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aia) / pag oe A THE DEAD CAYALRYMEN. Mental and Physical Characteristics of Taeir Gallant Leader. UE CHEVALIER SANS PEUR RT SANS REPR<CHE. Reminiscenees of the Cavalry Corps in the Army of the Potomac. “| WISH TO GOD OLD CUSTER WAS HERE!” ESS DEEN ES How He Won the Right to Wear a Few Extra Buttons. THE MEN WITH LONG RED NECKTIES Sketch of the Comrades Who Were Altvays With Him at the Front, Tho-Correspondent Who Sacrificed His Life to Duty. OUR DEAD CORRESPONDENT. SHORT SKETCH OF HI LIFE BY ONE WHO ENEW HIM W'LL—A CLEVER JOURNALIST AND A BRAVE MAN. Bismarck, D, T., July 9, 1876, Mr. Mark Kellogg, the HsraLp correspondent who fell in the famous cavalry charge of Custer, was the only professional newspaper correspondent accom. panying the troops engaged on tho Big Horn, “Kellogg gained a fine reputation for skill in his profession and was remarkable for courage and stead{astuess. At one time he started » daily paper at Council Bluffs, lowa, but this not proving remunerative he went to Minne- yota, and finally to the North Pacific region, where, un- der J. Gregory Smith’s administration, he was train despatcher on the North Pacific Railroad. He was one of the finest reporters in the jand, and was among the Orst, if not the very first, sound telegraph operators ‘mn the country, For three years past he has been an occasional writer for the H#RaLp tnd other papers. He was also a capital sketcher, and tarnished Harper's Weekly with some fine drawings Mustrating Terry’s march to Powder River from here. He sent the Hznsip a connected description of the campaign under Terry up to that point, and had pre- pared a map in addition, which only waited tho finish- Img touches. to be put on by the result of Custer’s twelve days’ scout. In his last letter to your Bismarck correspondent he details so carefully the plan of the campaign, ond alludes so understandingly to the con- fluct of Reno, who, ov a foriner scout, 80 far excoeded his instructions as to seriously interfere with Terry’s plan of campaign, that the conclusion was irresistible that in sending Keliogg your Bismarck correspondent had not madea mistake. Colonel Smith, aid-de-camp to General Terry, informs me that Kellogg was OX’ AMONG A THOUSAND, He was ever on the alert, ever courteous, and took in the situation ata glance. Colonel Smith says General Terry afforded him every opportunity to gain informa- tion, as did all the other oificera, He bad the full run of headquarters, and the letter book of the com- Manders was open to him at all times, as they had full confidence in his discretion, and wished bim to write understandingly. He was a favorite with General Custer, and always followed the Seventh cavalry in their operations, There was a great scarcity of horses and transportation, and General Terry could grant him Ro favors except transportation for his lead pencils, tlothing, &c. ; but as the horse he was outfitted with at Birmarck had fallod ho was mounted on a mule, as stated in your correspondence from the ficld of battle. Being poorly mounted, it is possible be fell behind, and did not go with Custer into the trap the Indians had prepared for him. He was shot in the side @s if by an Indian in ambush, and fell about balta milo in the rear of Custer’s column, Colonel Smith informs me that the battlo Held was searched by sev- eral officers, from one end to the other, to find tho re- mains of poor Kellogg, till at last they were discovered by General Givbon, THE BODY was plundered, but not stripped or in anywise muti- iated, Now the Hxmanp is known to the dusky n as apewspaper that has denounced and exposed the {raads perpetrated on them by thieving agents and dis- bonest traders, and, as his wrappings indicated bis profession, it ts possible, and, indeed, probable, that to this fact may be attributed his escape from mutilation or other indignity. Men always have friends; Kellozg bad, and one who bad « kind ond {ull appreciation pf the situation took up the work where Keilogg left it, Asa result the Heratp had a full and compre- hensive report of the disaster and the operations imme- Hiately preceding it, report much fuller and moro ives tomprehensive than could have been obtained by any ether newspaper. The report was delayed by the con- stant use of the single wire between Bismarck and St, Paul for oficial correspondence between General Terry's aid-de-camp and the wisirict and Department headquarters, MR. KRLLOGG’S PAMILY. Kellogg bas a brother in Chicago, and has two daughters Jost budding into womanhood at Northtield College, His wife died some years ago, an event which cast a melancholy shadow over his life, and resulted in change of location and business, In conclusion, he was a man to whom wis due the respect of all who knew him. The newspaper fraternity loses one of its most worthy members and the Hexatp one of its most valuable correspondents, HISTORIES OF THE DEAD OFFICERS. (From the Cixicago Inter-Ovean, July 7.) Captain Tom Custer was a brother of the General, end came from Monroe, Mich., where the Custer par- ents now reside. He entered the war under his brother when only sixteen years old, as a heutenant, and, for galiantry, was breveted colonel, During the war he Performed many daring acts, which made him famous, baving all the dash and courage of his brother. He was ubwarried, Laeutenant Smith is from Utica, N. Y., and leit his studies at Hamilvon College to enter the volunteer fervice in the 117th New York, of which he was major when mustered out, He leaves a wife and soveral chil- dren. rf Lieutenant Calhoun was from near Steubenville, Ohio, and wasthe Lusband of one of Custer’s sisters, He has « mother living somewhere in indiana, Lieutenant Godirey wos trom Port Clinton, hear Toledo, and graduated from Wost Moint in 1867, Asuley Cook, the adjutant, was from Oswego, N. Y., sad was an officer in the Twenty-fourth New York voi- unteers, an Uswego regiment, during the war, NEW YORK HERALD, MONDAY, JULY 10, 1876.-WITH § rington, of Kalamazoo, Mich. It canuot be stated which of the other officers were killod, although the despatches say thore were seventeen in all, Custer had with hin auother brother, Boston Custer, from Monroe, Mich. a young man about twenty years vid, who was serving at Custer’s headquarters in a clerical capacity, and another young man named Read, also trom Monroe, who went out with Custer as a guest so as to make it a Kina of pleasure excursion. Your correspondent was acquainted with the regiment, and kuew most of its members intimately from association with their post and im the Black Hills expedition. [It was regarded as the crack regiment of the army, and Custer, having had command of it since the war in pumberiess Indian Campaigns, was confident of its superiority to any in the service. Custer’s family live at Monroe, Mich., ‘and this blow will be to them as crue! as could be imagined. They lose three sons, a hew, and the busbands of two daughters, Senator Chris- Uancy, who is related .o them and is their neighbor m Monroe, teels the biow very severely. Senator Ferry was at the War Department early unis morning, anx- jously awaiting news, that he might communicate to Custer’s family, who'are his intimate friends. Lieuten- ant Wallace, of Company G, is the son of Conzressman Wallace, of’ South Carolina, one of the abiest of the Southern Representatives in Congress, and be bas been anxtousiy owaiting intelligence at the War Department to-day. Ho was probably in Reno's detachment, Tne commanding officer of his company was Captain Donald Meintosh, a bait breed Indian, whose fasher was a trader in Oregon and married an Indian wile Con greseman Wallace recetved a lettor from his son a few days ago, Written on te march, aud dated June i& In this letter Lieutenant Waliace speaks with confidence of their ubility toconquer Sitting Bull and bis com. mand, ard says:—“Lefore many days you will bear of a big ight or a lively foot rac Captain Sanger, of the enteenth iniantry, who 18 with the expeditiun, 48a brother of the cashier of one of the Chicago banks, and a brother of Mrs, George M. Pullman [From the St. Louis Globe-Democrat, } Captain Keogh was an Irishman by birth, and had served inthe Fapal army against Victor Emmanuel in the war of 1869-60, and on the breaking out of the war Of the rebellion volunteered for service on the Union side, obtaining au appoimtment on the staff of General Stoneman, He was appointed to the Seventh cavairy when it was raised, in 1866, Since that time Captain Keogh contigued his service with tke regiment of his adoption till the day of the fatal fight. Captain Yates entered ag second Neutenant of the Fourth Michigan Volunteers in September, 1862, and Was appointed first liectenant of the Forty-ttth’ Mis- souri Volunteers on the 24th of August, 1864. Alter- ward he served as captain of the Thirteenth Missouri cavalry, to which he was appointed on the 22d of Sep- tember, 1864, and was mustered out January U1, 1866, Ho then entered the reguiar service as recond leuted- anv ol the Second cavuiry the 6th of March, 1866, apd was subsequently transferred to the Seventh cavairy as Oirst leutenant on the 28th ot July, 1866, Ho was made captain on the 12th of June, 1867, im the same regiment. Lieutenant Colonel Cook, by brevet Adjutant of the Seventh cavalry, was a, native of Hamilton, Canada, und joined the Twenty-fourth Volunteer New York cay alry on the 20th of January, 1864. He wes made first lieatenant of the same regiment December 14, 1864, He was mustered out of the service in June, 1805, and entered the regular army as second heutenant of the Seventh cavairy July 78, 1866, He was made first heutenant July 81, 1867, and xdjutant of the regiment January 31, 1871, by appomwtment of General Sturges, By brevet he was successively captain, major and lieu- tenant eplonel of the regulur urmy, Licucenant Smith was a native of New York, and a pointed to the served as a volunteer in the 117th New York, in the grade of second lieutenant, from August, 1862, to May, 1865, being mustered out on the latter date as captain. December 8, 1868, he was promoted to be first hea- tenant of the Seventh cavalry, by brevet, and was after- wards breveted to the rank of captain, First Lieutenant Mcintosh was an Indian of the Six Nations, a native of Canada apd appointed from Oregon a8 second lieutenant of the Séventu cavalry, the 17th of August, 1867, and promoted to first }eutenant the 22d of March, 1870. First Licatenant James Calhoun was born in Obio and appointed /rom the ranks as second heutenant of the Thirty-second regular intantry on the dist of July, 1867. He was iinully transferred to the Sevenih cavalry the Ist of July, 1871. Lieutenant Hodgson was bora tn Pennsylvania and graduated from West Point the 1th of June, going directly into service with the Seventh cavalry. Lieutenant Rotily was bppointed froin Washington, from civil lif direct, in October, 1875, Lieutenant Porter was born in Maine and graduated from Weat Point on June 15, 1869, boing appointed direct to the Seventh cavalry, He was promoted to the rank ot first lieutens 72 nt on March 1, 1872 Lieatenant James Gurland Sturgis was born in Alba. “querque, New Mexico, in 1854. At that time his lather, now General Sturg!s, Was quartered there in command of a company of (be ‘Old First dragoous’? Lieutenant Sturgis was appointed “at large” vo West Poms by the President in 1871, and graduated in June, 1875, when be recetved his commission as second leutehant in the Seventh cavairy. He jomed his regiment at Fort Rice, neqr Bismarck, D. T., inst Septomber. Lidutevant Harringtcn, who is reported missing, was born in New York, and graduated from West Voint, June 14, 1872, when he was also assigned to the Seventh | cavalry. Of course there is a bure poseioility that tnis ofticer nay have escaped; but men of experience in the wars of the borders, when veked a question on the subject, abrug their shoulders and say he had better have been killed, The shrug and remark suggest name- Joss horrors in connection with nis name. CUSTER’S BATTLE GROUND. ~* St. Louts Republican, July 7.) The fight took place on the Crow roservation, about forty miles west of Fort C. L. Smith, the most northern ot the Powder River road jorts, remeved by Major Grimes in 1868, The country is diversified by moun- tain ranges and deep cauyons, with tntervening pla- teaus of sage brush prairies, A Republi®an reporter had a brief interview with Colonel J. 0. Tiltord, the senior major of the Seventh Unned States cavalry, | who is now in this city on leave of absence. Major Tiltord was in command of Fort Rice and is famihar | with the situation, Winter before last the Iudians at Standing Rock, sume twenty miles below, bad con- | sumed their rations, and alter eating up all their ponies and dogs they camo around the fort begging for subsistence to save themselves trom starving. It was midwinter, they hat been robbed by their agents, and from their deplorable condition could easily have been wiped ont. of turning the Indians over to the War Departinent, instead of letting them be swindled by corrupt agente and iradera, is ol opmmon that the Indians who fought Custes Crazy Horse's band and Sitting Bull's band, and th they are in commard of all the discontents and young men ambitious to distinguish themselves on tho war- path of the principal Sioux bands of Dakota, ajor speaks in high terms of Custer. He knew bin when he distinguished biinself, as in the army of the Potomac, under McClellan, and with Sheridan in the Shenandoah Valley, when be commanded a division of cavalry and Was at the head of a corps. A SKETCH OF GENERAL CUSTER [From the Chicago Tribune, July 7.] Personally Custer was one of the most s| in the service, single glance of his piercing eye sutiiced to disclose the fighting spirit of the soldier who on maay a hard-toaght field had well earned the right to wear an extra aliow- ance of buttons and military braid if he chose. Custer was scarce less dashing a writer than he was soldier and wieldea the quill weil nigh as briliiantly as he did the sword, a8 bis contributions to the Galary attest. His paper on the battie of Hull Run, in which | he participated, was by all odds the most graphic ac. count that has been written of that engagement, and | presents the cleprest and most succinct statement of the cwuses that brought about the dis. aster of that day, and will doubtless take amor the historic annals of the war, ‘The proc ton which he issued to the Third cavalry division, which be commanded on the 9th of April, 1865, at Appomattox Court House, 18 so chai teristic of him’ as the soldier and aathor, and gives such an insight into the man himself, that we repro- duce it emtire:— GENERAL CUSTBR’S ADDRESS. “With profound gratitude coward the God of battles, by whose blessing our enemies have been humbied and our arms renoered triumphant, your commanding gen- eral avails himself of this t press to yon bis # which you have which to-day resulted in the surrender of the enemy ent m0, “The record estabitehed by vour indomitable courage is unparalleled im the annals of war. Your prowess has won for you even the respect and admirauon of your evemies. During the past six months, although in most insiances conironied by superior numbers, you have caplured trom the enemy, in open battle, ILL pieces of held artillery, sixty-five battle flags, and upward of 10,000 prisoners of noluding several general officers. Within the past ten days, and included in the above, you have cap: tured forty-six pieces of — fleld artillery and tirty-seven baitle fay You have ever lost n, never jost a color and have never been defeated; and noiwithstanding te Numerous engagements in which you have borne a promiient part, including wioxe mem- orable batves of tie Shenandoah, you have captured every piece of artilery which the énemy has dared to open upon you. The near approach of peace renders It improbabie that you wili again be called upon to un- dergo the fatigues of the toflsome mareh or the ex- posure of the vattie field; but shoule the assistance of to keen blades, wielded by'sturdy arms, be require hasten the coming of that glorious pence for whieh have been so Jony contending, the Gener ing is proudiy coulident that’ in the fat pust, every demand will meet with a hearty and willing Tesponse, “Let us hope that our work i done, and that, blessed with ihe eomiorts of peaee, We may be permitted to enjoy the piea-ures of bome and triends. For our comrades Who have fallen jet us cherish a grateful re- membrance. For the wounded, and ta thoga who lan- gtish in Southern prisons, let our heartiet sympathy be tendered. “And now, speaking for myself alone, when the war is onded and the task of te rian begins; wh: those deeds of during which have renderea the na bab! tame of the Third cavalry division imper Amoug the subslterus was probably Lieutenant Har. | are inscribed upon tho bright pages of our country’ The very Indians who begged | The | iking men | But he wos no stage soldicr, and a | ate | history, Tonly ask that my panic may be written as ‘that of the commander of the Th G. “Brevet Major General Commanding.” General Custer was merried im 1867, at Mopros, Mich, His wiie, who sbared with him the hardsnps of frontier life, is now at Fort Abraham Lincoln. Ho leaves no children. REMINISCENCES OF GEN. CUSTER. WAT HIS OLD COMRADES THINK OF HIM. [From the Chicago Tribune, July 7.} Captain Bautany—Tbe first time that 1 saw Custer was when we arrived at Hanover, on the march up from Fair‘vx Court House into Pennsylvania, Custer appeared here one night in command ef the brigade, whieh composed of the First, Filth, Sixth and Seventh Michigan, and First Vermont cavairy. Thi was in Juno, 1863 On the 3d of July we struck the Jefi, or very nearly the lett, of our army at Gettys- burg—the whole cavalry corps which was under com- mand of General Pleasanton, We struck Hunterstown within, I guess, eight miles from Gettysburg, just at dark, and Custer gavo us orders to charge down a little lane with one of those post and rat fences on each si le of the road, Seventy-tive of us charged aud twenty- two got back. Unfortunately 1 was not among them, for! was captnred, ana did not see the command again for twenty-two months, being sent to Richmond, ‘Suill we hit them severely, tor twenty-two dead wero picked up, every one sabred, The command per- foctiy idolized Custer, The old Michigan brigade adored its brigadier, and all felt as if he weighed about a ton. Major Drans—Custer was on MoClellan’s staff when he got his first star, As anderstand thero were sev- eral politicians who interested themselves in his behall and succeeded in giving him a cbauce, and he, like « man of génius, went on and improved it, I was cup- tain at that time when they gave him the rank of brig- adier and the command of the Michtgan brigade. Captain BaLLano—There was one thing about Cus- ter: he was always at the tront and never still, 1 believe that ho owed his marvellous preservation to that, He never was still, ho was always on the move, going Just to the Identical place where he was ieast expecied. Colonel Bince—At Trevelyan station, on tho 11th of June, Colonel Keop, with the First battalion and Major Dean, chargea and were captured. Custer rode up and ordered moe to close up and charge. He was quite excited. The rebels were in the weods, ard we cuarged and captured a colonel anda major. On that occasion his color vearer was shot, Tho rebels were around him, Hoe rode up and tried to get the staff out of the color bearer’s hauds, but he could not wrench it trom his grasp, so he stripped off the flug and shat if the rebels got that Hag they would get his body with i. We were right with lim of course. In the | Shenandoah Valley be also displayed a great deal of courage. At that ime you could always tell Guster and his men by their wearing long red neckties, Major Dean—Alfter tne batule of Yellow Tavern, atthe tine Wilson got lost, we goi down to Meadow Briage, which wus destroyed, the railroad bridge alone remain- ing. The regulars Lad the advance and they were skirmisting. sheridan ordered them back and sent the Michigan brigade down to build the bri Custer was walking on the railroad track and 1 was walking my hor#o on the road im front of the regiment, when he sung out, “Major, you are not going to swim the river, are yout”? I said, “No; Lam going lo ride as lar as 1 can and get down to the river and dismount,” The boys were going across the railroad bridge, At this moment Gordou's battery plumped a shell inte the viteh, and itexpioded, 1 got covered with mud, and Coster remarked, “Well, tant 18 pretty hot tur us, Major, but we will get them out of that pretty soon,” und 1 noticed we did tl, As brave a thing us ever 1 saw Custer do was at Winchester, We tad been tighting all morting, and tinally came down und joined Averill, or, rather, be jomed us, We were ordered to murch aiong quietly. We coud bear fighiing three or tour tiles away, suddenly we were ordered to battalion front, and then again to form brigade line of battle, and we iormed our division in that way, Then we struck into « piece of woous, The rebel brigade was in there ekirmisin; CUSTKR NEVER PUT OUT SKINMISHERB; ho kept up a trot through the woods. When’ we came out oa the othor stde our line was two miles long, and Was us straight ws li ondre-s parade, My brigade came squaro on tbe left of the rebei intuntry, Just at the end of the New York brigade, with Averili’s division next. ‘The moment We gO out the bugles ordered a charge all along the line. We were then in column battaiion line ol baitle, The stune fences which we met, However, broke us badly im the charge. Custer got twenty yards ahend with pis color bearer right in among the rebel imiuntry, fhe color bearers horse was shot, but tue man was not hurt, CUSTER JUMPED OFF HI8 TORSE, picked up the man by the jacket collar aud his breeches, ewong him on tis own horsé, gave him a slap with his sabre, and sent him off to the reur, and was left there alone among the rebel iniantry; but you bet that we | got im there in about halt 4 minute, A little while aiter that 1 pwked up avout fifty mea from diflerent regiments. General Merritt” came along and asked what command that was. 1 said it was tbe First brigade, First division, He suid, “There are @ lot of stragglers down there; go and get them.” I charged wown a hue valley and picked ap about seveniy-live or eighty prisovers, Tbe rebei ne was refurmed on the hill and sivod there, bat did not fire. 1 began to think something was wrong. I thought I had all the prison- ers 1 coutd handle and started back jor the rear, The Sixth corps changed position aud came baek on the other side, and they bad ihe line on iar above them, 1 got away wita ball of my prisoners, As soon as | | got a receipt for them | started to join Custer, just as be was starting ou Lat jaxt charge, but I got vo chance to report. We Wentin with him on that charge. ie and Lowell had been begging Torbers to let them cbarge for alt an hour, Custer teil Torvert, “By God, | will charge any way.’’ | Says Torbert, “Ali right; make the charye and break | them up’! Says “Come, Loweil.’? beri, “No; Lowell cannot go."? manding ‘the regular brigaue, Custer started, dian’t have over 600 meu in our brigade, between 1,600 and 1,700 rebel infantry, with bail a dozen vrigadior aud major generals trying to reiorm them and get them into line. ‘The rebeis saw us mak- | img the charge and turned two batteries trom the fort on the Lill upow us and gave us an enfilading fre until we gol in amoug the infantry. We bad 075 prisoners | and ve stands of colors out of that crowd. Captain BaiLakp—When Custer made a charge he wag | the Urst sabre that struck, tor be was always abead, Major Dkaxg—I remember aremark be made when he was riding aloug and 1 reported that { had returned so many prisoners to the division provost marshal, He slapped me on the shoulder and said, **Major, this is | the builiest cay since Christ was born.” He was so | pleased to think of those prisoners and flags. One of the latter was the Stonewall Jackson Brigate battle- flag, imseribed “Winchester One and Iwo.” He could not coutain himsell, He never asked the boys to goateud. He aiways said Come.” Captain HaLLARD- Never. Coiwonel Birox—He never would hold bis men under fire where they wonld be shot down. If they could charge, he would draw his sabre aud Jead them, He we We charged Colonel Bmox—Custer kopt our brigade from the | time Elon Farnsworth was killed at Gewysburg up to | the 19h of September, 1864, Then, alter the Guttie of | the Wilderness, bis gallantry there aud the prisoners | he took, maue him a brevet major general, aud he was | put in command of the Third division, and commanded | to the end of the war. The Michigan’ brigade has the | creait of winning tis eecond star, Che men tollowed | bim antl be was made major general and took highor rank. Captain Bartarp—Th aS A strong feeling of deep indignation w the winds of 418 old voiunctecr command | at the way in which be has been served sivee the war | closed, We always thought that the way in waich ne | was used was a crying shame, | Colonel Breas—Every member of his brigade, and | of the Paird cavairy division, tees the same way. Major Deaxn—Custer told me once how he got nis cap- taincy, He Was then lieutenant on McCictian’s stall. AL We time they were lying on the Chickabominy, and contd aot find any ford to cross the river, ne went out with the Clue! Engineer on Mevipiiaa’ stall on a recon- noissance, They got up in a cornteld where, looking across (he river Custer said, “I don't want to do this unless | have an order; vat you give mo an order to gu to that ditch whieh runs through the cornfield and I ve eve Lean go clear down to the river.” They knew that the revel pickets were on the other side of the siream, The General hesitated, and finally said, i you wantio.”” Custer dodged into the diteh and started. The next thing the Genoral saw he was hail He found that the sand along and made a bar out into the stream, Caster was op io bis armpits, with bis revolver in his hand, wading across the river, The General dared now mako any ise, bat tried to catch his eye to beekon him back. er went across the river to the edge of the woods, nearly io the tine of pickets and im sight of their cainp. He took some paper, maie a diagram of al) he could se and then waded back with bis sketch, jd handed it 10 the Chief Engineer, who raid he would put him under arrest, or rathor would bave McClellan to do #0. They Kot across the river. About two days alier that, 1 | think, be was ordered to the General's pre: nad presented with his captain’s commission, That 1s the way he got it. CURTRR'S PERYONAL APPEARANCE. Captain BaLtaRv—When i Oret saw bim he was about six feet one inch in Beight, amooth-laced, except for (he tong mustache, and with Jong golden hair hang- ing on Dis shoulders lor abouta foot or cightern inches, When he was riding it was aiways flowing in the wind. He generally wore a biack velvet jacket and tight binck 4 he gen- velvet breeches, top-boots and long spars erally rode a horse that was tully the b of nis size, He wore the insignia of rank on | sleeve, oulder, He wise wore a wh | slouch hat, and was @ very striking jooking man. He | was one of those m when you saw him pass at | a gallop, you instinctively turned to look at again. | Colonel iixer-When he dismounted he always threw himself down flat on his breast to rest, I have seen him ao 't hundreds of times Major Deayk—i never saw any man bat him who could jump apon his ieet trom the flat position without geting on his knees He was very active, One notice able thing about bim was that bi the front, and were always on the best of bim. A private coaid talk to him as freely as an officer, I! he bad any complaint to make Cnster was always ready to iisien, siutied it in bos shirt bosom, and made the remark | Just ag 1 came up | heard | tym, and would follow him through anything They | never went back on him nor the men. We have been tm some as light places as troops ever were in, bat he always got us ont Major DxaAne—Genera! Sheridan told me once that if | they Kot wa tighs place they all wanted to seo Custer and the Mich gan brigade, That was just betore the battic of Winchester, and be was speaking of Custer the Michigan men. nel BixGx—The Third cavalry division, whieh he comm iided from 1564, leit just the same way as the old brizade. Captun BaLLarv—[ don’t suppose any man in the Eastern army had those peculimr qualities of mind and heart and dash that Custer possessed. He was per- fectly endeared to his men. Colonel Bikgk—At night he was riding with as all the time, talking to us telling bow to build breasiworks and everything of that kind, and tuking right hold of the rails him; Major Dkawsx—INat was 4 gallant thing at Trevelyan, the time Waae Hampton charged on Woodrul!’s xection of our cavalry. I was talking with Woodrull, and some Of the officers thought the light Was pretty neurly over in that quarter. But I thought differently, [saw a cloud of dust and | said to Woodruff, There are sume more of those internal fellows coming. Give them a dusting.» Woodrafl said, “No, they are all right.” I said, “Not much,” and while talking there came a gust of wind which lifted the dust, and there, within sixty rods of us, was HAMPTON COMING PULL UPON US. Woodruff swung the battery round and gave them a dusting 1 dashed for Custer, aud told bim that Gen- eral Hampton would have our guns, We rallied prob- ably fifty men, who were mounted beadquarters me: whom we had picked up where we could Sud tbem— for all the others were dismounted—and we dashed down just as Hampton bad the guns, having driveo away the gunners. They drove ws back at first, but, after about ten minutes’ fighting, Woodruft limbered up his guns, got therm away and we left, Deaxk—Ail the regimont except those head- ere dismounted, —I have sven Custer sit on the fleld at 1 elsewhero and laugh at the soldiers who were dodging the bails. I was told by u rebel that at Winchester rm A WHOLE COMPANY WAS DETAILED TO SHOOT OURTRR, Dnt that he never flinched, and sat on bis horse and looked at them, Major Deans—Tho rebels all knew Custer and his Captain Bantarp—Yes, ag well as wo did, Major DkaNn—At Petersburg once 1 bad’ to post the pickets at the left. The third New Jersey Hussars— New Jersey Butterflies they used to be called, their uniforms were covered with yellow lace—had been there and had begun picket firmg and got driven back, When we went out there | was ordered to re- place the line i the old post, We went about a quar. ter of a mile through the heavy timber, and when [ came out to the open field I got'where the horses had stood and [ asked the New Jersey officer, “Is that where your line was)? He said ‘ex; Dut you are not going out there, You will get shot.” I rode out with my company and up to about ten rods from the encwy, One of them stuck his bead ont and sa.d:— + S¥OU-CUNS CUSTER'S BRIGADE? 1 said “Yes.’’ About a minute afior he stuck his bead | out again and said, “We ’uus won't shoot it you ‘uns Teaid, “All right; we won't unless you do,’? I pat my line on and they stayed without being io- lested. We were there three days and nights and not aahot was tired. They had a wholesome respect ior Custer’s brigade. L could hear the boys chatting back and forth. They were curious to know about our guns | that we loaded ‘a the morning and shot all day. Cuptain Bai.Lanv—Those were Spencer carbines, The ge was thrown into the chamber by a movement thumb on the trigger xuard. When we th gun up it jooked like ve toa salute, and they said that every Lime we fired we came to a salute and then shot again. [see some of the papers say be was married in Otio, He married the daughter of Jadge Bacon, of Monroe, Mich, 1, was soon after be got nis first star, about December, 1863, 1 know his wife was with him when we were encamped at Stevenkboro, Colonel Bikak—He was called “The Boy General with the golden Jocks.” He was very young looking. Captain BaLLanp—Ho always displayed excellent Judgment in hanchng bis troops He was aiflereut | trom Kiipatrick, who was rash. Is standing order was, “Charge, God damn them,’ whether they were five or lye thonsand. Colonel Bincr—He always displayed a great deal of bravery, but I don’t think that you could call it rasb- ness. fie never took his men in any placo where they couldn't get out, Major Dkaxx—L remember the last time f saw him, I was at the hotel where be was and was looking at his stagbound, and he caine up and said, ‘How do you do, Major?’ ‘And I sald, “General 1 didn’t suppose you would know mo." He said, “I guess there are none of igan brigade boys whom I wouldn't know x hence.’ He said it didn’t make any diflerence what the odds were or what the place he got ito he knew that his men were going to follow him, and that gave him confidence to do things which he would not have «done if he had not known what his men would do. Tho Michigan brigade, he said, bad made his reputation. Colonel Bince—Some ealled him rash and they are saying now that Custer ought to have known better than to nave charged when be did, But that is all bosh, He had just as much judgment as any mun. Captain BaLranb—L guess when we get to the bottom ts it will be found, if the truth ever can be arrived that some of there old men were jealous of him and afraid ot his popularity. Major Dxays—l know one thing, Lam satisfied Cus- tor never would have charged under this command un- Juss he bud been deceived as to the force of the enemy. Captain BALLARD—L am satisfied that it was some- body else's fault—that bo was not properly supported, for insiance, Major Deaxe—Ho has been among those Indians long enough to know them and therr way of fighting. Cotonel Bince—H was one of those mon who never wanted to go back; butit was not rashness, but gal- lantry. dle was ALWAYS WANTING TO GO IX, If he saw the enemy he wauted to fight him. what he went for He would rather be in a batt! out. He was not rash like Kilpatrick, Captain BaLLano—A different make-up altogeth: Major Deaxk—On tho 28th of May, at Hawes’ Field, or Shiloh, as it is sometimes called, about noon wo were ordered to mount and neve down the road about five miles and take position bebind a battery, We were thea ordered to the tront, They were suelling us with two batteries, and we jost a number of men and had @ great many horses killed. We formed in an ing up to the woods, and Custer ordered The rebel line was no more than ten rod@ {rom that piece of woous; the New Jersey brigade Was tn it, between us ond the rebels. the builets were coming in & porfect hail storm. Custer rode ap on bis horse with mis sin and stood and looked cn, paying 00 more attention than :f there were no rebels there, When the ume came for us to go in he gave the order:—‘Give three cheers, boys; jump that fence, ana then give trem hell.” We bad not gone four rods in the woods when we struck the New Jersey brigade. The rébdel line wos not more than five rods from our men. 8 we got in Butler's South Carolina troops came in to reiniorce them, They naa Knfelds and y, had Spencer car- dines. We went in 900 strong, an\ it was the only fight 1 was in where I saw NO FLINCHING OR BKULKING WHATEVER, We drove them back and had twelve killed and twenty- one wounded, vight of whom died before night. The rebel regiment in front of us lett 273 on the ground, Colonel Binak—One thing about Custer, he never got under sheiter in battle. He was periectiy uncon. cerned about danger. Major Duaxy— fat day that I was speaking of ho rat on horseback and joked’ into the woods while that storm of bullets was going by and paid no attention to them whatever. The Captain Moylan called Custer’s brother-in-law was really married to a Miss Calhoun, sister of 1, tenant Colonel Calhoun, who was married to Custer’s sister. Captain T. W, Custer, his brother, was brevet lea- teuant colonel of ihe Seventh cavalry. CUSTER'S PERSONAL APPEARANCE AND FAMILY. His personal appearance was aingular, Colonel New- hal), who wrote “With Sheridan tn Lee’s Last Cam- paign,” deseribes him thus:—‘Custer of the golden | jocks, his broad sombrero turned up from bis hard. bronzed face, the ends of his crimson cravat floating over his showiders, gold galore spangling bis jacket. sleeves, a pistol in his boot, Jangling spurs on his hecis and a ponderoas claymore swinging at his side, a wild dare-devil of a general, and # prince of advanee guards, quick to see and act”? Custer was passionately addicted to active and excrt- ing sports, as the tort and hunting. He was a splendid horsemen and a lover of the horse; he attended many American race-meetings, and ran his own horses several times in the West, His greyhounds and staghounds went With hit, at the head of his regiment, to be let | slip at antelope of buftalo. With rile or shot-gun he was equally expert, and had Killed ins grizzly bear in the most approved fashion. He wrote of what be did a8 well ana picturesquely ashe did it, and the fact of his being a “writing generai’” probably conduced to his aupopul certain ificial ciret Hts last work, tnterrapted by tis death, was tie “War Memotrs,"' published in the Galaxy’ for April-June, giving place tn the July number (o a churacteristic sketch of askirinish with the Sioux on the Yellow. atone, The Gaiazy, to be pulilished next month, the Seplember number, contains an article written by hin a a His Inst campaign against the Sioux, Ina nove It was shag o anying the manuseript, be tays;—'» arched filty miler yesterday.” Young as he was, Custer was second in tho list of Heutenant color His wile is the niece of Senator Christianey, of Michigan, gnd the warm friend of Ciara Morris, brother, Captain ‘iho W, Onster, en- tered the army if 1866, beeom:ng ca major and lwatenant colonel by brevet, March 2, 1 Another brother Was attached to the staff in a civilian capacity, CUSTER AND SiCBRIDAN, In the final campaign betore Kichmond, Custer con- verted the battle of Dinwiddie Court Hoase from an impending rout into an aetual victory. At Five Forks his division was first in crosting tho works of the enemy. At Sailor's Creek, wien two unsuccessiul attempts had been mado to delay the enemy's retreat, Sheriddn cried out, “i wish to God old Custer was here; he would have’ ben into the enemy's train sore this time," (Custer was twenty-live—sheridan ten years his senior.) What followed is thus deseribed m “Ohio wm the War:’—°A cordingly, ‘oid Custer's’ division Was ordered into the fight. Tue men charged gallantly, and actually leaped their horses over the breastworks. Lieutenant T. W. Coster, the General's br ther and ad (also killed at the Little Horn), war among the first to enter the works, which he did in the manner described, He snatched a rebel st its bearer and received a Miave ball throu, and neck. He, however, retained down tile opponent with a pistol, The a Jarge number of wagons, captured PPLEMENT. : cluding seven zeveral officers, among them Custis Lee, a son of Rover. mmes, brother of pirate Semmes, aud ¥ the batéle Custer was riding up to General who was surrounded by his stat and frank, when the latter and ail his stall, with caps Waving, proposed three cheers tor Custer, Which were given with a will.” (From the Gineipati Times.) The fate of General Custer is sadly felt here, where bis brother, Brice W,, has lived tor inany years, Bos- sged twenty-t e master, wad Thomas, & aot, weed twenty . both unmarried, are the brothers killed. law killed was a captain, and 18 the busba eueral Custer’s only sister, ‘who, with Mrs Custer, are with the expe dition, Mrs Custer was the ‘only child of Judge Michigan, where the parents of . His parents are old and tee. ble, both being upward of seventy. Lis mother aud all the tamtly were vevotedly attached to the General and nis awiul death will doubtless kill bis mother, As & von, he honored his father and mother to the full let- lor aud spirit of the law givenon Monut Sina, — But, alas! his days Were not as jong iu the land as « navion hoped they would be. Me bad ro children, His brother-in-law had no children, Mrs would leave her husvand. She had trav with him oa a pony, slept with him in ambuiances ana intents, to be near bim. When duty calied him to bat- tle her distress was next to the bottomless depths of anxiety uniil be returned. THE NEWSPAPERS ON CUSTER. Baltimore Gacette:—**The war was caused by the ox tortions and crueities and robberies of Grant's Indian Ring, and then the daring and intrepid Custer was sent with his siender band into the jaws of destruction. Grant sowed the seeds of war and Custer reaped the harvest of death.” Baltimore Sun:—“While breaking our pledges with the Indians and in various ways exasperating them to vindictive retaliation, we have put arms into their hands and furnished them with ammunition to slaughter our troops and massacre our people in the outlying frontier settlements,” Newburyport (Mass.) Heraid:—‘The Indians have been swindled and exasperated by our agents, and whenever they huve been justly treatea they have been friendly. When they have been swindled aud abused they have revenged themselves with the most barbarous cruelty."? Witinirgion (Del) Herald:—“General Custer was an honorable, brave soldier, He appeared in Washington before an investigating committee and ‘urnished evi- dence barruwing to some of the President's plans, For this he was reduced in rank and another appointed to take chief command of an expedition that he lost hia life in, So, although humiliated by the President, he g0es to his grave clothed in the honor of a brave man who died at his post,” Chicugo Courier:—Dead men tell no tales, Custer will taake no further revelation cf ‘crookednoss’ in the War Office. Grant rent him West and the Sioux have effectually closed his mouth.’ Jersey City Argus:—‘Tie attempt to make him re- sponsible for tho disaster may be fitly characterized as conduct unbecoming a soldier and a gentleman,” Elizabeth (N. J.) Aerald:—*'Can the act of the admin- istration to invading the Black Hills country and wag- ing war upon tho Sioux be justified? If not General ‘Grant is clearly responsible for the terrible tate which has befalien tho gallant feliows who, at his command, have marched to an inglerious death, with no palpable object except to produce a sensation (or political effect. ” Chicago Courier:—The crime ts not with the men in the ranks; :t is not with the brave officers who led them on (o death; b.t it is with a corrupt administra. tion that sacrifices the lives of brave men upon the altar of political and personal preference ana promo- tion,” St. John's (N. B.) Telegraph:—"General Custer, who was probably the most experienced Indian fighter in the United States army, was recently deprived of his command over all the jorces in tho Indian country— apparently for no better reason than that he was a wit- ness against Belknap—and reduced to the command of acavairy regiment. The operations against the Sioux have not prospered very much sinco that time, although the change in the command of the army may have had no influence upon the result. Yonkers (N. Y.) @azetle:—*'In a fit ot spite Presi- dent Grant degraded General Custer, who, ina post- tion where he would not ctherwise have been, was massacred at the head of the Seventh regiment of cavalry by the Sioux Indians on the 26th of June, The entire command ehared the tate of their dashing leader, Nonght but contempt can be felt for a Presi- dent through whose Jealousy and petty pique we are indebted for this murder of General Cus*er and Ifis brave soldiers.” Richmond (Va.) State:—'For the gallant soldier who fellat the bead of his men and for tho bold riders who perished thus ingloriously, we bave nothing but sorrow and indignant pity. For the wide-extended frontier of peaceful and undefended homes now open toa mereiloss foe, no man can have aught but com- miseration and sympathy. For the weak and foul bead of the country at Washington no measure of contempt and rebuke is too great, Home to Grant himself and his personal followers come all the guilt and all tho Bacon, of Monroe Ci General Custer also resi shame of this disgrace to our arms, loss to the coun- | try and danger to the irontier. New Brunswick (N. J.) Zimes:—“The only regret just men have 1s that the white thieves aro in Washington, and the white men to be slaughtered are innocent and have soldiery. The Indians snould at ence be placed under the management of the War De- partment, and un indefinite leave of ubsence bo given to the thieves who have been plundertug the Indians under the so-called peace policy. Boston Advertiser:—‘The loss of heroic men like Canby and Custer is only a part of tho penalty we have to suffer for our own cruel indifforence to justice in our treatment of a proscribed and desperate race."’ Newark (N. J.) Journal:—*'Coming to ‘Custer, how has he been treated? Because, against his wishes, he obeyed a subpmna of Congress and gave evidence terribly damaging to Grant’s boloved Belknap and other bosom friends, Grant defied decency and pablic sentiment and degraded the gallant officer, stripped bim of tis command. Custer may have been rash, but back of the rashness, tmpelling it, indeed, was t ‘hoble desire to completely wipe out the stain sought to be put upon him by President Grant.” Baltimore Gazetie:—'Grant can’t beara high-spirited, honorable man, He tikes the Babcock type of soldier better, The same spirit that makes him shield and protect Bavcock, now that he ts known to be a rascal, made him send the gallant Custer back to his com- mand and deprive him of his well-earned post of honor out there.” Baltimore Sun:-—"The loss of such a man as Custer fs almost irreparable. He was a gallant and tntrepid soldier, and bis jong yellow hair floating tn the wind, like the white plume of Henry of Navarre, was the inspiration of the troopers whom he ted inte battle” Cincinnau Garette:—“For whatever other causes have helped to kindle this war, the gold-bunting in- vasion of the Black Hills country was the present occa, ston. In this regard our vacillating course has given the Indians cause to think that our treaties would not protect their rights in any lands which atiracted tho greed of even tho most jawless of our peopio,"” Albany Argus:—"The administration is justiy held responsible not only for the existing Indian war, but for the slaughter of Custer and his brave command.” Norloik Virginian:—‘‘ile was insulted by the Prost dent and subordinated in the command of this expe- dition, because in obediehce to a lawful summons be testified as to the corruptions of the post-traders and army suttiers, and it may be that it was the sting of this disgrace that sent him recklessly into the thickest of the charge trom whieh he never emerged.” Albany Argus: ‘Custer was degraded trom his com- mand beeause he went to Washington without leave and testified to the rapacity of the administration, Stung with the sense of unjast treatment the brilliant scholar and brave soldier offered up his life as a eacri- fice for the very country which had grown s0 sordid as not to appreciate his worth." — GEN, GIBBONS’ INDEFINITE IDEA. SITTING BULL'S LARGE FORCE. (From the Heiena (M. T.) Independent, Jane 27.} By a special courier despatched from Gibbou's com- mand four miles below tho mouth of the Rosebud River, intelligence was brought to the New Crow Agency, via Fort Peass, that General Gibbon was still on the Yellowstone River, and aged in no fight up tothe i4ih inst, the day the courier left the com. mand. General Gibbon himself writes to D. C. Corbin, of this city, as foliows:—“l am a Jong ways from my base, and do not know whether this (a letter) will get through. I bave beard nothing a8 yet trom Crook, nor do 1 know where he ts, Sitting Bull is in the Bad Lands with a large force, but has made no demonsira- tion against us.’ The joregoing totter, with other despatches, came with ‘outing party. There are no hostile Indians in any force on the Yellowstone, Ps REINFORCEMENTS FOR TERRY. Detroit, Mich., July 0, 1876. General N.S. Stanley, commandant at Fort Wayne, Colovel Bikas—Every man in his brigade worshipped | artillery, thirty-one battle flags and 0,000 prisoners, in- | near Detroit, bas this cveming recelyed orders irom the War Department to hold himself in readiness, depart with six companies of the Twenty-second ia~ faniry tor Fort Abraham Lincoln, there to unite with A special railroad train is im waiting, | General Terry. CAN. THE INDIANS BE TRUSTED? VIEWS OF CAPTAIN M'DONALD THE INDIAN TRAINER. Captain Charles E. S. MeDonala, ‘n conversation with 4 Heratp reporter yesterday, said that he arrived here last Sunday {rom San Francisco with ten Indians of the Western tribes, six of them being men and tour | women, The tribes represented are the Comanche, | Pawnee, Sioux, Simpseon (in the British possession), Modoc, Warm Spring, Queen Charlotte Island, Cape Flattery and Flathead, ‘These people bad been under bis care for eight or ten months, and the object of P: n McDonald in presenting these people here ia to show to the government and the people of the East that Indians taken promiscuously from the different tribes can be trained easily to obey the Jaws of civil ized government, The ages of Captain MeDonald’s Indians average twenty years, “Have any of your Indians been engaged in hny of the hunting parties from their tribe?” asked the ro. porter 3 “Yes, the Modoe was engaged in the war between his people and the governtuent troops, His brother was murdered in the wagon that was bringing in prifonera, You remember that the Modocs were advised to sure render themselves, aud while they were coming into camp fer that purpose they were met by ruffians and nearly all of them slaughtefed,’” What is the average intelligence of these people?” ‘The Modoc is stolid, indifferent, seeming to live within he is w great Indian, He cannot read or write; but all the others I havé taught to read and write and to know the rudiments of music, Since they have been taught to write they bave never missed a mailin writing to their friends and relatives at home. Of course thoy write to the Jndian agents”? “Do these Indians know anything about the presen Indian war and tho recent batties t”” “No, sir; they do not, Ihave avoided telling thens because it would intimtdate them.” “You say that you have trained them during the last eight or ten months and brought them toa certaim stago of ctvilization, How do they obey you?” “They are friendly and truthtul They never disoboy an order and are =trictly temperate, If I wanted one to watch for three nights 1 could rely upon any one of them for it”? “How long have you been among the Indians?” “about filteen years; but not continually, I have in California end have made myself all the tribes up to Alaska’? “From what you know of them do you think they would take up jarming it they were deprived of their guns and ammunition?” “1 think they would, But they belicve the art of arms most honorable, and they rush to arms asa Now. toundland dog does to water. If properly organized and trained to arm# they would be tar superior to. the Algerines in their achievements. They look upon me- chanseal labor as degrading; but 1 think if they were deprived of arms, aud it was made a crime to furnish them with guns or ammunition, the Indians would quietly and oxsily become farmers. What they can do with arms my men oan show, What they can do as farmers let the government demonstrate. “What is the impression on your mind relative to the agents of the Indian Bureau?” “Their whole desire 1@ to keop the Indians In igno- 0 keep them in degradation, in order to hold their o@cial positions, and im many instances they have been tho creators of war, In many instances the agents have issued supplies to the Indians and then swindled them all back by trading whiskey for those same supphes which were absolutely needed to keop starvation from thé lodges,” What is the character of the officers of the United States army at the fronuor posts?” “Without exception, as ter as I bave known them, they are honorable, high-toned gentlemen, 1ncapable of doing wrong,” ‘an you say as much of the troops and traders?” “Of course, In such a large body of men as there is now along the frontier posts there are many represene tutives of the criminal classes of Europe and the East- orn States. 1 know of a case where Indiana had bees called togetber by white men for a talk and then, whoa they bud assembled, the whites drew their revolvers and murdered all of them, It bas become almost second nature with the bordermen to insult the Indian women, and I have seen, myself, Indian women outraged before the eyes of their hnosbamis and the mon shot dowa who dared to interfere or complain, The Mortoc, as { said before, 1s dull and stupid. The and bright. Comanche with me 1s very apt He speaks good English, reads w noble fellow. We cal! him Sioux isa puzzle. Subtle in thought, full of nervous cunning and tricks, he will laugh in’ your face, and at the same moment take every aavantago of you, AB» Dation, they are the most dangerous of the Indiag | tribes.” The Pawnee aro noble in character and great .{riends* ot the Americans, The Sioux are theit natural enemies — nly three years ago 8 hunting party of Pawnees, numbering about 1,000, braves was attacked and annihilated by the Sioux while in camp at the close of thoir bunt, and their | women and children murdored. Then the Pawnees | Wanted permission and assistance from our govern~ | Ment to sweep the Stoux trom the face of the earth. | In a fight two Pawneos are equal to three Sioux. The | | Warm Spring Indians are very similar to the Mudoca, stolid and stupid. The Flathead, Cape Flattery, Simps- con and Queen Charlotte Island Indians are brave, | genorous, intelligent and easily civilized. With bat littie trouble they could be made producers for th: benefit of others, instead of being obliged at every turn of their heads to fight for their lives’? “Cap! what use would you suggest be made of the Invians ?"? “The first step would be to organize tho friondly Indians into regunenta, on the same priaciple as the French government with the Algerines and the British with the Sepoys, The time will come when you must call on the Indians to fight the Indians, and the mato rial at band ts far superior to that found by the Fre: io Algeria or the British in lodia.”” “Would yoo arm Indians and leave them in their own semtney just at the opening of an aggressive Indian war??? “No; do hey doin Europe. If there ts troub: in Ireiand the Scotch troops are sent there; if the trouble ts in Scotland Irish troops are sent Organize the friendly Indians and then transplant them: They glory in military duties and achievements, Make them proad of their organization and utiltze them where better men can be spared for better service. Let them be commanded by offk cers of iutelligence and sagacity, not by In dian agonts who will drive them to «desperation, Look at these men and the result of training for a tow months, I am not eaker, but Iam convinced that the American Indians have been imposed misrepresented until they have become mai their despair. nted to convince the Easter that the Indian is fesh and blood and deserving of | manly treatinent. {have satisfied the people of tho West. [could not convince the people by mouwtk music, so I took the Indians, taught them myself and have Drought them where everybody can sve them, In the banding of arms they are superv; in mannes gentle and respectiul and fai:htul as brothers and sisters: could be to me and to each other. Stop the villanour robberies and unholy murders by white scoundi anong the Indians and you will stop Indian ware without taking their arms from them; but if such things must goon then take away their guns. The idea in my mind may not be realized during my lif but, like a roiling ball of snow, gathering force an #olumo with ita progress, it will go on and on until the pation takes it ap and makes and. proves the American Indians the finest troops in the world, superior to the Zouaves of Africa!” CUSTER’S RED TIKMEN RALLY. New York, July 8, 1876, To tnx Epitor oF tix Henaip:— If there be any desire on the part of the government toond thia Indian .war I feel confident that if my ad vice be followed tho said question will be forever set ted, Thore are still living men enough who have had tho honor of fighting under his direction (and I gucsa many a rebel that fought against him as well) that will 1m one week enlist again to avenge the death of so gale lant a soldier and gentleman as was Goorge A. Custer, Let the tuct be known that tho services of all the old eavairymen who fought under him will be accepted by the government, and that they will bave the privil of cheosing their own officers, and in less time than ptated there will he men enoagh ready to forever settle this question. No orders or dictation to be given aller we get in the Indian country, and the matter aud the Lndians too will bo disposed of beyond resurrection, ‘The best Ind:an, General Sheridan swys, is a dead = and that t# the sentiment of ali who lave ever any experience with the treacherous devils, mr RED THE, WHAT SOLDIERS THINK OF GRANT. Naw York, July 7, 1878 To tim Eptror or THe Henan :— Resiaing some distance tn the country, in riding back and forth daily I have an opportunity of hearing hundreds of people express their opinions concerning the tte slaughter of the gaiiant Goneral Custer bie brave men, it is one ot universal sorrow, and the epest indignation at Grant and the cross mismunage- ment of the whole affair, The old soldiers, who after the war and during the first four years of bis ad- ration almost worshipped him as a god, now io him asa i. I would fully suggest to the historian that the history of this administration be uted om black in blood red lettors, my FIRST DIVISION, FIRST CORPS, THE GOVERNMENT TRIFLING, To Tur Eviron ov tnx Henato:— Knowing your kindness in printing the letters which are written to you I would ask you to print this for me, When I read of the death of General Custer I thought jt was @ shame that this country could Bog afford to send ont enow ig gd exterminate the Ie- bev goveroment ts Kes i & & Abame cram m el DES Venmual yamt, Oa - pray world of his own; glories in the feeling thas.