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NEW YORK HERALD, MONDAY, JANUARY 4, 1869. THE INDIAN WAR. Visit to the Scene of the Re- cent Battle. Discovery of the Bodies of Major Elliott and Fifteen Soldiers, A Horrible Scene of Mu- tilation. ‘Visit to the Field of the Battle of the Wa- - shita—The Complete: of Custer’s Vice tory—Suaccesaful Search After the Bodies of Major Elliett and His Party—A Horrible Sight—Speculations Concerning Ellioti’s Party—Offcial Statement of the Matilation ef the Bedtee—Recovery of the Bodies of Mrs, Blyun and Child. Bmavquanrars DBPARTMENT a nly ny THE FISLD, Camp on Wasutra River, I. T., Dec. 11, 1863. Having reached this point in. the chosen valley of ‘the hostile Indians the Commanding General deter- mined to spend an entire day in camp, in order to give the animals rest and an opportunity to avail themselves of thé luxuriant pasturage in this vicinity. We were now, it was known, but elght miles from the scene of General Custer’s decisive victory over the Cheyenne band of Black Kettle; but two weeks ago General Custer, still feeling consid- erable anxiety to know the fate of Major Elliott and the missing men of the Seventh cavalry, who disap- peared in the battle of the Washita, and hopeful of at least finding traces whereby some certainty might be arrived at relative to their death or captivity, he determined to organize a small expedition to the battle feld, At eight o'clock this morning the horses of the party were saddied and mounted and the bugle had sounded the escorting squadron to horse and for- ‘ward. The party consisted of Major General P. H. Sheridan, commanding the department; Brevet Major General George A. Custer, commanding the expedition; Brevet Brigadier General J. W. Forsyth, Brevet Lieutenant Colonels J. Schuyler Crosby, A. J. McGonnigie aud W. W. Cook; Dr. Morris J. Asch, Brevet Waptain Charies Brewster; Lieutenants Owen Hale, M. Moylan and Samuel Robbins, and your correspondent. The escorting squadron con- sisted of detachments from each of the companies of the Seventh cavalry, commanded by Brevet Lieutenant Colonel T. W. Custer, Captain G. W. Yates and Lieutenant J. F. Weston. Several of the Osage and Kaw Indian trailers were sent in advance aS scouts. The morning was clear but cold. The hard frozen ground and the biting air made both men and animais move quickly. A ride of an hour and @ half brought the party in the immeaiate ap- proach to the batile fleld. At @ distance, looking down from the divide which the colurmn was cross- ing, the scene was one of the most intense solitude. The sun ight, glistening upon the hoar frost settled Upon the grass and trees, lent a tranquil charm to the landscape: the leaficss and inert vegetation and painful silence was the picture of desolation. We had now followed for several miles the trail of General Custer’s pursuing column, after the battle, endeavoring to overtake the fugitive Kiowas and Arapahoes and treat them toa ose of martial solution of Indian hostilities. At length our column crossed the line of formation taken by the left centre columm under the unfortu- nate Eliott. The horses’ tracks were quite visible. It was hero, with their ¢omrades of the other col- umns, that Enlottand his men stood for several hours awaiting the first finger of dawn upon the |, eastern horizon to launch forth at tne charge con- verging upon the fated tillage. Crossing this line the party now trod the ground rendered historical by a decisive and demolishing blow at the “heart of Indian hostility. As the party entered within the area of the fight the alarm of the approach was the signal for the fight of innumerable beasts and birds of prey. Thousands of ravens and crows, disturved in their carrion feast, rose in one dense, black mass, filing the surrounding air with their mournful notes, and, soaring over the field, seemed to shower down im- precations in return for their molestation. The sly, cowardly wolf, started from his abundant repast, at mmtervals casting a savage look behind, retired to the summit of the surrounding hommocks and ridges out of range of danger, and here, seating himself upon his hauuches, boidly watched the results of the intrasion. A few yards in advance of the first position taken in the opening of the battle by Major Elliott an object having the appearance of a bundle of blankets was discovered in the bushe-. Upon opening the vlankets an Indian warrior was found, scalped. At intervals these evidences of the just retribution given the savage Cheyenne in the bate of the Washita were seen. About thirty bodies of warriors were counted, also several squaws accidentaily shotia the melée. Entering the space occupied by the Indian lodges; on all sides lay the ruins of the village of Biack Kettle’s band. The conflagration started by the troops was so complete that scarcely anything of a combustible character escaped, and to-day the de bris of the village consisted in broken and burned Jodge poles, small pieces of untanned and tanned hides, From ‘he immediate site of the village the arty rode to the top of a hii about a undred ards §« distant, from whi point General Custer repeated to General Sheridan the detalis of the battle and the ns taken by the Simran -colnane. ‘The former ate of ¢ lodges ccul nctly seen by the pins rang- ing in @ circie and the frepiace in the centre. On tue right of the village, at a distance of 160 yards, Jay the carcasses of the ponies of the Cheyennes, ‘These covered about ‘our acres, and numbered not leas than 700. Alter the battle was perfectly under- stood and the ground well fade hg Generals Shi dan and Custer, accompanied by Lieutenant tale, your correspondent aid a small detachment oi troops, moved down the south bank of the Washita, over the route taken by Major Elliott and the missing _mmen, in hopes of recovering the bodies. ‘The re- mainder of the party spent some time |i 1m the = moved down the bed of the ¥: of the iver. ‘The General's moying down the south bank, ascended a high arvide, from which an extensive ‘view could be had of tue surrounding scending on the other side but a hundred yards wuen the body of a was found. peri naked and covered with arrow and bullet holes, ‘ihe Lead presented theeppearance of naving been beaten witha warciub. The top of the Ry ae ed Lye Speer of rain was lying purtly in the aku) ou the and. At first | Was supposed that he boy b hat of Elliott, but u minute examination is Was found not to ve the case. Marking mot wuere this body was found, the paity contin moving down stream. Crossing ‘Wi h sowe diliculty « small ravine, about the centre of ad expansive sweil, at a distance of two hundred yards further on oljects were seen | im the grass and seppoees tw be bodies, Their attention ati racted in this dire tion, the party moved off for the spot at a gal op. A few minutes after a scene wus sufficient to call forth the rebuke of every benevoient and enlightened mind inst the darkened inteliecta of tue so-called )hilantn a. of more than tiiieen Yards i sixteen human bodies, all that remainéd of b- The winter air oz its cold bit Bhastiness of death the additional 8] of sixtesn naked corpses trozen as solidly as stone. ‘The id ination of the bodics a singe ove that did jot exhibit evidences of fearful mutilation, The bodies were all lying with their faces cown and 1D close proximity to-each other. Builet aod arrow wounds covered the backs of each, the throats ot @ obtiber were cut and several were beh.aded. ‘ihe body of one of the horses whicn the men had ridden out was seen lying at a distance of firty ds from the pile of bodies, Owing to the miu Hof the bodies, and no one at having been suilic.cutly « quainted with Major Elliot while ug, his body was not at the time Tecaunize. ‘Juuging trom nature of t 4s probable that major K t bis horse ran @y ay with ia) set Out tm the direction aoa paity of fugi SPY Sues init, Saree te ‘start lullowe t is very provable the party pursued several miles when they struck the Afapatoes coming up to the support of the Cheyeanes. ‘The party Botte vigor- ously presse} comin-need retiring, and descending the second divide 0: the return found themselves cut oif by a 0( Warriors who lad moved up the tunber on the banks of Wasuiia and ook position im the ravi cut them off entirely from the rest ij, Not being missed in the command too late, til ttle band was Lompelied to dn. | f ud itaelf agai ac (ue whele force of the Arapa\oes jeces and Buvver of the Kiowa warriors. ‘the'pacts ‘abendhwes hele horses aud proved yat- | ase 1 taken, but whether were taken alive and the trying menis which followed will always remain @ mystery. All the missing bodies were now found, Not one had deen left to narrate the horrible story. The last emows oF | humanity—a proper burial—was sil that remain Generals Sheridan and Custer now considered that all had been accompiished and set out on re- turn. Moving towards the creek the party followed down the banks of the stream. The bodies of 8 veral dead warriors were found, prob killed by Eillott and his men. After a short ride of several infles the remains of the villages of t! and Kiowas, who came to the port of the Cheyennes, were found. It was lent that both these nations cleared out with thetr families as as their means of locomotion would allow. ramp Kettles, coffee pots, cups, Peace Com- mission and Interior Department powder kegs (empty), several ghsantironic rifles, hundreds of untanned robes, things were left ‘bethinds_ Orders vari other things were . wae Ot to destroy everything found. It was not long before a stream of consi ” smoke and fire could be described following the line of the Washita for a distance of six or seven miles all our present camp. Not less than 1,000 lodges occu- ‘this stretch of country at the time of the fight.” it was guite evident after the had left the the battle oer them in a blanket and laying tree. The others were removed and probabi to a distance, and there buried to of thelr nation. * Upon reaching camp this afternoon General Custer sent out two wagons with an escort, commanded by Lieutenant Owen Haile, to bring in all the podies. . was determined that the men should be buried on a Deantiful knoll near this point. The remains of Major Eliiott will be taken Fort Cobb for inter- ment. The ae, returned with all the bodies shortly after dark this evening, which were conveyed two the ve prevee for them, Previous to burial Dr. Henry Lippincott, Assistant Surgeon, United States Army, made a minute examination of all the Dodies and the extent of their mutilation. The fol- lowing is from his. official statement:— Major Joel H. Elliott—One bullet hole in left check, two bullets in head, throat out, right foot cut off, left foot almost cut off, calves of legs very much cut, groin ripped open and otherwise mutilated. Walter Kennedy, int Major—Bullet hole in right temple, head ly cut off, seventeen bullet holes in back and two in legs, Harry Mercer, Corporal Company E—Bullet hole in right axilla, onc in region of heart, three in back, eight arrow wounds in ht ar cut off, head scalped and scull fracti p gashes in both legs and throat cut. omas Christie, cme, E—Bullet hole in head, right foot cut off, bullet hole in abdomen and throat cut. William Carrick, Corporal Company H—Bullet hole im right parietal bone, both feet cut off, throat cut, left arm broken and otherwise mutilated, Eugene Clover, Company H—Head cut off, arrow wound in right side, both legs terribly mutilated. William Milligan, Company H—Bullet hole in lets aide of head, deep gashes in right leg, left arm deep- ly ee head scalped, throat cut and otherwise mu . dames F. Williams, Corporal Company I—Bullet hole in back, head and both arms cut off, many and a. cuts ip back and otherwise mutilat iomas Downey, Company t—Arrow hole in re- gion of stomach, thorax cut open, head cut off and Tight shoulder cut by a tomahawk. homas Fitzpatrick, farrier, Company M—Sealped, two arrow and several builet{holes in back,throai cut, Ferdinand Linebach, Company M—Buliet hole in right parietal bone, head acalped, one arm broken, throat cut and otherwise mutilated, John Myers; Company M—Several bullet holes in head, scalped, skull extensively fractured, several arrow and butlet holes in back, deep gashes in face and throat cut, Carson D. J. Myers, Company M—Several bullet holes in head, scalped, nineteen bullet holes in body, throat coat aud otherwise mutilated. Cal Sharp, Company M—Two bullet holes in lett side, inroat cut, one bullet hole in left side of ead, One arrow hole in left side, left arm broken and otherwise mutilated, Unknown—Heada cut of; body probably devoured by wolves. Unknown—Head and right hand cut off, three ae and nine arrow holes in back, and otherwise mutilated, Unknown—Scalped, skull fractured, six bullet and on mio holes in back and three bullet hoies During the journey to the battle fleld this morning adetachinent moving along the river found, near the recent camp of Kiowas, the body of a-white womai aud suid. ‘The body was brought into camp and examined. Two buliet holes penetrating the brain were found; also the back of the sknil was gtd hatchet, The body o! the child presented the appearance of star- vation, being reduced to a perfect skeleton. There were no marks on the body except a bruise on the Ss ei tye that the child e and dashed against a tree. When brought in the body of the woman was recog- nized as Mrs. ‘This woman was captured by Satanta, chief of the Kiowas, near Fort Lyon, whtie on her way to her home in the East. At the time of her capture she was ina wagon in the centre of a train. The men with the train, 1t a r8, fled like a yesk of cowards aud left Mrs. nn and her chiid to fall into savage hands, Satanta kept her as his squaw until the time of the fight of the Kiowas, when she was ruthlessly mur- dered, The body was dressed in the ordinary dress of @ white woman; on the feet were a of leasher iters, comparatively new. Upon the breast was und @ piece of coru cake, and the position of the hands indicaied that the woman was eating when she unexpectedly received afutal blow. The presented the appearance of a woman of more than ——- beauty, — in ire seagate than wenty-two years of age. body be tak ind haan hg there pate we mong articles picked up during the day in the remains of the indian villages was a alver medal, about the size of a quarter of @ dollar, and laid in a biue velvet case. ‘ihe medal 1s vow in session of Lieutenant H. W. Smith, Seventh United ‘States cavairy, and bears the following pean vege on the face:—‘Medal of honor No. 7, awarded at the Sanitary Fair, in Chicago, 1865, to Elizabeta A, herd, for pariotic services.” Observe, eagle on BS leld aud the words “Army of the American pagic. ‘The Indiana Demand an Iavestigatt Late Battle with Black Kettle. € WASHINGTON, Jan, 2, 1969. Mr. Nathaniel G. Taylor, Commissioner of Indian Adairs, has just received the following address from the delegates of the Cherokee, Choctaw and Creek nations of Indians, requesting an exainination into the circumstances attending the late battle with Biac« Kettle’s band, as a piece of the simplest jus ace to the poor red m: Wasnineton, D, ©,, Dec. 28, 1! To Hon. COMMISSIONER OF Iypiay Aarne 2 The undersigned, delegates and representatives of the Cherokee, Creek and Choctaw nations, appeai ee rye the yes States, through y for a tair and thorough ren or tent “pattie”? between the Unit ‘States eulsr trope under command of General Custer and Black Kettle’s band of Indians, men, women and children, We are informed and believe that this “batiue,” which has been heralded through the press from one rid of the land to the other, as a great viclory over hostile Indians, was in reality @ bratal massacre of friendly Indians, and that of the 103 ofticiaily re- cl orl reacl Pp of the slain were Chero! Who wore in come of the inion in the war. Farther than this, we learn that Black Kettle and these same indians had just returned from Fort Cobb, where they Treated as “triendly Indians’ by the Unit States authoriues there, and were at attack resting in con@ueut assurance of the and good Will of the eorerpweet Waile we do not assert positively the trut u a aor aa we believe thet to be rue steps to procure relial root thereof, Wiil not the of hited Si as PS irdat nl ite Indian w: do as much? The following are und.sputed, how- = Ha) atone ought to command a exam matter: — Firsi— his band of Indians was under the lead of Black Kettle, a chief ous ie all the caters ot ee jains ag the _ of the white man."’ 18 a some that cently become Naealteeved. in what solitary oh bea be wo bis disattection ? Second—The battle took place in a of the Seminole nation ceded by the treaty of im the very heartof the Indian territory, and in tl Bec. tion of the same which bad been Lipo provided by ne government as the asylum aud home of dias, _ J hira—The Indians massacred by the troops of the United states were encumbered by their women and children and a large number of exira ponies, and & considerabie amount of porty not necessary and never used ans, we respectfully submit should be laid betore the world. ¥ ti your obedient servanta, salam hist nie CHEROKEE DELEGATES. (With the full names of all the delegates. Mr. Taylor has also received the following:— PROTEST OF THRES INDIAN NATIONS AGAINST THE , TRANGYEG OF TRS INDIAN BURRAD. ASULNGTON, I 1808, Hon. N. G. TAYton, Commissioner |) diss ities — ‘Tae unersignhed, for themselves and to Nehalt of the SEETALE, UL 00K, See, Corciaw and Chieks we OUT UIs WOLF Fee DOCU\e biviest amine 7 of Al last, ~ euumis such farther statements the act already passed by one branch of Congress | THE GREAT RAILROAD INBROGLIO AT | Cf {1g00t last, == ~ comme noen oreats of the com entitled “An act to restore the Bureau of Indian Af- ‘WASHINGTON. pany from ‘and the subsidieg of the gov- fairs to the Department of War.” © te ernment granted in its favor from diversion irom eee ace a” TUES | is a dl et Nile | SA POS TED ln remtan fae m ransfer of the Ini are ry Bureau. That has been more ably and eh "alae nenneé ont oa aiid properties. of th which was incor- by yourself and others than we could do, but the civ- Railroad Company ‘and formerly knowa ‘the name of the fired on Jaa Rape ae Betray § Cm * Enormous Amount of Lands—Two Distinct venworth, Pawnee aud Western, Raliroed Com. ested © matter than ahybody else, Corporations Claiming ae, Franchise | pany. owned ro distinct not therefore hesitate to raise our voice, feeble and Pease eee 4 Beaveus izations or boards of directors. * * © impotent though it be, gainst a measure twith | and United g no in Kansas were lawful direc- inealenlable mischief to the Indian race, assert worth, Pawnee and Western Railroad Come | tors of the company, sufficient in number to comsti- waa autry prove = se pany, Now Hnewa as the Uxles | oad Gon ee eee Doe) ‘presented i oe ane coun’ 8 e Firs The Indian ware from 1835 to thepresent | Eastern Division—General Grant on Lobby | the resignaii Py mony (aay Roe), time, which have cost the government more than Jobbing. if pted, and Johm D. Perry chosen o~ 00, 800) 40 directly seaccente: the rash, a, piers co Jan. 2, cvegl director to fill ti oe hana Unjust ans unfrequently treac! 8 conduc arm jobbers is becoming de- e was thilitary authorities of the United States, Is that Sere he cr ie someiden einipgghied filled by @nother of the Hallett-Perry party, geperttoest, which ig thus responstble for the Semi- | moralized. a PI and in maa t other vacancies were je war of 1826, the Sioux war of 1852, the Navajoe | eight weeks ahead, and the HeRaLpD meanwhile | created and filled to give such party its desired war ofa date, the Arapahoe and he War | constantly throwing chain shot and shel! into its | preponderance. It to detail the of 1°64 and the war now inevitable in the , the situation grows gloomy, as viewed by the rrapt ‘these: ag somnge Most fit to solve the great Indian problem? We do | Tanks, the ‘gro » ‘@ part and which would them, a age eal ro lobby jobbers, bat brighter when seen from the tax- not oti ‘null and void, Jor mangone Raewin — Second—The history of the count ows NO ? stand) irectors: deri stance where an Indian tribe oF nation tse bean | DAYS point, the charter or the tof bayoneted into civilization. After a bloody and ex- pensive war of many years with 600 Seminole war- riors. in which the folly of extermination {s most apparent, the military authority was obliged to abandon the solution of the Seminole question to the civil de te Third—Wheresoever & fair and humane expert. ment has been made towards tie civilization of any Indian people by the civil department of the gov- ernment it has been successful, never under the direction and exclusive contro! of the War Depart- ment. We refer to the Cherokee, Creek, Seminole, Choctaw and Chickasaw nations as confirmation of this statement. Some of these nations have now as good a system of public schools as any State in the Union, and as great a proportion of their people are able to read and write as the people of any of the cement lias bee: Hished throne h the ny department of the government. th the . We are satisfied that in the estimation of thereat mass of the Indian le th regarded as an act of h government towards them, whether so not. But, sir, if there ts any good reason why the su- pervision of the nomadic bands of Indians should be laced in the hands of the Department of War, does the aame reason apply to the civilized nations? That snch a course will seriously derange our relations ‘with the ment and be a long backwards in the march of progress we donot doubt. The eighth ar¥jcle of the Choctaw and Chickasaw treaty of 1866, the fenth artiole of the Creek treaty, the twelfth article of the Cherokee treaty and the seventh article of the Seminole treaty, all of the same year, provide for a general council! of delegates from each of these nations Pik be conversed once a year, and to possess certain isiative powers. These articles of the treaties make it the duty of the Secretary of the Intertor and the Superintendent of Indian Affairs for the Southern Superin- tendency to appoint important oficiais in this. new government and take ‘ticular sapervision and direction of the-samé. The delegates to this general council are already elected and are ready to meet whenever called together by the Superintendent ; the second section of the act in question m effect superseded the Superintendent of Indian Affairs and “substitutes for him an officer of the army—that is to say, the act au- thorizes the Secretarv of War not only to perform du- ties specially assigned by five treaties to the Secreta- rvof the Mntertor, but authorizes him to designate an officer of the army to do what such treaties say be done by the Superintendent of Indian irs. ‘We respectfully protest, then, in behalf ofall the In- tans againstthe act to restore the Bureau of indi Affairs to the Department of War for the reasons above menttoned, but more especially in the name of the five civilized nations before named, because satd act 18 not in cot sos with the pore with those uedsona 8) , your obedient servant Hespectilly ork DELEGATES CHEROKEE DELEGATES. OHOCTAW DELEGATES. Senator Pomeroy, in the Senate, and Mr. Clarke, of Kansas, in the House, will introduce next Tues- day or Wednesday a bill to incorporate the CENTRAL INDIAN RAILROAD COMPANY IN THE INDIAN TERRITORY. ‘Thiscompany Is to consist of members from the five civilized tribes inhabiting the Indian Territory, viz.:—Cherokees, teapot Creeks, Choctaws and Seminoles. This railroad is the link connecting the Leavenworth, Lawrence and Galveston Ratlroad and the Missouri River, Fort Scott and Gulf Ratiroad, the Central Indian Railroad to begin at the northern boundary of the Indian Territory, extending through the same a distance of 300 miles to Preston, on the Red river. The Indians no subsites of the gov- ernment, but build the id themselves. Section three provides “that the Secretary of the Interior, for and in behalf of said nations, is hereby authorized to subscribe to the stock of sald road after said na- tions shall signify, through acts of their several nattonal councils or legislatures, theirassent and de- sire for the same, 80 much as the said nations re- spectively may deem proper of the funds now lield or which may hereafter be held by the government of the United States for their nse and benefit. Now, for the tions to pay subscri make to said road, the Secretary of the Interior is hereby authorized and required to pay over the amonnts of said subscriptions, as they may fall due, to the officers of said railroad company authorized to receive the same,”” ‘The names of the tncorporators of the company are thus given in the first section of the bill:—Lewis Downing, William P. Rosa, Stand Watie, Arch. Scooper, J. P. Davia, Houston Bei Wiliam P. ‘Adair, Clement 8. Vann, Samuel Smith, J. A. Scates, Wiliam =P. Boudinot, James BE. W. Washbourne, Charies &. John Vaun, Daniel H, Ross, Thomas B. Wolfe, John B. Jones, of the Cherokee na- tion, and D. N. Mcintosh, Samuel Chicote, Geo, Stid- ham Sands, Sanford Pennyman, Corveta Mico, James Smith, Timothy Barnette, Wash Grayson and Plea- sant Porter, of the Creek nation; John Jumper, John Brown and Jonn Chupeo, of the Seminote nation; Gonpeee. Folsom, Samuel Garland, Israel Folsom, D. C. Harkins, Peter Folsom, Allen Wright, Forbes Leflore and Tandy Walker, of the Chociaw nation, and Holmes Colbert and Dongiass H. Cooper, of the Chickasaw nation, and,all such other persons who shail or may be associated witlethem. our ment owes, it 14 estimated, in stocks, about $10,000,000 to these five civilized tribes, on which it pays an annual interest of five per centum, ‘The representative men of these tribes are said to be men of fine irements, many of them being juates of the Eastern colleges; and the nations hemselves are said to be the richest and most flourishing in the country. STILL ANOTHER INTERVIEW WITH GENERAL GRANT. The ‘troy Times publishes the following account uf an interview between General Grant and the editor of that paper, Mr. John M. Francis, It occurred in October, 1866:— We paid our respects to General Grant at his head- quartera on Saturday last. We found him hard at work, bot cordial as usual receiving friends. We had last met him at City Point, just vefore the and decisive movement that crushed out the rebel- lion. Then be appeared careworn and almost pros- Seed a a er Now he gives evidence of an easier and leas exacting duties. He is, however, the same caim, modest, eminently sensibie ana well mi} ions broke the man, whose com ick of rebellion and brought the tratiors toa sur- rencer. He conversed freely upon the condition of the country, and there ts no attempt at concealment of his views. The questions put to him and his answers were substantially aa follows:— Question, The rebeilion was. put down by tho strong arm of military power under your direction, ‘and su work was well done. Now, the questi LR og od Shall be pursued for the reorganization of the late rebel States. Answer. No, the work is not ail done. it matier re- T think if the stead “oF rejecting 1 #0 haalll they would Nage boon Y would have been io Becer Dag gy egy bg pS My y amen: Manhood suffrage besides, Congress will insist upon this, K. How are affairs at the, South, Gene; true that In Texas ana many Ot het tecttoce 0 ane. es ee ee men * A I fa Spe thot in lates, pegportion of femes a Union man is not safe 1d CHE limite of protection. In and about Galveston a better a exist, and a majority of the peopie, I have no doubt, glad to have the laws e.forced. In many other sections of the South loyal men have ‘no proper security for life and property, u a as to be taken cal of by tne niiter re re 80 ‘The civil courts fail to punish offences agi inst Union citizens, white or black, And as for that matter they were always remiss. Tam told that no mur- dcrer who had held a respectable tion before ‘he committed the crime was ever hung or otherwise punished in the State of Vi and | believe the bare is true of most, if not all, the slave States, Q You say, General, the civil courts have failed to protect Unionists atthe South. Weil, are not the comes Stale governments there the greatest of A. That ts @ political question for Congress to ae- cide. To ise, ow ond others may construe them as Af lease, 1 Have, inat large numbera tthe South wotid be glad have the laws en- forced impartially; in some parts this is the sentl- Ment of the majority; but the trouble is they are element and cannot en’ Juatice. adh Well, in any event there cannot be any more t A. Of ho, unless Brooks and Wood cop- prtiend'set get up thetr threatened rar! ant tere some ’ wi r they will rtake to carry out their threats, “ ne One of our party, Mr. C. 0.,Greene, of Troy, who 1s pn his way to Augusta, Ga., here niade the inqairy bd al @ Union man ts perectiy sate in travel ju A. Oh, yes, tly safe. There is n = on ee: Pein ne of travel. 4 should sto] into angry political discussion there ‘would be danger in some. places no douvt, In that case shooting would probably be passed off as justiflabie hor! if the murderer was arrested at ell. After compliments, &c., we bade the Gene oval goon day, ail ‘our party being highly hee] with the interview and feeliitg strengthened in our conviciion that 0. 5. tig MOL Only ft to be Gen- Sea: Laer ay Uehed aes exalted post fn of Pres ie Un Joyad people will cail him, ron. OES Anny at But, wen, it One hundred and fifty-nine ratiroad bilis and reso- imtions have been introduced in the Fortleth Con- gress atid twice as many more are in preparation in | the lobby. One thousand million acres of public land and $200,000,000 United States bonds would not supply the demands of these cormorants. Cor- porations created by Territorial legislatures, State legislatures, and evon by reconstruction conven- tions, are all clamorous for United States subsidy. ‘Those that have beén subsidized once are demand- ing more and the others their frat supply. Three of these corporations have mancuvred themselves into an advance guard in grand attack upon the taxpayers’ treasury. THE ATCHISON AND PIKE'S PEAK RAILROAD OOM- Pp, now known as the vaton Patio Central Branch, has already recelved direct and indirect aid from the government, amounting, it is estimated, to nearly $6,000,000, and now has a bill pending in the Senate granting tt about $7,000,000 more. If it can be brought up when there are but few Senators pre- sent, and they not well informed in relation to the Job, it will pasa. The more light it gets, however, the poorer its chance. “THB DENVER PACIFIC .RAILWAY AND TELEGRAPH COMPANY, chartered by the Colorado Territorial Legislature, has already got a bill through the Senate, giving it about 1,000,000 acres of land, sald to be finely tim- bered and worth about $10,000,000, ‘The bill is now in the House, on the Speaker's table. The more It is. ventilated the better for taxpayers. THE LEAVENWORTH, PAWNEE AND WESTERN RAU- ROAD COMPANK, now known as the Union Pacific Eastern Division, chartered by the Kansas Territorial Legislature in 1855, has aiready had granted it, direct and indirect, aid amounting, it is estimated, to $32,000,000, or thereabouts; yet the company have got a bill through the Senate granting it about $1,000,000 more. A close examination into this last named job reveals new anda really startling features. ‘Tho granting of an enurmous subsidy by Congress to ® company incorporated by a border Territorial Legislature has been thonght bad enough, in all conscience—just about as badas whiskey frauds; but a far more reckiess dispoxition of the people's lands and bonds appears to have been made, It is alleged by highly respect- able gentlemen, under oath, that the company in question—the company ttlat has been recetving mil- lions upon millions of dollars government subsidy— is a mere clique of speculators. without any known legal organization whatever. Here is the history of the affair, as set forth in a memorial, accompanied by a Midavite, now before the House Judiciary Com- mittee of Congress:— THE LEAVENWORTH, PAWNRE AND WESTERN RAII- ROAD COMPANY, now known as the Union Pacific Eastern Division, was, as I have before stated, chartered by the Kansas Territorial Legislature in 1865, subsidized wjth Dela- ware Indian reserve lands in 1861, and again in 1362, by arider on the Paciflo Railroad law of Congress, granting it $16,000 per mile in United States bonds, and every alternate section of iand on each side of the road within certain limits, and a privilege’of a second mortgage under the government, Soon after this a portion of the directors, it is alleged, seceded, illegally formed a new company and afterwards resumed their places in the old organization, It ts further alleged under oath that the managers of the new company took, by superior force of arma, possession of the road, drove the old company's contractors and laborers from their works, and have held possession ever since, receiving meanwhile tie United States bonds and land subsidy Wat rightfaily belongs to the old company. In 1867 Mr. © 'vord Learned presented @ lengthy Memorial to ( oats accompanied with evidence, setting forth } «9 frets im @reat detail, It was re- ferred to the louse Judiciary Committee, who de- cided thal, a © 08 bw) corporations contesting {or Pp seonsta + (-@ read ane franchiae, the com- mittee were | ~ompetemt te ¢cctde—that question being @ proper. for the courts, and for the courte only. ‘The question whether the Secretary of the Treas- Ory was deliveriag the people's subsidy to the com- pany designated by Coowrens to receive it, or to a spurious concera without a legal organization, does not seem to hnve been raised by or before the com- mittee. The two contending companies were repre- sented by able cr insel. But the people do not seem to tave had any cue to look after their interest. Mr. Learned’s memorial, with accompanying evidence, would fill about fifteen colomns of the Heratp. I therofore excerpt the portions which set forth the alleged fac:s, omitting ali irrelevant mak ters of detail ana the statements rciating to the vall- dity of the elections of the two boards of directors. EXTRACTS FROM MR. LEAKNED'S MEMORIAL, THe Housk OF REPRESEN- ‘8 ASSEMBLED:— TNF S-AsD 1866, We haa, oo 18 that alned dent of the (hion Pacific Railroad Company, Division, form: Known as the Leaven- wi Pawnee and W Company. The petitioner here sintes at length the par- tleutars relating to organization of the new or al- leged spurious couany, aud goes on to state that “the two crpanicetiona thus accounted for and de- scribed have kept ap until the present based and representing the stockholding in- terest of the company, the other iting pos. pession omy, and. tua’ fo aad tained. Your pe Sod being duty ia ad’ in pursuance conferred by the lward, proceeled to re amendment to the law of Cop aid ot the enterprise as should remedy a fatal detect in the then existing law an farther promote the interests of the company. ‘pon this solicit ‘ogisiation har obtained Ue rotests of the company, to butld Pood end vo dessand trous the government the issuable in aid of its construction as provided by we Your itioner \hereupon filed with the Secre- e proce a whune apetost very to the writing 0 the applicants or their agcats of the bonds or lands tw the company. The subject referred was the Solicitor of tue oF a who after examina- to the memorial 448 follows:— Your iHoner ily invites the oom nab ody te attention And your petitioner has a@.ready been msued to anid 1888 im of irae ve? Satetvaar e'paaw en! 1 is devoid of the lien for the protection of the government contemplated by law, Your fore prays Fal peoee Ly sy Bed take such con a cure justice to an outraged “0 RARNED. Disneraronhansia county 9 sirict of Columbia, COU 68.— this Zsth uay of Aurel A. ¥ Leh before me, notary pul the county aforesatd, per- sonally appeared tac above ward Learned, and made oath according Pry bey the statemonta made in the f my ieieg and the aceompany- ing papers hereunto annexed are correct to the best of bis knowl and belief. Given uuder my hand and iad aoa. EDW. F. BROWN, Ni Pamic. EXTRACTS FROM MR. EDWARD LBA\ 3 LBITRR, DATED NEW YORK, APRIL 27, 1865, TO THB BO RETARY OF THE TREASURY. esttent of te Union Facile Ralway. Comey len jon Paci wi » | wern division, of the Sti of hansen, teapeok. fully to bog your attention to @ not.ce affecting the aifairs of the company, Med with your imme “vate vredecessor in office on oF about the 26th day H any The upon ai of directors’ meetings nor Pursuant fo an Adjourument nor was If lawfully pein: te chepieee Fi re reknciars sous. ized or were coguizant emocting directo! be held at St. Louis or elsewhere out of the State of Kansas for * * * This Hallett- Perry board ; and various therefrom of ization, which now claims to be considered by Epa gnmeemanan tin She Senenneie of ite subsidy, lawiul representative of the company. The regal g directors ‘upon their return to Kan- saa—the of the corporation whose interests had been delegated to them as directors for manage- ment and not for pt of corrupt or Epersonel ag- gran ine n' ed that their Louis pro- ceedings were void and treated them accordingly by d reguiar meetings and rat = ee ee, and effect in further in ng ihe pretensions of Perry and associates as directors. * * * * * . ” In conelt T have to assure you that the decia- rations norela ace be successfully contro- until y spectfully, to protest and resist any TA Sckned eee, ve mor ou! ; 7 i EDWARD LEARNED. Mr. Learned also states that his company were an- lawfully dispossessed of their road by force of arms by the Halett or new organization, and submits the following under the head of “Extracts from Written ‘Statements of the late Samuel Hallett”:— - MAY 12, 1863,—I have taken possession of all the works ata tles—all by force—and I shall keep them, No time for long recitals, * * * * Ihave nearly all Steele’s men now at work for us. AUGUST 15, 1863.—I have had an awfulrow with Carter—a battle on the works and a sharp “pitch in’ to get possession. We drove them back and into the river until they cried enough. 8.8. Sharp, my fore- man section No. 1, led Carter to the river bank by the collar, and but for his Socuina be Song have ducked him. I expect Steele and on again with reinforcements, Let them come. We will put them into the river next time. We have had to use strong force, quick and bold. We have taken all therr (ea, houses and works, and shalt hold them. ‘This Mr. Hallett, it will be remembered, was shot dead in a “difficulty” with one of his own men about the road. The particalars I do not now remember, nor are they pertinent, I only mention the subject to show that the spirit he invoked and encouraged cost him in the end his own life. 2 AFFIDAVIT OF B. R. MEADE. n Meade, being “uly Sworn’ depoees ‘aad saya, le ow leposes and 8a) that be is an attorne; and counsellor at law. residing in the city of New York, and is acting as such for the ratiroad organization of which Edward Learned 1s president, aud has been for some time. familiar Pacite ‘Katiroad Company, E. D.; and deponent ic ym pany, 5 n¢ read the stateme: road further says that he has Learned, hereto annexed, and knows the contents thereof, and that the same is true of his own knowl- edge, except as to the matters which are stated on information and belief, and as to these matters that he believes the same ; that concerning many of the things stated in said paper, signed by said Learned, deponent avers personal know! beside as to other thi that his know! derived either from exami of original documents or admis- sions of interested parties. BK. R. MEADE, Sworn to before me this 24th day of June, 1865— Louis SCHADE, Notary Public, E. R. MEADE TO THE PRESIDENT. Ta. His Excellency ANDREW JOHNSON, President, Ce Sin—Respecting the matter of the appointment of commissioners under the Pacific Railroad act. or 60 known as the Kansas ‘and also ing the rt as Branch, = re repo based thereupon, | desire to submit the following:— Firet—The gentlemen represented by John P, Usher orJohn D, , 48 president, are in no sense the Board of ea of the Un! ete formerly known as wen- worth, Pawnee aud Western Railroad Com; ny, nor bon id an a tensi - thelr part to the bompeny; and all, pretensions oa control of tt fran y and fraud aad predicated in usu I have the honor to be your obedient servant é EB. R. MEADE. EXTRACTS FROM AN AFFIDAVIT BY R. P. 0. WILSON, A DIRECTOR OF THR COMPANY. ©, Wil on, Felt daiy's Wor deposes and . Wilson, being sworn, fat the reorganization of the Leavenworth, Paw: and Western Ratlroad come’, “tn the year he was elected a director of same, and’ continued in the F Hy H i 2 fl é init! g i aH 2, &. E E ! f partoo! Peco a Mi a RE ee ‘the atrectory repaired to Ste of Mo., f p Hs i SHA s ul 3? i 2 Fy i H ; i 383 it z ij if a 8 BI PPA ge BES H 5 j | sal ses BG ll ! . Bt) afa oat Supreme Court sustaining Surrogate Tucker's order that General Benjamin F. Butler shail file an amended inventory in the Surrogate's office, em- bracing ai! the effects that belonged to the estate of Butier bad was ni the lows of New York to account a Stiuated im ‘States. aust de 80, aad General Butler to the 3u- Cour That court ‘eqaion, and General Butler went to the Court Appeals, which has jast ‘Suri ‘a conatrmetton of the law in turn. General wilh thecefore fave to Ly ersonal property lett his bi T, Maseachuseits, California, Louisiaua, or elsewhere, NEW JERSEY. Jersey City. SPRAINED His ANKLE.—About one o'clock yeater- day morning a man named William Anderson, re- siding at 220 West Seventeenth street, New York, on turning the corner at Montgomery and Washington streets fell on the ice, speniaing Die foot Fed ee ‘whence he was taken to the of his brother-in-law in Van Vorst street. ALLEGED TaRF? or 4 WaTou.—A man named John Reagan was arrested yesterday, charged by one from her a silver watch The watch was found in his ft to the oweer he the complainant. on Saturday night. Newark. CommrrraL OF BakkooM Rarpenrs.—Early yester- day morning a Crowd of roughs entered the saloon No. 7 Caroline street, kept by one George L. Cadmus, and at once proceeded to act in an outrageous man- » course of which they smashed the furni- Tare, ‘Sroke the windows and and beat seve- who were ‘The proprietor noti- teat id dagea scene. were arrested a taken to the station house. Later were ‘one of the prisoners Was Po ene chr oe Kennedy, John an 4 - mitted tor trial before the special ‘Sessions. THE GERMAN HOSPITAL ASSOCTATION.—This as90- ciation, which now has @ capital of about $9,000, have elected the following officers for the ensuing President, Christain Muller; Vice President, jean Nehb; Treasurer, J ‘Reltz; Secretary, John Otto, % ‘Trenton. SALE OF HaRsiuvs Cove.—The joint railroad com- pantes have accepted the terms laid down by the commissioners for the purchase ag Harsimus Cove, aoereve paid $600,000, the sum od by the SIGNING OF A DEATH WARRANT.—The warrant for the execution of Wooley, at Freehold, on the 7th inst., has been signed by the Governor. Paterson. AccrpENTs.—A Hollander named Cornelius Kruyt, seventy years of age, fell on the ice on Satut- day, in Bond street, and broke his leg in two places. ©. J. Garette, a Cul poets | temporarily at 8 Market siect reas nite fac se v= Beer genera — had his og broken ine drunken melée at Passale Village on New Year's Day. OURLING.—The match announced to come off at Paterson on Saturday between the New York Cate- donian Club and the Paterson Club was postponed ‘on account of the miserable condition of the tce. J. R. Smith, the veteran in the grand le aledonian Society, for @ iv of this week, which is to ‘The game stances will permit. Paterson curler, will rink contest of the dollar prize, on Thi be played in New York. eee eee reerree WORKINGWOMEN’S HOME, To THE EDITOR oF THE HERALD:— In looking over the article m Saturday's HeRALy entitled “The Charities of New York” I saw that the Workingwomen’s Home, in Elizabeth street, is there classed among the charitable institutions of thecity, Now, as one of the boarders of the Work: womens Home, I wish to state that agrest mistake made in ‘is a charita- ble institution. It is a place where women of lim wee Reeorhfortabls, and respectable’ hoine. af, & le feat ‘price ‘than can be obtained elsewhe! ‘We pay for our rooms, an on the restaurant plan, we re for What we order. Now, can thas, trath and be called “charity” for which ‘we pay the fall price demanded tn the legal currency of our ? sesides the annoyance which the article above referred to occasions us, by thus hav- our place so erroneously mentioned ites of a York, it is also calcu- ns benefit; for, though toey Very naturally object to boarding at a lace that is looked upon me a eharitable inst ration? ‘AN EXTRAORDIYAI'Y CASE OF KIDNAPPING, disap] ice We published on Saturday, turned up alive Bbout t to-day and relates a most able history of his adventures since e ing last. His , it we tod shows there exists in this vicinity men who would not tate to for money. The story of Mr. Burkley js as follows:— bill ae lo. evenin wo and take them to his home in Crawford county she next moi After leaving Mr. Cuibertson’s Mr. Burkley went to the ship chandiery house of Charite Cy atcer a i Fr i ibhe E H i i i 4 uj 7 i if i il of Miss Helen Western, Asi am @ member of the theatrical profession and was at Washington duung her titness, and at the time of her death, can rely upon the truth of my assertions. One of our sone notte Tt 13 also opinion, as weil as that of her medical adviser her death ened, if not actual matt ieciataigars race ie"tas asi ¥ om her cig ‘Was too iil to kindness fenerogity of Sisters deserve especia: bony a) mention and New YORK To Carc.ao vik New Onveawa. Itis a abe fact thas there have SS iaeos railrdad heavy that it a o are 90 freight to the West by sea from New wee Orleans Picayune, Dec, ®, we he pads ot ete tee circum. | a