The New York Herald Newspaper, April 18, 1873, Page 3

THE FORT GERONA PRISONER, United States Consul Géneral Torbert * Calls on Ceballos. SECRETARY FISH’S INSTRUCTIONS.. Reticence and Indecision of the Spanish Official. A Cuban’s Answer to the Charge of Batch- ering Prisoners. Havana, April 16, 1873, Your correspondent called on United States Consul General A.T.A.Torbert to-day, and had a short interview with him relative to the fute of Mr, O'Kelly, who is still imprisoned in Fort Gerona, at Manzanillo. General Torbert informed me that he had AGAIN SEEN CAPTAIN GENERAL CEBALLOS yesterday, to press Mr. O’Kelly’s request to be tried here, Ho informed the Captain General that his visit was under INSTRUCTIONS FROM SECRETARY FIST, who had oxpressed the desire that Mr. O’ Kelly's reqtest be acceded to. RETICENT. The Captain General was reticent and de- cliued to answer definitely, ; NOT FOR SOME TIME. The Consul General spoke of the trial; but General, Ceballos replied that that would not be for'some time, SHIFTING RESPONSIBILITY. The impression was left upon the mind of the Consul General that after the sumario, which is‘a preliminary examination in the na- ture of a Grand Jury inquest, as. to the gre ands for indictment and trial, the case will be turned over to the new Captain General, Pieltain, who will be here in a few days. AN UNDECIDED ADMINISTRATION. . This perhaps explains the indetermination of the Captain General, who wishes to trans- fer the responsibility. His whole administra- tion; thus far, has been of this undecided character, CORRESPONDENTS IN THE FIELD. Secretary Seward’s Aciion in the Case of Robert B. Lynch—Pardonecd by the Canadians Througia American Inter- ference. The case of Robert B, Lynch, who was arrested and tried in Canada for participatien in one of the Fenian raids into that country, possesses at the present moment more than ordinary interest. He was tried at Toronto and condemned to death, Lynch, who was a British subject, accompanied the invaders in the capacity of a newspaper corre- spondent to report the incidents of the campaign and had no connection with the Feniin organiza- tion, The circumstances of his case and the great peril in which he stood, con- sidering the exasperated feciings of the volunteers called into service and of the people gener- ally across the border, caused the United States to imtervene actively in his behalf. Ar. Seward, Sec- retary of State, took high ground in his cor- respondence with the English government, and in- sisted that there was no proof of Lynch's guilt, and that his detention and punishment would be re- garded as an unfriendly act towards the United States. He followed the matter up with remarka- ble vigor and firmness, claiming that Great Britain should not permit Canada to deprive an mnocent man of hislife. The relations between the two countries were far irom being in a satisfactory cendition at the time, and during the discussion in this particular case, in connection with other un- settled questions, Mr. Seward did not hesitate to declare that the continuance of peace between England avid America was in imminent peril. The facts relating to the capture and trial of Lynch were as follows :— THE ARREST. In June, 1866, General O'Neil led a body of Fenians to the Canada line and crossed over to kort Erie. They encountered a body of regular and colonial troops, and after some fighting, in which there was considerable loss on both sides, O'Neil returned to American territory. Some were left behind and taken prisoners. Among these was Lynch. He declared when arrested that he was present only as a correspondent for the Louls- ville press; that he was unaware of com- mitting any offence by following, according to the instructions of his empieyers, his profession 88a reporter and that he came over with no hos- tile intensions. At the trial, which took place in October following, there was evidence introduced for the prosecution to show that Lynch was among the igvaders; that he appeared armed with a sword, apparently exercising cothmand, and that he was addressed as “Uolonel.”’ The accused sol- emnly denied that he acted in the manner stated, and before coming to trial in order to prove his assertion mude an application FOR A SAPE CONDUCT Tor persons in the United States who were present at Fort Erie; but the Canadian authorities refused to grant it. The accused was, therefore, lelt with- out any witnesses to show that he was not armed and did not exercise military authority. The evi dence was all one way. A point of law was made by his counsel to the effect that the indictment charged him with being a citizen of the United States when, in fact, he was a British subject. Lynch, it appears, wrote to a friend while in prison @ letter in which he stated he was an American citizen, and the Solicitor General argued that they had good and sufMctent ground for alleging he was not a British subject, for they had it in his own handwriting, He went on to say, “Any person is an American citizen who has re- sided here for any length of time, and we know ‘well that he came from the United States.” It was argued on behalf of Lynch that he was in law and in fact AN ENGLISH SUBJECT, AND NOT AN AMERICAN CITIZEN, His counsel exclaimed, ‘Here is the life of a fellow being trembiing in the balance, and we bave evi- dence to acquit him, but we are unable to bring it forward.” The gentleman (Mr. Martin) proceeded to say that it was proved Lynch was seen in Buffalo and beng on that side he haa no reason to disguise bis intention, being among his friends; but a man, M1 he be what was alleged of him, would rather boast and seek to curry favor by holding out that he was a Fenian that the crowd might pat him on the back. If he was engaged with the Fenians he Would then have been swaggering about telling them to do this and to do that; but the very re- Veree was the case, He said he was among them merely to report. f EVERY GREAT NEWSPAPER, Mr. Martin said, sends reporters where any+ thing Of importance 1s likely to occur, yet no na tion would think of hanging a reporter who was found with an army for tho purzose of telling the publto the details of the war. You remember the great-war between the Northern and Southern States, Reporters were there in every quarter of importance, The leading papers of England fad Fevresentatives there, Did they hapg Kuvegil ox NEW YORK HERALD, FRIDAY, APRIL 18, 1€72—TRIPLE SHEET. Colonel Mason’s commands, they, with cavalry, { the treaty made with these bands in 1855 they re- the correspondents taken prteoners in either the North or the South? Take the late evenjs in Italy. When Garibaldi, contrary to law, invaded the kingdom of Naples, correspondents went along with him; but would any one have you believe that they hanged these persons when cap- tured because Garibaldi was in the wrong or be cause they were reporting on the wrong side. So, what would the, world think if you were to hang this man?~ The mere circumstance of his being in Canada makes no difference. A correspondent is not liable, He gees over as @ mere spectator and gives to the world things as they occur. Lynch was convicted and condemned to death, as stated abore. VIEWS OF THE AMBRICAN GOVERNMENT, Mr. Seward made a request for the pardon of Lynch, and argped on moral, judicial and political grounds that itshould be conceded. The English government declined to accede to the demand. Mr. Sew out that it was the best policy of that cout to yield, He said the American governme: leved the prisoner to be gulltiess, and holding him th custody at all wore ap aspect of unecessary severity and uniriendliness towards ted States. He added that he proceeded upon the belief that their release would be ver) conduc to the Ph peters of peace and & nders tween the United States and Great Brit The Secretary then expressed ‘the opi “time must pronounce between government and your own upon the wisdem of the decision at which they have arrived,” as eared writing te the English Minister at Washington, dealt par- ticularly with the case of the newspaper corre- soma, Mr. Lynch. He said:—‘It seemed to me that the British government, nevertheless, might find reasonable ground jer believing that he (Lynch) did not intend to encourage those who engaged in acts of violence, and that the absence ot this intention qualifying the question of moral ult might wel be taken into consid. eration. I frankly confess to. the opinion bre? although . statutes, exccutive , enelae mations and judicial decisions have con- curred in treating the of the s0- called Fenian raiders. into Canada as merely a mu- nicipal crime, the transaction, nevertheless, par- took of a political character, aad had refations and connections with movements of that character that have widely manifested themselves not onl, in Canada and Great Britain, but in the Unite States ’? Messrs. Lynch and Mi on were subsequently disc! from prison; but it will be observed that Mr. Seward urged this result on the ground that !t “would be very conducive to the preservation of ce between the United States and Great Britaln,”” The. sentence of Lynch was commuted, and be waa subsequenuy pardened. OPINIONS OF THE PRESS, ee ee The Unjust Accusation Agat O'Kelly, the Herald) Commissioner. [From the New Yorker Journal, April 16.) Reterring to the imprisoned correspondent of the Herawp in Cuba, Mr. O'Kelly, it is stated that the United States government has been applied to tosend a ship to that island especially in his.in- terest. The application has been met with the rejoinder that Mr. O'Kelly is not a citizen, having been but: a little over a year inthe country, At the same time the assurance has been given that every exertion shall be made to nave him trans- Jerred to Lavaha, where the authorities couid form a court and where an impartial investigation conid be had, The news circulated from Spanish sources: that O’Kelly has brought with him intelligence from the insurgent’ intended for their agents in fhe various said to be greatly compromised, is, under the cir- cumstances, totally discredited, WAR TO THE DEATH. Ltiad. ee Es A Cukan’s Apology for the Buichery of Spanish Wounded and Prisoners—He Alicges That the Spaniards Were the First to Murder Prisoners=Their Re- fusals to Exchange Prisoners, To THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD:— The active part you Nave taken in clearing away the apparent mystery which enveloped ihe state of affairsin my country (Cuba) encourages me to write a few words in regard to the letier you pub- lished to-day from your in every respect worthy commissioner, Mr. J. J, O'Kelly. ‘To say that all true friends of Cuba owe you a debt of gratitade, and to your valiant correspond- ent the most profound admiration for his un- swerving energy, hw impartiality and sincerity, would be torepeat what nas frequently been ex- pressed, ani I can only hope that, at some future day we may have the opportunity of offering you a more unmistakable proof of our high considera- tion and esteem, Ishall now proceed to state the object of these lines. I observe in your said commissioner's letter the just censure, or rather condemnation, he ex- presses at the conduct of the Cuban soldiers to- wards the prisoners and wounded takeu from the Spaniards, and desire te-piace before the readers | of the HERALD the origin of this course, which, when considered independently of all antecedents, must necessarily force upon the reader a most un- favorable impression as to the instincts and feel- ings of my countrymen. When it is kuoWn that this most outrageous manner of making war has been jorced upon them by their enemies, the Span- fjards, the conclusion must, however, be different. In the beginning of the war not a singie prisoner was stot. Such was the consideration shown to them that our Cuban officers in every case de- prived themselves of the litle comforts they could enjoy in their camp in behalf of the Spanish oficeis they held as prinoucrs. And I do not speak by hearsay, but by actual knowledge of the facts, a few of which I shall mention, and which tne Spaniards will not dare to contradict if they have any respect for the truth, fn the very beginning of the revolution, when Et of the garrison of Bayamo were taken and held as prisoners, and When aiterwards the villages of Jiguani, Las Tunas, &c., were surprised and-all the Spanish forces ‘captured, how were they treated? Let those same Spanish officers come forward and say if every consideration was not shown them, and if, after a few days’ detention, they were not all released On parole, ag well as all those of the soldiers who preferred to leave (ior a great many remained) the Cuban camp. Let particularly Colonel Luiros narrate his own experience—ne ‘that aiterwards equalled, if not surpassed, Vaimaseda in bratality and cruelty. When the news of the Yara uprising reached Sau- tiago de Cuba this worthy Colonel was sent out with 1,200 men to disperse the rebels, He leit with great pomp, as usual, but betore he had advanced inany miles in the road to Bayamo was routed, and found himself and the troops under his command enveloped by the Cuban army and forced either to eiiver himgelf and division into tue hands of the Cubans, to fight with no prospect of success or to starve to death, 80 nicely cooped in did he find himself, Wiat did he do then?’ Knowing tiat the Cuban chief was a Freemason, and he being one also, he wrote a letter to the Cuban, promising under oath as such that if be and his troops were allowed to retreat unmolested he would never again take the field against them, and that further, he wonld use every endeavor to prevent lita regl- ment irom doing so in future. The kind-hearted Cuban chief, strange to ali feelings of duplicity, never suspected Luiros of such infamous conduct, and agreed to let him return to Santiago de Cuba. What Luiros did afterward is wellknown. I need not state it here. His name has frequently ap- peared in the war despatches from Cuba, Now, again, what was the conduct of the Cuban: towards the Governor of Jiguani, a relative of General Lersundi? The only bed to be had in the Cuban canip, and that belonging to the Cuban Gen- eral, a8 Well as blankets, &c., were given to him. He Was treated as & commander of the Cuban forces more than as a prisouer, and finally released on parole. Agaiti in the case of Chief Engineer Orbaneja, taken prisoner near Mayari, the same cousidcra- tions were shown him, In fact, L could present hundreds upon hundreds of similar cages in the beginning ef the war, and as well could I show that these same men who were 80 kindly treated became aiterwards the most cruel instigators of all the butcherics not ouly of real revoiutionists, but of hundreds of inno- cent Cubans. What conld the Cubans do? President Cespedes repeatedly sent commissioners to the Spanish commanding officers with the special request that the lives of the prisoners should be spared and ex- made, as is well known. e only result of sach propositions was to increase the rage of the Spaniards and push them to greater butcheries with all kinds of prisoners, whether taken with arms in hand or weunded, fact, the Cubans en- : 3 coming civ! Ople, and they failed, Nay, their own generesity ‘yas turned against them, until the sense of necessity forced upon them the conviction, horrible as it 1s, that their only line of soaayE award the Span- leat jards should be war to ti The effort my country had to make to arrive At this final decision can easily be supposed when the mildness and generosity of their charucter are considered. It is ho doubt abominable that war should be thus conducted between two civilized peoples; but the supreme law of necessity dees not recognize any human convention. It isa sad fact, @ cruel necessity. I shall proceed no further. My heart, even at such @ distance from those scenes of horror, sickens, and | hasten ce turm awa: though from such heartrending spectac' on Pest Mien Mr. O'Kelly will be able to write here ali facts he has learned, he wiil not fail to show whatl have above salt, viz., that, Criminal as the conduct of the Cubans may appear, it has been forced npon them by the Spaniards, A GUBAN. arts of the island, whereby ke is { THE MODOC WAR, Latest Reports from the Front. : —_+—_——_ PREPARATIONS FOR BATTLE. No Communication with Tead- quarters Since Monday. HONORS TO THE DEAD + Public Reception of the Remains of Gen- eral Canby and Dr. Thomas. SCHOFIELD TO GILLEM. More Troops Offered and the Total Destrue- tion of the Savages Demanded, —_—- THE INDIAN AUXILIARIES. Description of the Lava Beds and Battle Ground. THE HERALD COMMISSIONER. A Merited Compliment from the Army in the Field. SAN FRANCISCO, April 13, 1873, The remains of General Canby and Dr. Themas reached Yreka this evening. <A procession of citi- zens went to receive them. Flags were at half mast, and Secretary Delano was hanged in efigy. General Canby’s body is in charge ef the Masons, and the body of Dr. Thomas will be sent to this city. ADDITIONAL PARTICULARS OF THE MASSACRE. The following additional particulars of the mas- sacre of the Peace Commissioners have been re- ceived:— Captain Anderson was at Colonel Mason’s camp when the attack was made on the Peace Commis- sion aud party. He says Lieutenants Sherwood and Doyle were allured out frem the camp bya white fag. They went four or five hundred yards, where they met what they supposed were only two Indians, who sald they wanted to talk to “Little Tyce’? (Colonel Magon), They were told that they (the officers) did not want to talk, and for the Indians to go back to their camp and they would return to theirs, As the officers turned around, the Indians, four in number, fired upon them, wounding Lieutenant Sherwood in the arm and thigh, the latter being a very serious wound, the bone having been shattered by the bullet, THE SCENE FROM THE SIGNAL STATION. Captain Anderson, who was on duty at the signal station on Hospital Rock, saw plainly the attack upon Colonel Mason’s front, and telegraphed Gen- eral Gillem to notify the Peace Commission immi- diately. Colonel Biddle, who was at the signal station at General Gillein’s headquartera when this message was received, at once placed his field glass upon General Canby, as the party sat to- gether, about one mile distant, and very soon afterwards he perceived THE WHOLE PARTY SCATTERED. The Colonel followed the General’s course with his glass while he ran about fifty yards, when he threw up his arms and fell backwards dead. Two of the Indians who were following him jumped on him, and one—believed to be Captain Jack— STABBED HIM IN THE NECK. His body was alterwards completely stripped. Dr, Thomas was also entirely stripped. His purse, con- talaing about sixty dollars, was found under the body, the Indians having dropped tt. MR. MEACHAM’S WOUNDS, Mr. Meacham was shot in three places, one ball entering at the inner corner of his right eye, another inside of his head and the third passing through his right forearm. The first two balls are both believed to have lodged within his cranium. He also recetved a cut in the left arm and a scalp wound about five incheslong. He was found about fifty yards from the spot where the slaughter began in a direction opposite that taken by General Canby. He was also entirely stripped, and when found was bewildered in mind, Captain Anderson spent an hour with him yesterday morning, when he was conscious and inno paiu. Meacham ‘3 be thinks he SHOT SCHONCHIN IN THE ABDOMEN, and blood was found which indicated that ene of the Indians had been wounded. The soldiers wno were ready started on a double-quick immediately upon the firing of the shots. They met Dyar and Riddle and his wife before they were half way from the camp. THE INDIANS RETIRED and kept up their retreat about six hundred yards io advance of the soldiers, who followed them half a@ mile beyond the murder grounds where they remained until dark, when they were withdrawn, as they were not provided with supplies, THE EXPECTED FIGHT, Tuesday was to be spent in closing upon the red devils, and if a general assault was not made to- day it certainly will be to-morrow, The Bodics of General Canby and Dr. Thomas Lying in State at Yreka=—No Farther News trom the Front, SAN FRANCISCO, April 14, 1873, The remains of General Canby and Dr. Thomas have been dying in state at Yreka in the Masonic Hall ali day aud were visited by nearly the whole population. Over one thousand persons have viewed the remains, At vwelve o'clock about three hundred children of the public schools passed in procession by twos. The coflins are wrapped in the national colors and strewn with wreatns and flowers. An expression of great sorrow is visibie on every countenance, THE REMAINS OF GENERAL CANBY will be forwarded to Portland by this aiternoon’s stage in charge of the General's aid, Captain R. Hy Anderson, who will be met at Rosebuy on Wednes: day evening by a special train for Portland, THE REMAINS OF DR. THOMAS will leave for Redding by private conveyance at | two o'clock this afternoon. Wednesday evening. NEWS FROM THE FRONT EXPECTED, No couriers have arrived from the front up to this hour (one P. M,), but they are hourly ex- pected, There is nothing later from the Modoc country than was contained in last evening's despatches, BEFORE THE BATTLE. ae reser enewrene Ammanition Going Forward—Condition of Mr. Meacham=Preparations for Bat- tle—The Pitt Indians Qalet. San FRANCISCO, April 14, 1873, A special messenger arrived at Yreka to-night from the lava beds. There is nothing definite from the seat of war. There had been no fighting up to the time he left, AMMUNITION AND SUIPLIES had been crowded forward with despatch, The surgeon had extracted four bullets from Mr. Meacham’s wound, and there ts Ittie hope of his They will arrive there recovery. There were various rumors as to when an attack will be made, Some say to-day and some to- morrow, the commanders waiting the arrival of the Warm Spring Indian scouts, who are to. ho uged between the liney of Gengral Gillem and making A THIRD LINB, and all advancing together, from the north. south | and east of the luke to the west. It is believed the | battle will be a hard one, and that no quarter will | be shown the Modocs, ‘The Pitt River Indians remain quiet ana peace- able, but if the Modoocs escape there will be danger. EPIZOOTIC TROUBLES. Every horse in the Hot Springs, Surprise Valley and Big Valley, is down with the epizooty, GENERAL SOHOFIELD TO GENFRAL GILLEM. More Troops Offered if Neceded=—The Prompt and Sure Destruction of Sav- ages Urged, SAN FRANCISCO, April 14, 1873, General Schofield has sent the following despatch to General Giliem:— “Please in‘orm me fully of the situation so I may send more troops if necessary, If the Indians es- cape from the lava beds I may send troops to oper- ate against them from another direction. Let me knew fully what you wish, I suppose you have force enongh to destroy the outlaws, unless they succeed in cluding you, “Nothing short of their prompt and sure destruc tion will satisfy the ends of justice or meet the ex- pectations of the government. “JOHN M, SCHOFIELD.” DESCRIPTION OF THE LAVA BEDS. SEINE oar The country along the line separating California from Oregon, in which the lava beds are situated, has been the theatre of military eperations against the Indians at different times during the past twenty years, It has been traversed by emigrants who settled in the neighborhood, and it is well and favorably known as a cattle range. With the ex- ception of the irregular volcanic region, south of the lakes, the land has been surveyed and laid out in sections. Still very little accurate information can be had concerning the retreat where the Modocs have continued to defy the power of the government. Itis known, however, to be cut up with fissures, yawning abysses, lakes, high moun- tains covered with,snow and abounding with caves, The lava beds cover an area of 100 square miles, They appear to have been brought into existence by upheavals from below. The roughness of the upper surface remains, while all underneath is honey-combed by cracks ana crevices. The largest eave is known as ‘ BEN WRIGHT’S CAVE, which is said to contain fifteen acres of open -space under ground, in which there 18 a goou spring and many open- ings through which & man can crawl, the main entrauce being about the size of a common window. In this cave, itis anderstood, Jack and his followers have fortified themselves. The gulches and crevices range from a few feet to one hundred feet in width, and many of them are one hundred /eet deep. The Indians can travel through all these lava beds by trails only kuown to them- selves, and stand on biufls over persons fifty yards beneath and where it would require along journey to go tothem. They can seo men coming ata dis- tance of five miles without being visible them- selves. They also can permit their pursuers to come within a few feet of the bluff and shoot down and retire, if necessary, to other similar bluffs, If pressed too closely the Indians can drop into crev- ices entirely inaccessible to troops, and follow some subterranean passage, with which they are fully acquainted, and gain another ambush from which it wouid cost ten lives to dislodge them. It is represented that the Modocs can shoot irom the tops of clids witheut exposing an inch of their per- sous. In the lava beds are @ number of smail Plots ABUNDANTLY SUPPLIED WIN BUNCH GRASS, which cattle find by long and circuitous trails. The only thing the Modocs lack is ammunition. Those who visited the military. headquarters dur- ing the past few mouths were detected on several occasions stealing cartridges, and even some of the women were caught in the act. The troops are well posted se as to prevent the Indinns escap- ing. Thetr only line of retreat would seem to be in a southerly direction into the Pitt River Meun- tains, The tribes in that quarter are of a warlike character and have given the govermment consil- erable trouble in times past. In 1858 and 1859 their ambushes were se effective and their manner of warfare 80 advantageous that at first very little progress was made in reducing them to submi sion. The Pitt River savages, when pressed closely, would take to their canoes and padile to the islands in the lakes, where they could not be fol- lowed. Afler much care and trouble several boats were built and transferred across the lava beds, and the Indians were cut off frem these hid- ing places. One of the latest measures of precau- tion taken by General Canby was to place boats on Tule Lake. CHANCES OF ESCAPE. The troops, in pursuing the Modocs, have to follow them on foot, and in passing through the guiches and crevices must expect te find the enemy on the high bluis above them at every point, or making their way through conecaled pas- sages to secure retreat. The canuon and howitzers command all approaches to and from the cave. Five hundred hand grenades arrived iast week at Van Bremer’s, and the supply of shot and shell is ample for prolonged operations. There is no disguising the serious ditliculties tiat Colenel Gillem has to encounter, The Modocs know every nook and corner in the lava beds, and will, of course, seek to find safety im fight. It would be very unfortunate, indeed, if they succecded in effecting @ Junction with the Pitt River Mountain Indians, _ GEOLOGICAL FORMATION OF THE LAVA BEDS. The pecuilar geological features of the lake coun- try in Califernia resemble the county Antrim, in Tveland, in which ts located the celebrated Giauts’ Causeway, The scientific interest of the latter is enhanced by the beauty of its terraced formations and its great richness and varicty of coloring. Like the lava beds, the basalt is from three han- dred to five hundred feet in thickness, and, like them, too, the pillars, caves, wells, &c., in the Giants’ Causeway, appear to ve tie result of some great convulsion ef nature, an upheaval equal to the effect of the expiosion of vast quantities of gun- powder placed underneath the surface. Miners have not, heretofore, explored the lava beds, but after the cases of Jack and his tribe are disposed of by the troops no doupt there will be # thorough ex- amination of this volcanic tract, which will always remain ideutified with a piece of very black Indian perfidy, GENERAL GILLEM?3 INDIAN AUXILLIARIES. The band of friendly Indians bronght from the Warin Springs reservation in Oregon are entrusted ith an important duty. They are intended to act scouts and also to-intercept any movement of the Modocs to escape in southerly direction. These Indiwos gre known ag, the confederated bands in Middie Oregon; and comprise seven of the Walla Wallas, Wascos, Teninoz and Deschutes tribes, numbering 626 men, women and children. The leader, Donald McKehzie, ts, no donbt, a half. breed, and Well acquainted with the mode of war- fare Jack and his patty have adopted. The Warm Springs reservation cOntaing over a million acres, located in the céitral part of the State, and the tract of country is such that nobody wants it. The tillable portion occupied by the Indiams consists of 600 acres, aud though even this portion ts not very good land mamy of the families, by reason of their industry, have sacceeded measurably in their farm- ing operations, and are considered self-sustaining. THE MORALS OF OUR RED ALLIES have greatly improved, so that polygamy, the buy- ing and selling of wives, gambling and drunken- ness, lave ceased to be common among them, as im the past. Each of them hag a sinall plot of land fenced in and cultivated ity its owner. Many of them have good herds of horses and cattle, which are raptlly imcreasing. Those who own houses dress as White men and attend chureh and Sunday school with more or less regularity. A few of them are professing Christians. Some of the children read quite Mwentiy, without understanding what they read, and have been instructed in arithmetio, geography and writing. The Methodist churen has charge of the War Springs Agency. Undey ceive an annuity, in beneficial objects, for a limited period, of $4,000, after which they are entitled to $2,000 annually for five years. Empioyés are wain- taimed for their benefit at a yearly expense of $9,100, The head chief ig paid $500 per annum by the government. VALUE OF INDIAN SCOUTS. The employment of red men as soldiers has been found to work very satisfactorily. The Commander of the Department of the Platte a few weeks since published a general order, in which he warmly commended the efficient and faithful services of Indian scouts, and, at the same time, he impressed upon commanding officers of posts and expedi- tions to take pains in reading and explaining to these auxiliaries the high estimate in which their services are held by the government. The Warm Springs warriors are expected to prove useful allies, They have, according to the reports, been always well disposed towards white peeple, and consider they have a grievance against tie Modocs, which they now propose to avenge. The number of In- dian auxiliaries can be considerably increased from the Klamatn and Yianax reservations. The red men there have long been at war with the Modocs, and are, conse- quently, ancient enemies. They still enter- tain the feeling incidents to such relationsip and would, no doubt, be pleased with the oppor- tunity of giving active assistance to General Gil- lem’s battalions, But really there is a sufMicient force in the lava beds to carry out the purposes of the government. If, however, more men are re- quired the Indians close by ought to be placed in the fleld, In Arizona friendly Indians have ren- dered valuable aid in punishing marauding and refractory Apaches, IN MEMORIUA. EPLE PEE Tues Se Meeting in Richmond in Honor of the Memory of General Canby. RicuMonp, Va., April 17, 1873, Agreeable to a published call a large number of citizens, mostly republicans, assembled in the United States Court room here te-day to give ex- pression to their views concerning the tragic death ef Brigadier General FE, R. §. Canby, of the United States Army. After the erganization of the meeting feeling tribute were paid to the memory of General Canby by Dr. E. H. Smith, Rush Burgess, Mayor Worthington and ethers, all of them highly eulogistic of his Christian character and’ soldierly bearing. A pre- amble and resolutiens were then adopted expres- sive of the aeepest sympathy for the widow of the General, testifying to the delicacy, ability, wisaom and courtesy with which he managed the afuirs of this State while military commander here; grate- fully remembering bis friendliness and protection to the weak; deploring his death as a loss to the nation, and setting forth their indignation at tne treachereus manner of his assassivation while dis- charging the duties of a peaceful mission. Acopy of the resolutions will be forwarded to Mrs. Canby and to the Secretary of War. Upon motion of Captain Jackson, President of the meeting, the following resolution was also adopted :— Resolved, That we commend and heartily indorse the instructions of President Grant, issued through the War Department, directing General Canby’s successor 10 command to visit this culminating crime of savage warfare upon peaceful citizens with swilt and complete punishment. After a number of other testimontals to the many virties and military genius of the distinguished dead, the meeting adjourned, THE BERALD’S ENTERPRISE. ih Mag 10 8 A Wetl Deserved Tribute to the Herald Commissioner from the Army. Camp on TULE LAKE, CAL, March 26, 1873, } To THE EDITOR OF THE ERALD:— Having just read the account of the “Battle in the Lava Beds,” written by Mr. Fox, the Heraup correspondent with this expedition, I think it due that gentleman to express the satisfaction Tel by this command for his truthful and graphic descrip- tion of the events of that engagement. The visit that Mr. Fox lately made to Captain Jack in his Bt menotd was a beld, brave act, and was in strict accordance wit! that spirit of enterprise that seems to animate all connected with the HrraLp. A lew days ago he placed himselfas a hostage in the hands of the Modocs while Captain Jack came out te “talk”? with General Canby. In fact he is willing todo ng or <0 anywhere to advance the interests orthe journal he represents, My only motive in whiting this note isto de justice to a gentieman wh ell represents a journal which takes more interest in the army than any other newspaper in the cennt Tho Army and Navy Journal shoud do this work, but it doesn’t SOLDIER. .TWEED AT PORTLAND. The “Boss” Shuts Himself Up in a Ho- teleTired of Travelling—“I Shall Pro- ceed Direcily to New \ork.” PORTLAND, Me., April 17, 1873, William M, Tweed and party arrived 1n this city at eight o’ciock this evening and took apartments at the Preble House, They will proceed westward in the morning, Tweed remained close in his apartment at the hotel, and declined all visitors except the corre- spondent of the HERALD, to whom he explained that he had retired becaus¢ he was weary from his long ride from Montreal. He was evidently con- siderably wearied and very chary. In response to the direct question as to his desti- nation he replied, “I shall proceed directly to New York.” As he would respond to ne further inter- fae gw your correspondent retired. r. Tweed's party is five in number—two ladies and three gentiemen. The rumors that Tweed came here to seck a de- parture to Europe by the Allen steamer on Satur- day wre considered to he idle. NEW JERSCY, ‘ Governor Parker Calls an Extra Session of the Senate—Formation of the New York and Philadclphia Ratitroad, TRENTON, April 17, 1873. Governor Parker has issued a proclamation call- ing a special session of the Senate on the 24th inst., for the purpose of considering the nominations made by him of two persons irom each Congres- tonal district to prepare amendments to the con- stitution of the State for submission to the next Legislature. This is done in accordance with a resolution passed on the 4ta inst. by the Legis- lature ‘empowering the Governor to make such nominations with the consent of the Senate, The orgayization of the New York and Philadel- phia Railroad Company in the interest of the National Railroad wascompieted to-day. The time 01 its existenc ended to 909 years, instead of fity, as at first ‘instituted. Seventeen directors, with Samuel N. Wilson as President, Robert R. Corson, secretary, and William W, Stelle, treasurer, Compose the orgauization, A COUNTY TREASURER ARRESTED, Governor Moses Making It Het for De- faulting CavpeBaggers in South Carolina, Couvuaia, 8. C., April 17, 1873. A telegram received at the Executive Depart. ment here from the Sheriff of Greenville county states that, agreeably to orders issued to him by the State Treasurer, he has arrested James M. Allen, the treasurer of the county, on a charge of being a defaulter to the State, Allen was formerly State Senator from Greenville, but was defeated at the last election, and was subsequently appointed treasurer of tiie county by Governor Moses, The amount of defatcation with which he is charged is sled as taxes. $40,000, cell Tt 18 st that Allen held figure, whic! U also sta extent of the law by the State Treasurer, proceedings Will doubtless also be instituted against all the defaulting carpet-baggers, and by tuis means the State may recover & portion of the money out of which it has beem swindled, RIOT AT KNIGHTSVILLE, IND, INDIANAPOLIS, April 17, 1873, There was considerable disturbance this after- noon at Knightsville. About five o'clock, whilc a free fight was progressing, several arrests were made by two policemen, Whereupon a party of eight or ten Women appeared and rescued the Lye Further disturbances are anticipated o-night, Frederick Hughes was sentenced to six months in the Penitentiary by the Court of Special Sessions qeavera for an assault committed on Wolfgang Xcnlessef on Sunday night last in avenue A. Wughes Was ome Of the gas works strikers, 3 SATANTA AND BIG TREE Great Excitement in Texas Over Pres- ident Grant’s Request. ; A Full Release Asked for tha Murderers. ACTION OF THE LEGISLATURE. The Governor Ordered Not To Set, the Villains Free. Petitions from the People Supporting the Legislators. Vindictive Attitude of the Caged Chiefs. HUNTSVILLE, April 10, 1373, The probable action of Governor Davis, on the question of pardons for Satanta and Big Tree, aa requested by the President, is the topic here just now. Writing, as I do, from a personal knowledge of the data and the feclings of the people of the State, 1 must claim credit for giving your readers tacts, rather than mere suppositions, Ican also safely assert that] have no prejudice in the matter whats ever, . THE MURDEROUS CHIEFS. Satanta, the chief of four or five Indian tribes! and Big Tree, a sort of lieutenant to him, have bee confined in the Penitentiary located at this place since November 17,1871. 'The facts of their capture, their trial, sentence to be hangesl, and the action of Governor Davis in commuting their sentences to life in this prison, your readers are’ doubtless fully conversant with already, Prompted by what at that time wag generally considered asi questionable charity, Governor Davis treated these noted chiefs as any other class of criminals, , and chose to give them a lease oi itfe. Doubtless he was fully advised and did what, in mature Judgment, was considered right. With his action, at this time, we have nothing to do at this writing, Since the arrival of these chiefs at the prison, the most strenuous efforts have been made by the tribes to which they belong towards their release, These efforts have been secondea by officers and attachés of the general government, but so far in vain, the only result being a visit to Wash. ington of these two chiefs, wita the principal meq of their tribes, then gathered at St. Louis, CONFIDENT OF RELEASE, Satanta came back to the prison feeling very confident that the “Great Father” at Washingtow would use his induence and have him and his lieu- tenant pardoned. He was 89 certain of it that ha fixed the “moon” at wiich he and Big Tree would rejoin their hoopla, and his “moon” {s now wane ing, though the President has requested his pardon, and that of his sullen brother, Big Tree. These two Indians were caugit in one ofthe many murderous acts which have character ized their lives, and the courts of the Western dis trict of this State proceeded to deal with them alter tue, manner usual in such cases, Out of regard for the fact that the prisoners were Indians, or something equally a8 good as a reason, thelr sentence was commuted by the Governor at the reques: of the President. BITTER FEELING OVER THE PRESIDENT’S REQUEST. ‘The people of this State did not take any particu. lar pains to show their displevsure at this request and the subsequent act of commutution; but the latter action of the President in requesting a full and free parden jor these Indians bas met tie most unqualified, adverse action from the Legisiae ture, now in session, and the most bitter comments from the people atlarge. What makes the matter, peculiarly embarrassiug—to use @ mild exp) sion—is, that the request came at a time when Legislature and the people at large were making efforts to protect the long stretch of frontier from the ravages of the Indian tribes to which Satanta and Big Tree belong. Having the necessary forces and Sc Pas, Sa us fair financial circum. ess stances, Texas ha mouth sinc sought the privil m the general government to provide protection, and had Close upon the heels of this peremptory refusal to grant such a reasonable request comes the most unrea- sonable one—of pardons for these two noted vil- lains of the same tribes, who have for years past mardered men, women and chilirén on the frontiers of this State. Is 1t at ali strange that * PHE LEGISLATIVE BODY SHOULD RISE UP as one man and instruct a refusal of the President's es and that the people oi the State echo these instructions, and are covering the Executive tavle with petitions asking him to keep these twa savages where they are, It makes all the ditver- ence in the world to know an Indian as he is, ag these Western people know him, and to supposd@ hun such and such from the “big talk” standpoin as the Quaker policy people know him. The firs of these people have a full realization of him; tae second, those who deal with him with the su roundings of a peace commission, only see hi when he is full to the brim of good things and pare ticularly anxious to make peace—untu the Come missioners get back to Washington, John Bunyan onve said, “Always talk ta a man for favors just aiter dinner.” The Peace Commissioners have followed John’s advice with the Indians and found the: exceedingly full of peace, These Texag people see the Indians between meais and have. jound them exceedingly tiresome, or, as old Weiler would say of the “vidders’—“Monstrous for’ard, Sam; monstrous for’ard.”” Hitaraliy enough these Texas people don’t have a very abid- ing faith in the Indians’ promises to reform, and we cannot blame them when, i the very face of ail the promises made to the Quaker-policy peopley THESE RED MEN have committed indescribable crimes upon the almost helpless people of the irontier, Appeal alter appeal from these frontier lumiies has reached the legislative bedy now in session, and the eforte of this body to provide atithe protection possibie have been ably seconded by the Go u the pavsene circumstances protection could not be very thorough, and for this reason aid was sought atthe hands of the general government, Instead of granting it & request comes for the re- lease of twoof the most desperate members of these murderons tribes, the very two who possess the iufluence and the disposition to carry on @ warlare throughout their lives. To these people this seems a somewhat singular action on the part of the general government, and I think, when alk the facts are known, it will appear so to the peopig of other Staies, THE INDIANS AS THEY ARB. These people, knowing the Indians as they do, only desire tiat these two, and others that ara caught raiding upon the State, shall be dealt with as any of the crimtmal classes, Murderers are either hanged or contined in the State Penitentiary for life. This is but carrying out the law. These Indian chieis were found gulity of not one but many inurders, and are but paying the penaity of violat. ing the law of the State. They are the-wards of the State, and the Governor alone has the dispost« tion of them during his term of office, and I most sincerely believe that a majority of the people of the State desire that Governor Davis shall . REFUSE TO SET THEM FREE; not, however, as a retaliatory measure for the res fusal of frontier protection, but as a measure of seli-defence, for it is pieinly manifest to those thoroughly conversant with (he Indian character, that these two chiets will go from this prison no@ reformed or with such an exalted opimon of t strength of the State as will deter them from acta of violence in the future, but, on the contrary, with a feeling of hatred and vindictiveness, sharp. ened to the keener edge by their long yet extreme: humane confinement. ‘The idea advanced, that this treatment of priso: le will have a good etfect both on the chiefs au thoir people, develops ouly & bald ignorance of tha indian nature. if this confinement ts to accomplish so much on the tribes at home, tt will increase with its length, and the rule should be to keep them for life, so that the frontier will be safe. We are reliably {nformed that the confinement so far, has not made any marked reformatory changé ia the chiets, and there is nothing on which to hinge such hope. Since coming here these chiefs have shown nothing in demeanor or speech which coul® be accepted as remorse, penitence or shame, theit only thought being an escape from this boadage. SATANTA ’ is about fifty years of age, of a light copper colo! second, and Fog cheerful when compared with Big Tree, who 18 younger aud possesses a sulle. disposition. BIG TRER , talks but little, ana when he does the burden of hig speech is his freedom and his intentious whem free, These are born of malice and revenge. Sa- tanta, older in crime and Indian tactics, hides hi intentions mere, and makes promises, which o course are made under protest and will not * than they serve him to escape hi resent fate, Messers. Ward, Davy & Co., tha lessees of the Penitentiary, grant these India: many more privileges than are usually accorded to criminals oF this class, aud hence they ar being pleasantly situates such an expressiot may be used at all in connection with a prisong ‘The people of this State do not discover any marked vindictiveness toward these Indian chie/s, simply, desiring that they be punished as the law directs, EXECUTIVE INTRRFRRENCW OBRCTED TO. They do not like the interference of the Prestdent) nor his desire to let loose upon an almost unpros tected frontier these two bloodthirsty cutets; aud: Tam of the opinion that it will require @ strong force to protect them on their way to their home: if they are pardoned and set at liber For the sake of the immigrants who are making lowes upon the western borders of this State it is to hoped that the Governor of the State Wii relusg the request of President Gratt. kept lo