb and surrender, ff they do so they come now as @ conquered people, in the dust, and wil be tled down to the most ri ments, When the Peace Commisston treated with them the sava; came in shouting and fring their rifles and with other manfestations of victors, which they really were. Some hold the opinion that the hostile savages will take their families to the Staked Palos, a bar- ren waste in Texas, and return and unite in a league, offensive and defensive. This docs not appear plau- aible, forthe reason that the larder of an Indiag family ta the plain and the wood; hia daily food con- sisting of the proceeds of the chase. Ill success is the sure forerunner of an empty stomach. It is known that the Staked Piains consist of the most barren, desolate waste in this entire region and are it fectly devoid of animal life. The savages, there! ote have no place to retire to that cannot be reached by the columas, As an instance of the faithiessness and shrewd- ness of the savages against which General Sheridan 1s now Operating some eecrots let out by the prison- ers may be mentioned. Several weeks since a war arty, consisting of Cheyennes, Kiowas and Arapa- joes, started onthe warpath towards Fort Lyon. At the same time another patty started to operate fn tue vicinity) of Fort Larned, and @ third party on foot, set out, moving north, to fail upon sinail parties, At the same time these hostile expeditions were about leaving representa- tives from each band repaired to Fort Cobb and se. cured from the representative of the Peace Com. mission there large quantities of provisions and other supplies, At the time of the capture of ee Kettle's camp G éstroyed, together ftniraa sane find It was the trail of one of the rewirning War pat. With large quantities of powder and lear ban which conducted General Custer to the Indian village, For the benefit of philanthropists I may allude to an Indian curiosity—a medicine lodge which was de- stroyed by a portion of General Custer’s command @ short time since, A medicine lodge is a sort of sanctuary where the savages deposit the scalps taken in war after they have been powwowed over according to the exaction of their superstitions, The lodge in question was situated on Medicine Lodge creek, northeast of this pont, and was rendered in a certain degree conspicuous Dy its being the point at which the Peace Commission held one of its pala- vers, No one but the medicine men and chiefs are allowed to enter the sacred preciacts, At the time of thetr recent visit General Custer’s men invest!- gated the contents of the lodge, The scene pre- sented was one not calculated to incite the sympa- thy of the white man. Hundreds of ghastly scalps were hanging around, some decorated fantastically, probably in a manner according to the character of its former possessor, Some of the scalps were evidently thoae of white women and children, a8 might be told by the length of the hair or its finer texture, There was also a diveraity of colors—black, brown, aubut white, and, indeed, every variety of color—and indicating allages. The infernal place, with all its contents, was destroyed by fire. Several nights since the Osage and Kaw Indians indulged tna scalp dance. The scene was one of savage effect. The burning logs in the centre, the Indians painted and attired in war costumes, with spears, bows, shiclds and all the trophies taken by them about their persons, performed their mysterious contortions of the and whoo} wildly as if about to engage their foe. ne of the Kaw warriors, stepping forward, said he “would be buried under the ground sooner than run from the enemy.” ‘This sentiinent was received with shout of approval. Each made his fessions of bravery when heshould meet theenemy, The dance lasted until a late hour. Generals Sheridan and Custer and a large number of oMicers witnessed the scene. Brevet Major Henry Inman, who left here with strain of two hundred and fifiy wagons, returned pers from Fort Dodge, after a trip of two undred and ten miles in twelve days. Arriving at Muiberry creck the Major found a piece of pantaloons covered with blood, a coat filled with bullet holes and other signs of a fight. Reaching the ravine near by a pack of sini wolves started up. A number of letters were now found strewn around, one of which was a despatch from your ge ae dated at Bluff creek, November 18, 1) ‘The despatch was returned to your correspondent by Major Inman, an was considerab! torn, evidently by thé wolves, On the morning of Novem- ber 19, 1868, before leaving Bluff creek, General Sheridan sent two couriers to Fort Dodge with de- spatches, It would appear that these couriers fell into an ambuscade while crossing Mulberry creck, which vicinity is much broken by ravines covered with underbrush. On his return Major Inman, after diligent search, found fragments of the bodies, One skull was broken as if strack by atomahawk. The fight was evidently a desperate one, The route of the couriers could be traced for a mile by the empty cartridge shells. A tree was discovered with the head of a 8] sticking in it and full of bullet holes. It is robable the courlers took position here after the: faa lost their horses, The remains of the men, suc! as could be found, wefe gathered together and buried. The names of the two mea were Davis and Marshall. On the return trip a small party of In- dians were seen and pursued by Major Inman and Licutenant Borden, Fifth United States infantry, with a detachment of Kansas cavalry. The following document was taken from the body of one of the warriors slain at the battle of the Washita, It emanates from a peace commission and is u fit commentary upon their labors:— UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, DEPAWTURNT OF INTERIOR. OFFIoR OF SUPERINTENDENT OF INDIAN AFFAIRS, } NORTHERN SUPERINTENDENCY, Fort LARAMIR, Stine 28, 1868, ‘This is to certify that Black War Bonnet Is'a recognized chief of the band of Ogulleliah Sioux. He ia under treaty stipula- tlons with the United States government, and has promised his Great Father to be always friendly towards wh! and any white man to whom he may show this quested by the government to treat him fn a friendly manner, ind to be oarefal to give him no cause to break his promise. ‘ President pro tem. Peace Commission, A REVIEW OF THE INDIAN WAR. To THE Epiror or THE HERALD:— It ts almost incomprehensible that a few nomades shoald set at deflance the nation which proved itseif capable of crushing the most gigantic rebellion known in history. Still, it is a truth easily proven that this is the case. The aborigine destroys each year the lives and property of our citizens to an ex- tuat almost beyond belief. He does this, too, nearly without punishment; and why? The Indian fools the white man, and chooses the time and place for war. When the winter season is at hand and the deep snows preclude the Indian pony from bis buffalo grass, the redskin knows that he must go to the vil- lages and lay up until the grass is sprouting anew under the influence of the bright spring weather of the Plains. Itis during this season, then, that the Indian must remain peaceful, and what a peace! Simply the coiling of the snake prior to a fatal spring; for the grass is no sooner suMiciently strong to afford ample sustenance to the mustang when the Indian vil- lagers are moving and the bucks are on the old trail, which has its beginning in spring. and invariably ending im the late fall, at which time the Indian makes his appearance in the vicinity of military posts and represents himself as tired of a war into which he had been led by some very bad Indians, who are now gone somewhere, but exactly in what direction the peacefully disposed party has no idea. In fact, he is gia that he does not Know, for this very bad tribe or band of Indians has made great trouble for those of the red brothers who are well disposed to- ward the whites. It is just a trifle curious to know where these very bad Indians go to, for every band which comes in has almost a similar story. It reminds one of schoolboy days, when pbody did it, sir.’ Seemingly this thing has gone to a suiticient length, and we are to have a winter campaign against the Indians, which, if it proves successful, must, to a certain extent, terininate “Our Indian Troubles’? paragraph, which has been so long a standing item in nearly every journal in the country. The section of country which the Indian finds most fitted for his raids and devastation is that portion of the Plains through which we have the three great trading routes to the far West—the Arkansas, the Smoky Hull and the Platte. This 1s not a level tract, far from it; no more broken country can be found in our broad territory unlesa it ne among the poppin Thus it may be seen that it is easy for a band of Indians, whether it be composed of ten or warriors, to conceal themselves near the travellel routes and swoop hawk- like, with little exposure to danger, on chosen —_ victims. The = trame over these routes is far than would be belived by par- ties unfamiliar with the Plains. Some idea may be formed from the fact tuat during the severe winter of 1865 ana 1866 more than 19,000 cattle were frozen to death. These cattle are the motive power of the freight trains, e completion of the Union Pacific Railroad will facilitate the og ion of freight to a portion of Colorado, Utah, Nevacla and the Territories of the Northwest; but New Mexico must still send out its wool and receive other articles of commerce in re- turn by means of what is known on the frontier as “bull trains,” which must travel via the Arkansas route, which ts quite 39 mules south of the Platte river, to the north of which the Pacific Ratlroad has been constructed. Will the construction and com- pletion of the Union Pacific Railroad 300 miles to the northward, and to whi a country must be traversed which few white men have ever done more than follow some tolerably well knowo route through, enhance the safety of travel over the more southern routes? Even now mischief has been done to the railroad and tel ht lines; to be sure we hear little of this, nevertheless it is the case, The extermivation or thorough nnn. ishment of a single band of indians, whose number seems ridiculously small, Would do more to give us safer transit across butalo range than ail the treaties that could be made by well paid commission- era, or humanitarian meotings that may be held at Cocper Institute or clsewhere. What is Known as the ‘lez soldier band of Chey- enne” is composed of the best Mzhters of the Chey- enne tribes, a few Arapahoes ani Sioux. They are well mounted upon stock stolen from our cavatrs, the Overi Stage Company and from ee on) which have suffered from Indian stampedes. It would be Impossible to Imagine men better armed than are these red rovers; for their weapons are in- var.ably breech-loaders of the most approved attern. Where the supply of ammunition comes om is a mystery, bat they certainly have abundance. Seven hundred warriors is the full Hamber of this band, which has been concerned in nearly every outrage that has been credited to the reaskin on the buffalo range. Where they have not been particlpators they have Inatigated the affair. For instance, keep the Cheyenne away from the Kiowa, whose natural range is southivard of the Arkansas river, and it would not be dificult to keep the Kiowa upon such reservations as might be as- signed to them in what is known as the Indian Ter- ritory; but let the Cheyenne and Kiowa once com- municate with each other, and, if it be summer time, we have Indian war where there should be continual peace. It very naturally suggests itself to a thinking Per fon that these Cheyennes should be thrashed. Yes, to be sure, but ere we “pot the pigeon’ woud it not be weil to have it on hand? and it ts beyond the range of possibilities for troops to overtake a well mounted band of Indians during the summer season. In the winter the Indians manage to be at The capture of five Alabamas would have een more easy than the capture of this single band of Indians during the summer season. Send om* body of troops against them and they wi" at an Indian until the Indians ma* ‘or Bee = Weve stampede the horses some ™ .v AN attempt to orasmall hunting o- veMing just at daylight, camp by fifty or Pi ty is chased into aot py warriors, Saddie D OF ‘ae rsnit, to He sure, but when you Te IW NOt an Tevest divale, oF high ridge of Fall a ye? 4 im Bight, | Vndertake to are trails in all direct’ |. @ill speedily did that there to rendezvous ats vhs, The Indians have divided selves, Returnt ome place known best to them- first thing thes 4 your late camptng ground and the which has ' oftrikes you is the clean gleaning particle * een done during your gg a Which of food or article of 4 use whatever to bv ‘on may remember to have left is anywhere dy. found, the Indians baye visited the spot our absence, ‘The tindian's religion teaches him to fight the white To be possessed of worldty riches, such as pouies. fine clothing and such other property a8 way be more easily secured from the white man than It can be obtained in any other way, is certain assport to and through the gates the happy junting ground, provided the body which contained the departed spirit was uot mug or seaiped. An In- dian prefers burning alive to being hung, Why? For peculiar reasons which it is not well to mention. The indian 1s, however, well satisfied that the spirit of a buck who has met his death by hanging the most aly route, to the abode of bad spirits, and will upd arrival be provided with a very warm seat. Before this Indian trouble 1s finally settled the In- terior Department must be satisfied to let the War Department have entire control of Indian Affairs. Then, and not till then, may we look for what has not been for years—entire freedom from Indian predations on the frontier. THE HILL MURDER. The Cane for the Prosecution Closed and the Defease Opened—What the Prisoner’s Cow sel Intend to Prove—The Excitement in Re- lation to tho Result of the Trial Increasing. PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 24, 1868, The crowd im the court room to-day was far greater than it has been on any one day since the prisoner was arraigned for trial. The female por- tion of the audience was especially greater in numerical strength and fuss than usual, one of the worse features about it consistmg in the fact that more than one-half of them were girls of a ten- der age, several, to all appearances, not having as yet reached “sweet, blushing sixteen.” If the in- tense interest they manifested in all the details of the horrible murder which were elicited during the ex- amination of the witnesses be any criterion to go by it is very doubtful if they ever reach any age which will entitle them to the gentle qualifications afore- mentioned. It will be seen by reference to the testimony that the defence. are making and intend to make a very flerce fight to clear their client from the crime with the commission of which he is charged. The deter- mined stand taken by them in refusing to give up to the prosecution the papers found in the safe at Cam- den before the prosecution had proved that the safe belonged to the prisoner was one of the strongest indications manifested during the trial of their determination, by every ingenuityor legal technicality they can avall themselves of, as was also their resolution to have the blood stained clothing examined by some expert chosen by the prisoner himself. So far the circum- stantial evidence against the prisoner is very strong, but his friends contend that his counsel will be abie to prove, beyond hope of contradiction, every statement made in the opening address of Mr. Pratt. Over a hundred witnesses have been sub- pwenaed by the defence and itis supposed that the as wala be concluded until Tuesday or Wednes- jay nex’ On the opening of the court Mr. Henderson, a gentlemen alluded to yesterday by several wit- nesses in giving their testimony, was called to the stand. Being duly sworn, he said:—I knew Mrs. Hill; had known her some twenty-six years; at the of her death she was the widow of Samuel Hill, who died on February me 1866; Mr. and Mra, Twitchell were not residing with them at this time; they had only been married a year or so then; I was Mrs. Hill’s agent after the death of her husband, who was 4 relative of mine; Mrs, Hill and Mr. Twitchell appeared to be friendly until the latter of July last; about that time a gentleman called upon me, and in consequence of what he told me I called to see Mrs. Hill; at this interview Mr. Twitchell was not present, but before 1 left the house he came into the dining room. and, ina very excited manner, asked me why Ihad come to create a disturbance in the family, coupling it with, “T give you ten minutes to get out;’’ I answered that I was in no hurry; he said 1 had better attend to my own business and not interfere with other ata e's; I said I was there on business with Mrs. Hill; he again commanded me to leave in ten minutes, saying he would pnt me out by force or get a police- man to put me out; [told him to use his pleasure, but that perhaps the latter would be the better way; he went out as if after an oMicer, and was followed by Mra. Twitchell; I remained there a short time talking with Mra. Hill, and then took my de- parture; I used to see Mrs. Hill once a week or once in two or three wecks ever since the de ith of Mr. Hill; she visited my house and consulted me about her business matters; Mrs. Hill was a woman of coa- siderable means; Mr. Hill left the estate which Mrs, Hill possessed; after these conversations with Mrs. Hill I received a bundle of deeds for the property at ‘Tenth and Pine streets; there is a deed among them to Camilla E. Twitchell; I got this bundle of deeds from Mrs. Hill; Mra. Hill and I had been to Mr. Gil- bert’s together, and it was alter that that she brought the deeds to me; it was the following afternoon. Mr. Hagert here proposed to prove that this wit- ness informed Mrs, Hill that the dee! had been made out in her tera name. It was objected to by the defence ths objection was sustained. ir. Hagert—Mr, Henderson, do you know the handwrit of the sone ? Witness—I do; I have seen him write; this is his writing. Aer anens. Parpe: to bea tax re- ceipt for 1867, on the house at fenth and Pine streeta, signed by the prisoner for Mra. Hill, was shown to the witness and put in evidence.) Question by Mr. Hagert—Ilad Mra. Hill made an appointment with you to go and employ counsel on the Lrg or fuesday foliowing the murder, wita the view of instituting legal proceedings for the re- covery of the property? ‘The defence objected, because this was a question as to a conversation. Mr. Hagert said he would be unable to show that this was communicated to the prisoner, but he would argue from the circumstances of his being in the same house with Mrs. Hill, being in constant intercourse with her, that he must have known it, Mr. Mann argued that it was not competent, more especially in a capital case, to prove one circum- stance of a purely. circumstantial case by other very weak and unreilable circumstances, which when strongest did not receive too much confidence in this age. Mr. Hagert said that he well recollected how firmly Mr. Mann believed in circumstantial evidence when Armstrong, Probst, Williams and Winuemore were hung upon it. The Court sustained the objection and ruled out the question. In answer to the District Attorney the witness pro- ceeded—I had no conversation in reference to the recon, eyance of this property, or with Mrs. Hill, in his presence; when | made collections for Mrs. Hill they were paid to her at my house; the last payment I made to her was of $276 65, on the Friday preced- ing the murder, November 20, 'ross-exanined—I estimated the personal estate, all in money, that she got by her husband's death at $35,000; under Mr, Hili’s will she had a life estate in her estate; | collected the ground rents for her; she collected the house rents, assisted by Mra, Twitchell; the income was about Ce] alter her death the property was to go to Mr, Hitl’ heira, not to the mer or his wife; 1 do not know that she carried money in her clothes; I do not kuow that she deposited eee @ saving fund; I do not kuow where she kept her money. Mr. Mann—Have you not sald she carried large sums of money about her person? Mr. Hagert objected to the —_ on the ground that it was not cross#-examination, and if it was asked for the purpose of contradiction the name of » Mann said he candidly believed the woman ‘was murdered for her money, which she carried about her. The cuunsel for the defence here made & motion that the articles of clothing stained with blood, which had been identified as belonging to the aimee should be submitted to an expert choscn y the accused, the expert to examine them in the presence of four officers of the court, The motion was refused by the Court, when the prosecution continued their case. The first witness sworn was Samuel T, Davidson. samuel T. Davidson, ewora—t First National Bank of Camden; the bank bag had no transaction with Mr. Twitcholl since the 20th of November last, when the books showed a balance in his favor of $2 94, Cross-examined—He did not always have a bal- ance in his favor in the bank; at one time he had overdrawa hts account $411 90; I believe he opened his account in March and that it was settled in June; he had then a balance of $380 in his favor. A. B. Worden, sworn—I am a jeweller; | know the defendant; he applied to me November 21 last for a loan of fifty doliars; I did not lend it to him. Catharine McNally, sworn—On the 22d of Novem- ber last L resided at Mr. Montgomery's at 17 South ‘Tenth street, next door to Mrs. Iflil's; I recollect that on the night of the murder I had tea about seven o’c’'ock; I was in the kitchen after tea time; the kitchen adjoins that of Mra, house; I was there all the evening; wae sitting in the kitchen I heard voices tn the other kitchen; just before that I heard the door bell ringing; I was dowa in the ceilar [one coal at the time; the bell was rung about ve or six times; I then came up in the kitchen and it was then that I heard the voices in Mrs. Hull's kitenen; before going down to the cellar I rit heard anything wn"" 4; going on in Mra, Hill did not heat “ue dogs bark! Tht T om iN Swe xitchen T was alone, reading a paper. Crosa-examined—I! m the garret of the house where hy Mt ig dificult tobear the bell ring when one is up in the, garret; I fived in the house two is, weeks be! waters Re-direct—I say it ie diMcntt to hear the rien on, ws up in the garret; T could enn . 4 Were in the bedroom on the second , J. M. Fletcher, sworn—I am ity Coroner; 1 was first called to Mrs. Hiti’s abowt fine o'clock on the Monday morning after the Bight of the murder; L assisted Dr. Shapleigh im the post-mortem exam. ination; I was wit® MI, Warnock when the examina- tion of the bedrooms was made; he handed me adia- mond eorvings, a gold watch and chain, some Jewelry a".%, $260; the latter was found in the ward- fobe; iso @ due bill of fifty dollars of George 8. Twitchell dated October 29, 1868; it was due to Mra, Hill; Detective Lamon and Lieutenant Connolly were with me at the time we found the things; I took poasession of the house after it had been rearched; | locked up all the inner doors that Teould lock up; the kitchen was not locked, but the rooms on the second floor were locked; t kept the keys ‘until the following Saturday; Mi lay afternvon Lamon and myself went to tl ¢ toget some deeds I believed were in the house; we allowed & Mrs. Isculawer to take the dogs away; the next time mM an oficer of the Ying ear ib 5 a Iwent to the house was on Wednesday with Mr. Warnock and the servant girl and two New York artis's; on Thu morning J] went to the house again and also on evening ee surrendered the keys to Mr. (Beirne, one of the prisoner's counsel, On Friday, | think it was. Crogs-examined—I saw the administrator's order by which I was compelled to give up the keys of the house to his counsel, it was in compliance with this order alone that I gave up the keys; I went with the District Attorney on the morning of Thursday to examine the house and with the prisoner’s counsel in the evening. Sheriff Morgan, sworn—I have the warrant under which I made distress on the Camden property of Mr. Twitchell; 1 know that the property was rented from John F. Starr by Mr, Twitchell; I never had an interview with the latter in reference to the rent of the propery, I remember sending a notice to him by a cons! ie; Ido not think I got any answer to it; ir. Starr is not in court. Edwin F. Morgan, sworn— firm of Morgan & Son; Mr. to the extent of $550 by a note of his we hold, and incidental work his engines; I believe he started his establishment in Camden in May last; bd bend we did for him was done about three Crcss-examined=-He purchased a steam engine and boiler for $1,200; he paid $600 and gave his note for the rest; he paid the note promptly 5 the note Fase! not paid was for $400; It became due last Wm. Gregg, sworn—I reside at 1,021 Clinton street; I know George 8. Twitchell, Jr.; last June he applied to me for the loan of money. Counsel for defence—I do noi think that this loan of money has anything to do with the case. It does not prove that he was so sorely pressed then that the loan can be considered as having anything to do with the case, You might, with equal propriety, call up every loan he made during his whole life ‘The Court overruled the motion. Witness resut amount was somewhat under $1,000; I did not loan the money. ‘The Court—We were under the tmp when we overruled the motion of the prisoner’s counsel, that the money had been loaned and not Tne {pry will therefore piease dismiss from ir minds eer just made by the witness, as it is not I am a member of the Twitchell is in our debt recalled—Mrs, Hill’s hair, on the after the murder I found confined in a cap by hair pins and a few teeth of mb; cap covered the middle part of the head; it extend- ed down to the ears; the back hair was closely con- fined in @ hard roll; I took it down; the front hair was ber srrad dishevelled; in taking it down I had some difficulty, ed—I do not remember whether there Cros3-exi were beadg on the cap; it was a thick woollen cap; it covered some of the wounds; I found the skull of the deceased to be very thick; the hair on the head was very plentiful; the cap was also quite thick, although the meshes were not close together; the cap was soft and the meshes were apart. 'y the Court—The top was saturated with blood; Ido not think the cap was cut; I think the wounds could have been inflicted without the cap being cut; the cap and hatr would not offer any very it resi penoee: Dat the blow or cut might reach the skull—a |, resisting surface— without cutting the cap or hair; this fact would denote that the instrument used to make the wounds was a blunt one; I do not know whether the cap was tied under the chin or not. Detective Taggart sworn—I mace an examination of oe safe at the prisoner’s place of business at ‘amden, Counself for defence—I do not know of my own knowledge that the safe I examined was the pris- oner’s safe; J only knew it was from hearsay; I was furnished with a key to open it; it was not given to me by the prisoner. Detective Warnock recalled—I have tried to get Mr. Starr to come here several times, but he has re- fused; I went to see him by direction of the District Attorney: he tives at Camden, N. J. Chief detective Lamon was here called and was found not to be present. One of the court oficers deposed that he had served a subpcena on the chief, ‘The Court issued an attachment against him. J. M. Fletcher, deputy coroner, recalled—Among the keys I found in Hill’s house was a safe key, which I gave to Mr. Lamon, Chief Lamon sworn—When the key was given to me I gave it Lo officer Taggart to open the safe with; Twitchell told me that his place of business was in Cooper street, Camden. Oificer 1 rc was here recalled and asked what he hal done with the key. Counsel for defence—I object for the reasons, first, that there 1s no evidence that the safe was the pabatin adhd second, that there is no evidence that (witche!l had ever had the key in his possession, and third, that no evidence had been offered con- oe the prisoner with what was found in the sate, The Court—In our opinion the fact that the safe was opened by the key that was taken from this house is sufficient to justify the admission of evi- dence as to what the safe contained. OMicer Taggart, resuming—I found a quantity of busiacss papers in the safe; I found account book with the First National Bank of Camden; the bank book, a note book and an unreceipted bi T found I placed back in the safe; John F. Starr, Jr., and Sheriff Morgan were in the building when i went there; I returned the keys to Chief Lamon. Chief Lamon recaticd—I gave the keys, after officer rt returned them, to Deputy Coroner Fletcher. sputy Corcner Fletcher pyre pened counsel, keys to Mr. O'Byrne, one of the on an order for defence—Mr. M. O'Byrne duce all the keys he received, and-Mr. select from them any one which he may of the safe referred to. the administrator. can the = refe istrict Attoruey—We ask you for bread and you give us a stone. Counsel for defence—We will give you, sir, just what we have received. Bunch of keys produced. Witness—I cannot swear that one of these keys is the key of the safe; the bunch looks like the one [ had in = possession. Counsel for defence—Well, yoa can identify the whole of them in a bunch if you like. District Attorney—We do not want your keys; we want the papers foand in the safe. Counsel for defence—The court will certainly not require us to produce them now; we will wanta Ittie time, ‘The Court—The counsel may produce them within an hous. eng Attorney—Here’s a list of the papers we want Counsel for defence—Oficer Taggart, can you identify these keys? District Attorney—I should think your chent bers be the most competent person to identify the ey. Counsel for defence—The articles on the list are Derby & Wetherby’s note, the bank book and Van Lecr’s bills, We decline to furnish them. Oficer Taggart, resuming—The Van Leer bills, un- receipted, amounted to $198; the Derby & Wether; bili amounted to $436 50; the balance in bank boo’ was $294 due to Mr. Twitchell; I found also a note due to Mor & Orr for $400. District Attorney—I now offer in evidence the various articles of clothing, the d due _ bills, the blanket, poker, and the pan used by Mitchell in bat! the head of deceasea, And I would here state that I am ‘ie aa willing that the defence should take all clothes and the other stained expert, articles to be examined by an 0 ade to vided proper regulations be m: guard them againss sort of mutilation or injury of any kind. Ana PI ution closes its might proscribs, ‘The Court—This motion is granted. The time fixed is cl d to Saturday morning, at half-past The articles referred to may there be produced by the District Attorney in the a of the judges now presi‘ling, counsel for he prisoner aud such experts as they may select. Counsel for the defeuce—We asked for time to conaider the acceprance of the judgment of the rte ‘The Court—We have no objection to allowing time. Counsel for defence—We would ask for the examl- — to take place without the preseace of the Jou The We have deemed it necessary that that adauiom taowse be made to the order, because in our judgment the responsibility of the case desired it. Itis not in the range of possibility that the pre- sence of the juciges would affect the experts. Ihave thought that the dav had long since = when a jury coud be found to convict in any land upon the Prejudice even of a judge. or id OF THE CASE FOR THE DRFENCE. The case forthe defence was then opened by Mr. J.T. Pratt, Upon him, one of the junior counsel, he sald, had falien the responsiblity of opening the case, and in doing so he should follow the example set by the Commonwealth and state briefly, as briefly ‘as the im nce of the case permitted, the leading points the defence, leaving to the witnesses the particniars of that testimony. The jury were well aware that this was the an wae judges id Is cage, The Dublin viess, which should be the Guard’\a Ot Individual rights, had taken up, with few honorabie exceptions, the canse of the Com- monwealth, god all this while awalting his trial risom, and he would call on the jury theretore Not to be influenced by any judioes or reconcelved opinions. Society had @ it to see 0 it that a murderer should be brought to justice, but it had no right to make an innocent man suffer, The evidence in this case was wholly circumstantial There had been no eye witness to the f the horrible deed, and thorities on circu! that @ juror shonid never convict on circumstantial evidence unless it was of such character as to leave not even the shadow of a doubt mind as to the gatit of the accused. The defence ‘would show the good character of the prisoner, The companions of his childhood and persons who had been Ris associates from the time he bad reached manhood up to the day of the murder would be broaght forw: to testify as to his unim- peachable charactor—that he was a kind, humane man, of such a disposition as to make it utterly im- ple for him to commit go horrible a crime as he veen charged with. These witnesses were trom high and low life, rich and poor, and they had come willingly to testify in behalf of the pris. oner. The de‘ence would also hag that the accused had ho motive to commit the murder; that Mrs. His husband. who died years ago, left a will, in which he left, in Philadelphia, a large estate, sum- cient to maintain his wife in , COM: tency and luxury, The estate an lotto et durin; jife, aud on her death was to go to his heirs, to the wile of the def it would be proven, was Mra. THill’s only child, wonld be further establisued that the relations of the prisoner with his mother-in-law and family had always been of the most pleasant character, and that he couid have had no motive of revenge to impel him to the doing of the murder. From the declarations of the deceased herself it would be shown that she (the deceased) had given to the defendant's wile the house in which they lived, and had interested herself in his wife’s welfare because prinelpaily of the fact that she was her ony nud; ‘hat, moreover, the old lady had time and again bought of furniture dealers in ihis city almost every article of furniture the house contained, all in the name of the defendant's wife. It would be proven to the satisfaction of the jury that in the death of Mrs, Hill all the income of the deceased from which the defendant bay di her lifetime had been Cue of b oy prompted by a a Motive. As { which the reg fn made 80 a. pore ad would show that they were never but one door, and that that door was that the distance between it and the sleeping ment of Mr. and Mrs, Twitchell was too allow of their being disturbed by might occur in the room where the petrated, particularly so if the defendant and his wife on the night in question, just at the time the bs ennal was done, were fast asleep, as it would be were, The at here adjourned to half-past nine o’clock Saturday morning, when Mr. Pratt will continue big opening speech. BRITISH WEST INDIES. General Condition of the Colenies—Local ua Market Reporte—State ef the Crops. BARBADOS. Dates from this island are to the 2th of No vember. The following changes are reported:—Sir H. Barkly has resigned the government of the Mauritius; Mr. James Walker, C. B., ex-Governor in-Chief of the Windward Islands, has reverted to a Lieutenant Governor, having been appointed to Prince Edward Island. Mr. Gritfiths, the Auditor General, was re- turned Member of Assembly for the parish of St, Joseph. The agent for the supply of Peruvian guano in- forms the planters that his stock has been short on account of the scarcity of vessels on the coast of South America. “a Two new sugar refineries have been erected to meet the demand for a superior class of sugar for United States and British American markets, The weather was dry and was forcing the cane te premature ripeness, which would be fatal to both quality and quantity of sugar. ANTIGUA. Dates are to the 2ist Nove mber. The Legislative Council met on the 19th. Some explanation was given as to recruiting from the laborers for service inthe West Indies. The recruit- ing officer had written to the Governor that he had not enlisted asingle contract laborer since his are rival. ‘The Colonial Secretary sald he intended but few alterations in the schedule of duties. He intimated that a reduction would be made upon articles of necessity and @ corresponding increase upon lux les. The duty on spirits was fixcd as follows:—Bran 3s. 4d., gin 1s. 6d., liqaors and cordials 38, per lon, wine, which formerly patd £15 on £100 value, was fixed at 20 per cent ad valorem; refined sugar 1d, per lb. The council adjourned to the 30th. ‘fhe new cemetery was consecrated on the 13th by the Bishop, in presence of the Governor and suite and a large concourse of people. had not yet left duties, apart- Sir William Snagg, Chief Justice, for Demerara, the new sphere of his ST. VINCENT. a from this island are to the 24th of No-' vember. The Court of Grand Sessions closed its sittings on the 10th. There were no cases of special interest. Compulsory vaccination under the law was reat gressing favorably. A tendency to increase in value of property is noticeable. ‘The weather had been almost uniformly dry, very slight showers of rain being the variations in ii One or two estates had commenced crop for 1849. The bark St. Vincent was receiving cargo, expect- ing to sail the first week in December. TURKS ISLAND. The revel earns f rhe qeacti ending 30th revenue for September are . with the three alae show a decrease of $473 178, 4d. te ber quarten momin oe Septem! 3 *fnere had been several arrivals gg he ane ry and others were expected to for the United States, A large percentage of the salt exposed had been destroyed Borage ene but an abundant supply was on hand at the three ports in the colony, quite equal to the usual supply at this season of the year. The price was nine cents, although a cargo had recently been sold below \his figure. Smith, of the schooner J. B. Lawrence, which arrived on the 10th, reported that on the 7th inst., about thirty miles northeast of Porto Rico, he the hull of an American schooner on her m end, both masts standing and one anchor on her bow. The schooner was apparently new and had not been long in that position. ST. LUCIA. Latest advices from this island are to 2lst Novem. re . ‘The ship Lincelles, Captain Sieigntholm, satied on the 11th with 260 coolies who have completed their service and desired to return to India. The Chief Justices of Barbados, Granada, St. Vin- cent and Te arrived at Castries on the 14th and held the Circuit Court of Appeals. They feft for jo8 on the 16th. Much rain had fallen generally over the island, early grinding.” sone have been. plait early ing. Some have two vaten the stand-overs through the frequent rains. This year’s cocoa crop will be @ poor one and it is not likely to reach one-haif of the last, ST. CROIX. Intelligence from this island is to the 24th Novem. re An ordinance to repeal the tax on under discussion, It 1s proposed to admit this article free of duty, as it is one of general consumption among tie peasantry. The action of Porco Rico im removing entirely the duties on imported food the earthquake in that island, was referred it was contended that ho had suffered from an gartag proportion, three years’ revenue showed a surplus, and $10,000. The tl v mul ‘oul ae whether the Council had por axea, DOMINICA Dates are to the 18th November. Information had been received that the cholera had reap) at Guadaloupe, in consequence of which that port was declared intected and no com- munication aliowed, except under quarantine rega- lations. San! precautions were also adopted. A bill of healtn from yor mentions the exis- tence of yellow fever at an ea but notuing wag said of cholera. It was repo. however, that thi professors of the college and two clergymen were among the victims by the latter disease. Ata meeting of the Assembly on the 19th the ostl- mates for 1869 were and ordered to ve printed before being entertained, GRANADA, Dates hence are to the 21st November. The meeting of the Legislature took place on the 17th and continued its session to the 18th, to com- plete the a fixed at about £1,500 of last bill it shows an gSeg 0s elvese? any The general im) ion was that the Assembly would be dissolved in March and @ general election take place; although the House had adjourned to the 26th of January it was not oxpected to have the op- portunity of meeting again. BERBI this and sera oataanets ‘and seve! the f them a@ bill for widening at ha and to raise a loan to complete same; a bill to extend the provisions of the law to the officers of government whore anda bill for the registration of deatas. Bete intimated his intention trom eeviea of the colony at the end ber, when he will have completed service. ‘The sentence of death upon the murder of his wife, who was false been commuted to imprison cumstances attending Ss Cves. 208 fedoquate rr huntbet ‘of males Imports -_ press = AA ia: rity yy ini ne ele among the wives of mi to the commission of mmarder ry the par of the ee, the crime oF marig € yy ortnigt it snowers had fallen and most the vate and Tanks bad ‘been filled with water, and tt was hoped that the rainy season had commenced. For a whole year past the earth has not been thor- oughly saturated with water, and it would require continued fail of rain for days and even weeks to recover the vegetation on estates from the stunted ‘and even abrivelled up condition in which tt was. ‘The 49 were very gloomy until within the past Tew and it was hoped that the showers ‘were the precursor of a more plentifal supply.