The New York Herald Newspaper, November 16, 1877, Page 5

WASHINGTON. | The Army Appropriation Bill as Passed by the Senate. IMPORTANT AMENDMENTS © ADOPTED. Continuance of the Financial De- bate in the House WR. KELLEY AS) INFLATION CHAMPION. Slow Motion of the Senate Committee in the Louisiana Case. The Deficiency Bill with tho President. FROM OUR SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT. Wasninoton, Nov. 16, 1877, THE LOUISIANA INATORIAL QUESTION—DEMO- CBATS BECOMING IMPATIENT. The democratic Senators begin to be impationt with the dilatory course of the Elections Committee tn the Spofford-Kellogg case, and in the caucus held this alternoon this was the subject of an informal con- Versation, Unless the committee reports this week it is probable that the democrats will conclude to make an effort carly next week to bring this case and thos of Hess, Eustis and Butler before the Sei This may be done by a resolution discharging the commit- tee from the further consideration of these three tases, This would be regarded as a somewhat peremptory proceeding, but a large pert of the demo- tratic Senators think that the committee has taken a Jong time to do very littie in the Spofford case, and that it is not propor to deprive Louisiana entirely and for an indefinite period of her coustitational represen- tation in one branch of Congress. THE NEW OOLLECTOB OF CUSTOMS AT NEW OR- LEANS—GENEBAL SATISFACTION ALL AROUND. Louisiana democrats regard the nomination of Mr. Effingham Lawrence to be Collector of New Orleans ‘With satisfaction, They say that so far the President's &ppointments in their State aro not of a kind to make @ break in tho democratic ranks, The straight-out @omocrats were uneasy for a time leat the President should make euch a selection tor the ederal offices in Louisiana as would have made a division in the conservative party and have earried a largo and influential class over to the republicans, They say that they no longer fear thia, Collector Lawreace is an old citizen and property owner in Louisiana, His appointment Ys thereforo unobjectionabie, and the removal of King, his prodecessor, gives great satisfaction. Sut, from a Political standpoint, the Louisiana democrats say itis allright for them, as it leaves their party unbroken, Mr. Lawrence is treasurer of the Republican State Central Committee aud was a Warmoth man. > FROM OUR REGULAR CORRESPONDENT, | Wasuinotox, Nov, 15, 1877. WHE ARMY APPROPRIATION BILL IN THE SENATE, Army officers call attention to the fact that the Benate Committee on Appropriations has reduced the Army Appropriation bill some thousands of dollars, “notwithstanding that the strength of the army is kept Bt 26,000, thus showing that tho committee bas prac- ‘used economy while adding to the army as compared ‘with the estimates of the House, THE MEXICAN AWARDS ALLEGED TO BE BASED tS ON FRAUD, The subcommittee of the Foreign Affairs Commit- toe, which is charged with an investigation of the propriety of arresting the Mexican awards to Wel) and to the La Abra Mining Company, will give a hear ing on Saturday morning next, at ten o'clock, to aly parties desirous of presenting arguments for or against these awards, EXPENDITUBES IN THE NAVY. Tho House Committee on Expenditures in the Navy Department met to-day, when it was agreed that a sub-committee should be appointed to inquire into the Jaws relating to expenditures in that department, The committee will probably consist of Messrs, Carlisle and Hubbell, and the work of the whole committee ‘will not begin until the regular meeting of Congress. THE BAR OF THK HOUSE—A PALING TO BE ERECTED OUTSID'S THE DESKS OF MEMBERS. The special committee appointed by the Speaker to consider a resolutivn as to tho expediency of baving a paling placed on the outside of the desks of the mem- bere are ready to report and will recommend the orec. tion of @ barrier three feet high, about eiglieen Inches from tho rear of the outside row ot seats, The object in making the railing 40 low is that it may not be used for leaning and jounging. the attention of the commitiee boing called to the fact that it would be used as a seat it bad been determined to have the rail of brass and picketed the whole Jougth. it willthen be denominated whe bar of tho Hoase, within which every member must be when Le auswors to his name on roll call. CONTROVERSIES BETWEEN COMMITTEES OF THE HOUSE. The controversy between the House commitiees on Railways and Canals, Commerce and the Mississippi River, as to what bills shall bo lerred to them re- Bpectively, bas boen referred to tne Committee on Raios, to decide what ts the scope of labors of each committee, SENATOR GORDON’S RE-ELECTION ASSURED. Sepator Gordon says thet the point has been passed wt which any doubt can be reasonably entertained of us re-election to the United States Senate, From latest information received by him the indications are #hat be wili bo unanimously elected. ‘The opposition to him has almost entirely disappoared or is, at least, Hot demonstrative, a von GENERAL WASHINGTON DESPATCHES, Wasuixatox, Nov. 15, 1877. AMOUNY OF COIN AND BULLION IN THE THKASURY—STATEMENT OF THE SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY, In response to a resolution of the House of Repre- Sentatives the Secretary of whe Treasury to-day trane- mitted to that body a statement of tho amount of coin and bullion in the Treasury at the close of busi- ness on October 31, 1877. The amounts are given as follows :— Gold coi a 1 the Treasury, 101,486,904 49 8,58 092 25 Gold bullion (e + 8,700,000 00 Bilver ballon imated) iu Mints..... 9,0V8,337 ot Suver coin io Treasury, sub-treasuries and minta.. seeeeeress 2479, 40 Total coin and bullion sees $LL7,261,181 48 There aro alsy po hand counted aa coin the follow- ing:— Fractional currency redeemed tn Corn certiticatessin Freasury off Coin interest, coupons ana checks paid Notes of putional gold banks, reducing ver —_ $49,626 20 146,420 00 870.096 69 virculation, &c..., 8,423 06 Silver coin, &., in transi, 449,233 83 Making a grand total o $135,660, 680 05 ‘Lhe coin balance of the Treasurer's general account, as per October debt statement, was $1,022,343 94, The differoneo between this balance and’ the grand towl above slated |x accounted tor by sundry ems, such as outstanding gold checks, amounts in bands of disbursing Ollicers, and the coin aad coin items re ceived at certain offices, but not charged out of ace counts ot officers making remittances, The amount of gold ands) comand bullion pominaily “on baud’? as above ($117,251,181 48) 1s reduced by the ANCO jn transit” ($449,235 82) and by the difference of bul ance of remistances, $1,483,051 36, showing that the ectoal acount of coim and bullion on hand is 363 95. ount is subject to draft for the following awounts and purposes:—" Debts contracted prior to 1861, matured apd interest thereon uppaid fem Called bonds matured 187] und subso- $268,820 92 quently and unpaid interest thereun,. 27, i0i,):1 67 Interest due and unpaid 3,074,000 14 Coin certificates outstanding, — les: amounts held in coin items... ..... 16,101,780 00 Disbursing officers’ accounts, checks outstanding, &e. ap raarecsestee, ROGERS 9) This being deducted from tbe coin and bullion ac- tually on hand, leaves a balance of $65,913,586 14 Of the above amount’ there in silver coin apd (esti- mated) silver bullion $8,477,614 74. The net amount of available gold coin '# and (estimated) gold bul- hon 1a, therefore, $57,436,071 42 Ab accompanying letter trom United States Treas urer Gildllan explains that tn the first portion of this statement sliver coin and bullion are included, because the coin balance of the Treasury is made up of silver and coin, vecause the coin and bullion im the “bullion tund,” which is a part of the balance, cannot be given in detail with accuracy exceptat she annual mint etutement, which takes Place in July, as the bullion containing tho silver ta Rot separated Inthe section portion of the si ment the accrued interest is aot charged aguinst the gold coin in the Treasury, for the reason that, vot being due, it ig nota demand obligation, but will be met it becomes payable from time to time by coin receipts of the government The statemont ts made agof the slst of October, because thus ie the date upon which the last statement of balances was siruck and the latest most convevient dato for tho consolidation of returns received trom the various assistant treasurers, 4 TRIBUNAL 10 SETTLE ISSUES ARISING IN TH CHOICE OF ELECTORS FOR PRESIDENT AND VICK PRESIDENT. i The joint resolution offered in the Senate to-day by Mr. Baton, amendatory of the constitution of the United States, provides that the following article be proposea to the Legislatures of the several States as an amendment to section 1, article 2 of the constitu- tiou of the United States, which, when ratified by three-fourths of said legislatures, shall be valid as part of the said constitution, viz. :—~ A tribuoal for the decision of all contested issues arising in the choice of the Electors of President and Vice Presideut shall be appointed in each state in the following mauner:— Not less than twelve months prior to the time fixed by law for the choice of Klectors the Governor of each State shall, by and witn the advice and consent of the Senate of the State, appoint not less than tive persons learned in the’ luw and otherwise duly qualified, to whom shail be referred, im such manner asthe Législature of the Staie shall direct, ali casos of contested election arising in reference to Electors of President and Vice President. Whe tri- bunal so constituted shall hear and determine every such contest, and certify, at least thirty days belore | the day upon which the electors shall be called upon to give their votes, their decision to the proper re- turning officer or officers of the State, and also trans- mit an authenticated copy thereof, under the seal of the State, to the President of the Senate, ‘The term of office of said tribunal shal! expire upon the day fixed by law for the outh of office to be taken by the President and Vice Pregideut of the United States for the term ensuing after their appointment. THE PARIS EXHIBITION—ACTION O¥ THE HOUSE COMMIITRE ON MR, HEWI?T'S BILL, The House Committee on Foreign Affairs to-day agreed to recommend the passage of Mr. Hewitt’s bill to provide for American representation at the Puris Exposition with a few amendments, the only one of special interest being the omission of the clause mak- ing provision tor a display of the various methods of cooking corn, The bill, as now agreed upon, propo: @ total appropriation of about $160,000, Governor Swan, chairman of the committee, will endeavor to bring it before the House for action to-morrow. The committee algo this moruing heard an argument trom Dr. Wines, of Boston, in favor of action to pro- vide for American participation in tho International Prison Congress to be beld at Stockholm next year. DUTIABLE CHARACTER OF BALLAST—LEITER ¥ROM SECBETARY SHERMAN TO COLLECTOR ARTHUR, The Secretary of the Treasury to-day addressed tho following letter to the Collector of Customs of New York, with regard to the dutiable character of ballast betore permitting lauding To THe CoLLKCTOR oF u ter of ballast betore permitting landing of the same, 1s attended with great “inconvenience to parties interested, and without conferring any special advan- tage upon the revenue. Your reportot the 4:h of Juno last,states your objections to granting a request of parties interested fora modification the ex- isting practices upon the ground that tho cous cession would put upon an inspector in charge of an importing vessel the duty imposed vy law upon the United Stat Appraiser of deter- wining the value, of ballast. I under- stand that tn vory few if any cases has any duty been coliectod upon bailast which parties bave claimed was of no mercantile value. Upon a thor- ough examination of the causa the department pre- scribes the following regulations where claim is made that the ballast on board s vessel 1s of no mercantile value :— An affidavit setting forth such claim, describing the ballast and stating that it is of no wercantilo value, shall be required [rom the owner or master of tbe vessel, ould such affidavit show that the ballast ‘9 of ordivary cbaracter, woich is not imported a8 = merchandise, = = permit will thereupon be Issued tor the discharge of the ballaat. ‘The inspector in chargo of the vessel will be required to make an examination, and if be finds tt to be or- dinary ballast, not possessing any appreciable mercan- tie value, it will be discharged without tue formality of issuing ab order for appraisement vy the Appraiser. The inspector will make @ written report of the action takea [In ewch case. Should avy fraud upon the revenue be committed or attempted to be committed under color of these regulations you will please report the facts in the case to the department. Very respectfully, JOHN SHUKRMAN, Secretary. PROCEEDINGS OF CONGRESS, SENATE. Wasutxarox, Nov, 15, 1877. ‘The Vico Prosident laid before the Senate a commu- Bication from the Secretary of the Interior tn response to the Senate resolution of the 14th inst, in regard to Jands granted to tho Northern Pacific Railroad Com- pany. Roferred to the Committee on Railroads, PASSAGR OF THE DKVICLENCY BILL, Mr. Sanouyt, (rep.) of Cal, from the Committee on Appropriations, reported, without amendment, the House bill to provide for certain deficiencies in the pay of tho Navy and Marino corps, ana for other pur- poses, and {t was passed without discussion, Tne bill bow goes to the President for his signature. Mr. Earoy (dem.), of Conn., submitted a jotnt reso- Tution proposing an aineudment to the constitution of the United States 80 4s to provide for the creation by the State of a tribunal for the decision of all contested 1g in the choice of electors for President aua Vice President. Referred to the select commitsce having in cbarge the stave of the jaw in regard to | Preaiduttal eloctions, | THB NAVAL OBSERVATORY, | Mr. THURMAN, (dem.) of Unio, submitted a resolu- ton instructing the Committee on Naval Affairs to in- quire into the propriety of removing the Naval Obser- vatory in Washington City to w more eligible sie in the District of Columbia, necessary cost of butldings, ko. He sont to the Clerk” kK and had read a veuter | trom Proteasor Stone, of the Cincinnati Observatory, in regard to the unhealthy locality occupied by the Naval Observatory tn this city, and stating that uo other insuitution Was doing more for scieves than tho Naval Observatory; that the buildings were not fire- proot and the persons engaged there bad their health | Impaired, Toe resolution was THR ARMY Bt The tnorming hour baving expired, sumed the consideration of tue untinisued business, being the House bill making appropriations jor tie apport of the army tor the fiscal year ending Juve 80, 1878, and lor olor purposes, Mr. Winpom, (rep) of Minn., chairman of the Com mittee On Appropriations, in explanation of the vill, said the Lotal amount appropriated, a# it cxme trom the House of Kepresentatives, was §26,763,000. Tue Sen: (@ Committee on Appropriations bad reduced the amount $100,500, The total amouut appropriated by | the Army bil for the past year was $25,087,167 iG the Regular Army bil and’ $1,684,700 1a @ spewial | Cavairy oil, making & bolt Of $27,621,567, A de ficiency of $200,000 was provided for’ at the Inst sea. sou, and another defeiency of $1,200,000 was esu- mated for, Whether the amuunts reported in the bill now velore the Senate were suilicient for the entire expenses of the army remained to be seen, The Com- mitvee oo Appropriations did not deem tt advisable to delay the passage of the bili by any amendments which might be provided for in a deficiency bill beret de then expiaived the amend- menta reported by (he Committee on Appropriations, and said jt Was deemed vest Lo sirike out of the House | bill toe clagse requiriug four cavalry regimeuts to be | recruited to 100 men in cach company and be em- ployed in the defence of the Mexican and Indian frou- tier of Texas, Lhe committee believing that the Pres! dent would give ali necessary provection to the Texan frontier, Ma, BECK ON THK ARMY. Mr. Becx, (dem) of Ky., said he proposed to for the mousy appropriated by this bill, He beliewed | it to be the duty of the Senate to do so; but agreud | with the Chairman of (he Committee ou Appropria+ ons tm striking out of the House bili the clause re- quiring the President to keep a number of troops at a given point. He believed 1t was the daty of the Commaader-in-Chiof of the army to order the dis position of troops, and not the duty of Congre: 0 desired to state, however, that the bill | trial discourse, NEW YORK HERALD, FRIDAY. NOVEMBER 16, 187 word to use in the Senate, suid he, but it expresses my idea. As it 1s HOW proposed to organize the army by th) louse bill We would bave 17,463 men tp the artillery and cavalry regime jeaving 2,537 men for the infantry, or about one nuodred men to a regiment or ten men to a company, while th Statutes provided that each company shall hav, een DON-comM- (Laughter,) This the way the thing went to the country, Sure! dom in legislation of (his sor, He did not make any Opposition to appropriating the money, dub it Senators would examine the Army Register for the present year they would dod we bag 2,151 there was 00 wis- commissioned officers, The stall officers jone numbered 563 The pay of a soldier was $13 a month or $156 a year, while the pay of command- with his aliowances for quarters, horses, d $17,000 per annum, or more bhi aregiment of men, A colonel in the army receivea as much asa whole company of men. He hoped the committees of tue Seaute and House of Representatives would iook Into the organizavion of the army vod put i 16 some shape wuere it would not be ridiculous He did not meao to make wur on the officers. Ou the covtrary, te would give all those bow hepeing around Washington empivymeut in car- ing for the Indians, as he always believed in the man- agement of the Indians tarough the War Department. Mr. SARGENT, Of California, inquired if the senator (Mr. Beck) did not think tt woala ve well to bring up (he inexpensive part of the army to some eflicient Wanted the frontier thor- oughly guarded and protected, and he was willing to do all that was necessary for that purpose. if em- ployment could not be found ior officers, let them ro- Ure to the walks of private life, He hopeda pian for the proper organization of the army would be brought forward at the next session, when proper deliberation could be had. Mr, Tuukmas, of Ohio, inquired if the amendment proposed by the Committee on Appropriations aliow- ing cavalry regiments to be recruited to 100 men ia each company, and providing that a suflicient force of ouvalry shall be employed tn the defence of the Mexi- can and Indian fro of Texas, would not authorize an increase of the army beyond 25,000 men. Mr, Wixpom replied he aid not think it would. Mr. Tuuxman said be would be careiul not to pro- voke discussion on the Army Appropriation bill now. The officers and men of tbe army bad suffered long enough tor want of their money, and he for one ‘was willing to pay interest to them, but it did seem to him that on an appropriation bill there should be no legislation, Az to the organization of the army, that was a mutter for the Military Committee to consider. Mr. Wituens, (dem,) of Va, member of the Com- mittee on Appropriations, said the danger of increas- ing the army Was guarded against by the amount ap- propriated in the bill, Tere was’ not the shghtest possibility of iucreasing the army with the amounts Hamed in the Duk Mr. Burwsrps, (rep.) of R. I,, said under the present law, as iL bow stood, Lhe Secretary of War could not recruit the army beyond 25,000 men, Mr, ALLison, (rep.) of lowa, argued that under the Revised Statuies the Secretary of War could recruit the urmy to 80,000 men, Congress Lad in the appro- priation bills or several years past limited the army to 26,000 men, but the general law allowed 30,000. Mr. BoRNsipe said the Secretary ot War himself construed the Jaw as limiting the army to 25,000, ACTION ON AMBNDMENTS, The amendments reported by the Committee on Appropriations, reducing the amount tor expenses of the Commanding General's office from $3,000 to $2,600, and providing for fitiy-four instead of f{ty- two paymasters’ clerks, were agreed to, Yhe uext amendment reported by the committ was to strike out of the House bill the proviso “that a force of {our cavalry regiments shall be recruited to 100 men in each company, and the same ployed in the defence of the Mexican iroatier of Texas,"’ and insert in licu thereof the 1ol- lowing :— . That cavalry regiments may be recruited to 100 men in each company, and kept as near as practicublo at that num- er, and & suilicleut torce uf cavalry shull be employed in the defence of the Mexican and Indian frontiers of Toxus. The amendment ol the committee was agreed to, ‘The next amendment of the comumittce was to strike out of the House bili the proviso **that nothing herein contained shall authorize the recruiting the number ot men on the army rolls, including Indian scouts and hospital stewards, beyond twenty thousand, of whom four full cavalry regiments shail be kept in service on the Mexican frontier tn Texas,” Mr. HUMAN, of Ubio, moved to now concur in the recommendation of the committee striking out that proviso, which was agreed to. te then moved to in- sort the word “ive”? alter the word “tweaty,’? so as to forbid the recruiting of the army beyond 25,000 men instead of 20,000, the number mentioned in the House bill, Agreed to, Mr. Winvom moved to strike out the last clause of that proviso the words ‘‘of whom four tull cavairy Tegiments shall be kept in service on the Mexicun frontier ‘n Texas’? Agreed to, Other amendments of the Committee on Appropri- ations were ugreed to as follows:— Reducing the amount for construction and repair ot hospitals (rom $100,000 to $50,000, and striking out of the House bill the appropriation of $90,000 for the conversion of ten-inch smooth bore guns into rifles, When tho lust mentioned amendment was bein; considered Mr, BECK, of Kentucky, said he understou that the: ere uw number of such guns which could be made serviceabie by the expenditure of # small sum of monoy. Mr. Wixvom, of Minacsota, said some army officers entertained the opinion that many of these guns wuen converted would be lur more dangerous tw our own, army than the enemy. The Commitice on Appropri- ations was not sure that thoy could be succeastuily converted, and therefore thought it best to strike out the appropriation, Ip the clause making appropriation for tho engineer depot at Willett’s Pot, N. Y., a misprint made it read:—“For the purchase of engineering materials to continue the present curse of instructions,” &a, in- stead of “presout course of tustructious,’’ &c, Upon the clerk reading it, Mr. Katox, of Connecti- cut, suggested probably it was a curse. (Laughter.) ‘The biil baving been considered in comipittos of the whole was reported to the Scnate, und the queation being on concurring in the amendments made in com- mittee of the whole, ar, Baron demanded a separate vore on the amendment iimiting the army 10 26,000 meu instead of 20,000. He said in bis opinion 20,000 men Were enough to take care of our interests on the fronuier, If the se 8 had not been stationed where they sbould net h. COR #1X MONLLS ago there would have been no need of that carnage on our trontier which we bave seen, tux vor. ‘The amendment made tu the committee was agreed to— 3Y, nays 19, as follows BA Yras | Messrs. AlUson ny, Bayard, Booth. Bruce, Burnyide, Cameron 0: Pennsylvania. Cameron of Wiscon- sin, Chafive, Christlaney, Uoke, Conkling, Conover, Davis of iuinots, Dawes, Dorsey, Burnunds, Garland, Hamlin, Hour, lola, | Ingalls, | Kirkwood, ‘Laas je Milian, Mactiiews, Maxey. Mitchell, Morrill, Oglesby, Paddocks, Ran doiph, Kellin gout, Saunders, Spencer, Lelier, Wad- leigh and Wi Jom — 3 Bailey, Barnum, Beck, Cockrell, Davis of . Katou, Gordon, Harris, Horetord, Jones of cCreery, McPherson, Merrimon, Morgan, Kan- Florida, A om, Piurman, Voorhoes, Whyte and Withors—I Other amendments made in commitéeo of the whole were covourred ia without @ division and the bill was then read a thira time aud passed. lt now goes back to the House ol Representatives for the action of that body on tho Sonate ameudments, Mr. Davis, (dem.)ot W. Va, gave notice that to- morrow he would call up bis resolation in regard to tho discrepancies in the books and accounts of tho Treasury Department, aod would submit some re- marks 1b regard thereto. The Senate then, at twonty-ve minutes past two o'clock, Went imto executive session, aud when tue doors were reopened adjourned, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Wasutixarox, Nov. 15, 1877. A number of bills were introduced and referred to Appropriate committees. The House then resumed the consideration of the bill for the repeal of the Resumption act, Mir. Hexves, (rep.) of Vt, asked tho gentleman who bad charge of the bill when the previous ques- tion was to be calied upon it? Mr. Buexyen, (dem.) of Mo, said that his colleague (Mr, Bwing) was not present, and ho (Mr. Buckuer) could not say when the debate would be closea, The Sreakee said thut he understood that tho de- bate would continue to-day and to-morrow, and that the gentleman who bad charge of the bili (Mr. Kwing) would take his hour op Saturday, aftor which tho pre- vious question would be called, Mr. ALpuicH, (rep.) of LL, offered a substitute re_ peuling so much of the Resumption act as authorizes the Secretary of the Treasury to redeem tho legal tender notes in excess of $00,000,000, directing that no further reduction of tho legal teader curreacy shall | be mado and uwuthorizing the reissue of such legal tender notes as may be redeemed in coin alter Janu- | ary, 1879. | lreasury as o Mr. SreNGeR, (dem.) of Pa, offered a substitute simply repealing the resumption date clause in tbe third section of the act, Mr. Cuans, (rep.) of lowa, offered a substituce amending Lae build section of the Resump' acl 6O as to repeul the Jaw litmting the aggregate amount of national bawk circulativg, aud to pry © that as ollen as Dunk uoles are issued tho Secretary shall redeem legal LenuCr Ole Iu excess of $450,000,000 to the umount of eighty per centot the bank votes so iBeued, | abd Wo Contiuud sUCh redemption until the limit of | $00,000,000 of legal tender goles is reached, Also auinorizing the accumulation in the Ereasury of | $200,000,000 In coin, a3 4 special tuad, to be used for | the redemption of logal tender notes, and then, after | public notice, authorizing the redemption of legal tenders wh ‘orvented tur that pur, Mr. MenaKul (cop), of Mich, declared himself tn favor ol tho resumption of specie payments because, Ju | ig opinion, the country hui reached (as period when | ita commerce aud general business should be provided | | for, He explained auu advocated the awendment oi fered by himself to the peading bili, SPEECH OF MR. KELLEY, Mr. Kevcuy (rep.), 0! Pa, was tho next speaker and prefaced uis speech yitg that bo was going to de- liver what, in religious parlance, wouid be cailed a de © proposed to continue an argu uced by hi in this ball on the 6d of J He read some quotations from tbat Kp ju Which he spoke of the Anaucial measure then pend: ing 48 One Wuat Would make (bo money of the tich man more Valuable and Would deprive the poor man oi the value of bis labor, He also read from an arti- cie in the North Amerian eview over tho signature of Mr. Hugl McCulloch, which, be Bud, @xuibited such ignorance of the Very viemonts of ibe question at issue as left Ho cause [or Wouder tbat Country under tbe guldance of such a tnan as its Soc retary of tue Treasury suould lave gone irom pros. | perity to bankruptcy, ne opentog paragraph of oat | Article indicated an ignorance discrediiabie to tho stood was an anomaly, ‘ihe whole organization of tho army Was ridiculous. Perapa this is nos @ proper country whose Secretary of the Treasury its author bad been and u mendacity whieh invoked al the one | nor for the Kesumption act 7.—-TRIPLE yystrioss epithets that ever had been buried from the eperter’s desk. The first of these paragraphs w: ¥hat all the great Guancial troubles that bave occurr in the United States ha ba of paper mouey and reached when its volame bes jas largest. Hehad referred to Mr. McCulloch nut so much to criticise bim as to find a standpomte rf bis = doctrinal discourse, He bad couversed conddentially with many bankers and he had not found one of theia who, thus Speaking confidentially, dia pot say that althongh the Treasury might, vy law, resame specie payment on the Ist of Januury, 1379, 1s supply of bullion would be exhausted on that day by the holders of certificat of deposit, and by banks, who wou! large amounts of notes for redemption, gold, havin; us been trausierred to banks, and a Wena suspense having again occurred, the profits of the banks which happened to woald Lave arrived, for, under a new suspension, there | would be no calculating bow high the pre- minum op gold would go, or how long suspension would continue and vet, said he, geutie- men talk 44 tippantly about seling two bun- dred millions of four per cent bonds ‘or gold, and bringing the result nome as though old were manufactured tu Manchester, and that the Brit- ‘sb Manuiacturers would bo glad to sell it The gold Ab ts 1018 Creasured, aud will not bo allowed wv a debtor nation Whose bonds may be sent bome. He recupitulated the debts of the country— Bational, State, city, county and corporation—and contrasted with their aggregate the pitiful supply of ci io the freugury, und showed that when the Geneva award of $15,500,000 was made some years ago that award, which was payable in coin, was Dot so paid, because the Kughsh government was ulraid that She withdrawal of so much goid would cause a fuan- Cal crisis in Kugiand, He wenton to say that Cou- gress, in legislating fora resumption of specie pay- ments, was legisiating au impossibility. ‘The luws of trade could mot be controlled vy the wisest and moss potent goverument. They might as well attempt to reguiate the laws of gravitation or refraction as to slate the flow of gold trom creaitor to debtor natiuns tn an epoch like the present. The banks understood ail this, They knew there could be no resumption of Bpecie pavments in 1679. ‘Their represeutatives were in Washington aud bad yesterday invaded various Committee rooms ‘They had even gone, as the uews- Papers said, with three Cabinet Ministers to tho hite House, but be did not believe that story. He was unwuling to believe it; be would not beieve it until it wus proven, He could not believe that forty or fifty men owning morey bays came here and bad Cabinet Ministers reudy (0 drop their business and to escort them with servility to the Executive cuamber. Why did they uot ratuer hear the voices of mothers and orphans, of men, womeu and children pleading tor the poor privi- lege of selling their iabor, and take counsel about that? Ohe would not benieve tue false and slanderous story! (Laugbter.) He went on to say thut the banks were not preparing for resumption; they were not accumulating specie, und they Were in- | creasing ‘heir circulation, The national banks bad failed once, in September, 1873, and would not pay their notes even in greenbucks, These greenbacks had been denominated as tue curse of the country, aud Yot it Was the greeuoacks—"the rag baby” —that had saved the Union, Whou gold, deflowered, hau lett the country tue “rag baby” bad stepped forward and hud Kept in the eld the urmies and sup- plied munitions, food and transportation, That which Served so Well in war was uot deserving of the cun- tempt which was beiug heaped upon itin peace, That which gave the uation credit to the umount of $2, 700,000,000 was certainly enough to sustain a credit ot $2,000,000, Here Mr. Cuirrexpgy made an effort to be heard, but Mr Kelley waived bim aside impetuously, and imitating Mr. Chittenden’s own request the other day, usked the Speaker to protect him trom interruption. He proceeded to read a paragraph from the Philadel- phia fimes, of tho th of Novemver, calling attention to @ sherif’s sale of the largest number of pieces ot property ever exposed for sale in Pennsylvania—1, 500 different pieces of property, Some seventy-live of these, he said, wore fureciosed mortgages of building ions, for money advanced, mostly on the small bomes of the laboring classes. These homes were being disposed of to “tho wrecker” for & noml- nal price, He pointed to the shrinkage of vaiue in yal estate in Bostou—$64, 000,000 last year, and to the shrinkage tu the assessed Value of real ana personal property in Massachusetts last year—more than $100,0v0,000, He predicted, in spite of jeer and scoff, that it the Resumption act was to be mainiained the sufferings of the last two years would be, when com- pared With tho sufferings yet to come, as light as the chill tbat blights wrepica! plants, when compared with ae Arctic coid that builds up the mountainous ice- ory. At this point bis hour expired, but unanimous con- sent Was given to him to tuish his speech. Resuming, Mr. Kolley asked the iouse to wipe out that rainous statute, It stood a menace w confi- donce—the steady destroyer of credit, Lt was nutice to every capitalist that the body of money was to be contracted, tha: the banks must loard specie for re- sumption; that prices inust full, aud tbat, therefore, the best use of mouey was to bury it either io their own cellars or in the Vaults of the bunks. It was no wonder, therefore, that the gentioman trom New York (Mr, Chittenden) could say yesterday that tuere never Dad been so much money to lend. There wus no use fpr money when men saw that that which they produccu must be sold at less than cost. On what could men borrow money? Could they borrow money 4n Philadelphia on Roading Kairoad stock, on Deli- ware and Luckawanna, on Jersey Central ‘or on any other faiiroad stock? Could money be borrowed on Jarma, factories, forges or \urnacen? No! And whyf Because ander the Resumption act their value must shrink. He bad Leard of moneyed inatitutions in Now York that were not only loregoing interest on mort. gages, Dat were paying tho taxes on the mortgaged property catber (han take tt in at ius prosent depre- ¢iated Valuo aud thus We up their working capital. Ho knew of similar instances in Philadelphia, Me knew of mortgagors who were begging the mortgagees to juke the property and iree them from the resulting judgment, which would blight the hopes of their future lite. Ln conclusion he suld:—Repeal that act; restore confidence; allow the tramp and the millions ol workingimen and women who are now living in despuir to go to work on your raw material aud supply each other's work, No uation, av individual, was ever treed from devs by idlevess and want of industry, Bet the miners of Peunsylvania and the other coal States at work in producing power. Let the coal wuich they mine quicken your machinery, Let wages be earued by the working people to enable them to to pay ther debts and to cousume duuable and taxable commodities We bave gone at this thing buii-neaded, and have thus eflectually disabled ourselves, deprived ourselves of conlidence, impov- erished our people, diminished the revenues of the government and put ourscives tn a position that, in the midst of abounding crops, our poopie are hungry, With our cotton (the fargest crop that wo ever pro- duced) they are baked oF in rags France are worthy the study of Amoricun staceamen, Lot them stady those examples, not books written by petits mastres, Men Who hold seais tn colleges, who have read Ricardo or Adam Smich, and who begin ab ence, ike ay apothecary, to compound prescr pious for sick Dations by putting 10 # itite trom each bottio and giving ita common title, Take the wauagoment Ola bation; study the detuils of histery for a series of yoars; grasp the subject; remember that Hugh McCulloch does not kuow whata boy of ten yours does know, that @ promise to pay 18 uot money. I trust that no other citizen of Indiana is 50 ignorant, Remember shat you are to deal with five thou- sand millions of indebtedness. You aro to pro- vide @ reservoir from which every old woman iu Berks county can fli her stockiwe. You are to proviue a tung irom which every boarder may draw lie hoard- tugs You are tosay to every kuropean creaitor, “We take the msk of your markets, of your necessi- ties for gold, we will go it higher, We have got teu or fifteen millions of dollars to do it with.” (Laugh. ter and applause.) Mr. Hakrasi, (dem.) of LL, said that the resump- tion act had destroyed ail the business transactions of tho country aud bad taken the money Irom the puck- ets of the people und placed it In the possession of the Suylvcks and money lenders, He defended the action of (ue House in passing the silver bill and declared that history would erect for the projectors of the vill Gemouetizing siiver a monument uNmorial in ite in- famy, The Qnanoial policy of the last ten years had vecd to kill the people and sustain the nAvionW bunks eo that Wall street might prosper. “Repudiation’! was now the ery of the rich, but wholesale robbery was the weil Sustained churge by the poor. The peo- ple detmanded the repeal of tle resumption uct aud We remonetizacion of silver. In conclusion he oa- tered bis protest against the whole fluaucial policy of the republican party. Dir. Hanya, (rep.) of Ind, declared himselt opposed to the Resumption law as It now stoud. He was not tn favor of wild aod reckless iofiatiou, What was the other extreme? qually UnWine aod disastrous as en- forced resumption aud contraction, He was in iavor of keeping the legal tender currency iniuet unui it Vhe examples of should buve the purchasable Value as gold, As a republican ho Bcoraed tuo idea of repudiation in be Imit of au Lonest constituency, who would bring their ali, Mf uecessary, and lay it on the coauter of the feo offering i order to sustain tne bouor abd the ereait of tue country. He buried back the cbarge that the projectors of the preseut bill were ing @ step toward repudiation by demanding the re- {the Resumption aw, and he branded it as un rantabie oud virus, ‘the opponents of the bill characterized the legal tender notes as “rag money,” aud called pou bie people Lo listen Lo the sweet music of the Jingting of (ue single wtandard, Rag money, indeed! When ta: ebarge came trom the Bourbon | aemocrats who opposed its iasue and from the government Who issued It, It was at least coneint- cncy; bat be would wot attempt to disown the oMepring of the republican party. it was with ut bad been euabled to build suips Which curried (he United States flag over every ocean. It was with (ese rags that the grandest army that ever battled in defence of law and right was equipped. It was by virtue of these rugs that tne Mug of the Union flouted to-day over the Capitol of the vation, Those sane fags every member gladly re culved from thé Sergeantat-arms. (Laaghter.) the people Dad HOt Asked for the demouetization ol silver The practical eftvct ot the Resumption act has been to foater distrust, wo tin pair couidence, to lock ap the currency, to paralyze industry, to éhriok values, to sweil the dockets o/ the Stave coarts with suite lor collection and to swell tue cKets of the United States courts with petitions in bunkruptey. Lt bad wrought ruin enough, and, there- fore, be wus 10 lavor Of 118 repeal. He appealed to ail sides and sections (o aid in removing from the #tatute book a threat by means of which iavor and enterprise had suffered quite enough, At the close of Mr. Hanna's speech the House, at huil-pust tour o’ciock, adjour ~ SHEET. THE ARMY. Report of the (eneral to the Secretary of War. WHAT THR DIVISION COMMANDERS — SAY. enamel An Urgent Appeal for an In crease of the Line. ANOMALIES IN MILITARY LIFE. CE SS NS The Authority Exercised by the Heads of Bureaus, GENERAL SHERIDAN ON THE BORDER TROUBLES The Nez Perces War and How- ard’s Famous Pursuit. Wasuixatos, Nov, 15, 1877. The General of the Army bas submitted bis anoual report to the Secretary of War. His last report, dated November 10, 1876, was addressed to Hon. J. D. Cameron, then Secretary of War. General Sherman says the following ts given as the “return or actual strength” of the army up to October 12, 1877, show- ing that at that date the regular army was composed of:— en- dimen, 7,911, oe 2 Five regiments artiilery—oflicers, men, 2,321..... Twenty-tive regiments of intantry—olllcers, 87 enlisted men, 8,778 ee Besides which there are retired non-coin missioned stafl unattached to regiments, Mili- tary Academy recruits, unassigned Indian scouts und prigon guards, amounting to men. Sigual corps... Retired officers. teeeeee e Aad captain United States Army by act of Con- Gress, os Aggregating officersand men........... : 0: this bumbor the force avullable for waris made- up of tho cavalry, artillery and intantry regiments, amounting tu 20,601 officers and men, to which should be added eleven general officers aud the oilicers of the general staff serving with them, together with 670 In- dian scouts, THE DEPARTMENTS For convonience of administration and to fix re- Spunsidility tue country 1s divided into ten military departments, each of which 1s commanded by a brigadier general or the senior colouel serving in the department, especially empowered by the President of the United Stutes, These departments ure theo prouped into threo geographical divisions commanded y the Lieutenant General aud by two of tho major generals, There is also the Departinent of West Point, commanded by Major General Sehodela, whieh 13 somewhat exceptional in its nature, designed to give due tmportanco to the Military Academy aud to vest the commanding genoral thereof with power to exercise all the tunotions necessary ju insure perfect discipline and thorough administration, Each di- vision aud departinent commander has made an annual report, accompanied by similar reports trom bis sev- eral staff officers, but as these latter are very volum- tnous | have tuken the liberty to seyregute tor print ing only such a8 are necessary to illustrate the prin- cipal points, leaving the origimal manuscripts on fle with the Adjutant General for retereuce when ucedel, The Military Division of the Missouri, Lieutonaut General Sheriaan commanding, embraces the depart- meuts of Dakota, Platte, Missouri and Texas, com. manded respectively by Brigadier Generals Terry, Crook, Pope and Ord, The Military Division of the Atlantic, Major General Hancock communding, embraces the departments of the Lory South and Gulf, commanded by humsolf, by Colonel F. H. Roger and Brigadicr Genoral Augur ro- spectively. Tho Military Vivision of the Pacific, Major General McDowell commanding, embrucos the doy: tho Columbia, Caliioraia aud Arizona, commanded by Brigadier Goneral Howard, by bimseif and Colonel A. V. Kautz, RKPORTS OF DIVISION COMMANDERS, Inviting attention to annual reports of the officors in charge of military divisions and departments, the Goneral, reviewing sucu reports geographically and ot in order of rank, says:—*General Hancock's com- mand embraces substantially all country east of the Missiasippt ordering the northern lakes, the Atlantic and Guil cousts, iucluding the many turts long since built in the Interests of commerce,’? THE LABOR TROUBLES, During the past summer he was compelled to aban- don most of shem to use troops in provecting proporty against rioters, # (ull account of which is embraced in his report. Happily those disorders bave ceased and the’troops have been returned to their proper posta, except tho Second and Third regiments of ipiantry, whieh have been detached to the Indian fronticr. beg to invite your special attention to the lollowing extract trom Geueral Hancock's repori:— Y me day Wily 23) 1 rereived at Philadelphia a ospateh trom the Adjutant General, which 1 quote im | It was of the utmost linportanee to thy in the grave elite Sion of affairs within the limits of my division. ‘The de- apatch was as folie The Secretary o| directs mo to say shat the Prasi- dont desires you to understand that you have tull authority to move any troops within your division ae you may .shiuk neecssary during these disturbances, only iufurming this ofics. “All fufurmation which may aia you concerning any point within your division wiil bo sent from lure, aud the President relies un your discretion to do wil that is pos sible within the law to proserve peac ubhority, as under the system wed our periods of poace, but juriag bout one huadred and. Ay tien, then te at Fort Columbus, New York Harbor, and Columbus Barracks, Qulo, the various arsouals, which I enumerate, with thelr waterial aud garrisons, « the ind=pendeut depots of the Quartermaster's aud Medi departments. The vuties required of my could not hav beon properly performed without the mutbority conierred, aud, iu fact, no mportamt militwy operations could be conducted to @ succoxsful issue Without that euthoricy being invested in the Commanding General, 1 indorse anequivocally every word that Goneral Hancock reports, Lu timo of war the power deseribed by General Hancock is never questioued, but in tine of peace his power is exercised by heads of oureaus in Wasbington and taken from the division com- mander, thereby crippling bitu so that tn fact he can- not with any degree of confidence supply his troops on & sudden @imergency. by exveuding General Han- cock’s command over the vstabisiments he de- scrives, the President would ve certain that those estabushineuts would be kept in periect order at all times, and thers {8 no more dauger of General Hancock abusing such power than in iutrustiog tim with the lives o! his menand the houor of bis country, as is DOW Lhe casa, GEAEKAL SH KRIDAN'S COMMAND, Goueral Shertdau’s command eu s substanually the vast territory west of the Mississippi to and 1u- cludiug the Rocky Mountains from the Canadian line to the Mexicau frontier, contaiming the great majority of (he homadic aud hostile ludiaus of wwe couniry, complicated aiso by troubles always Incident to 4 foreign border North and South. fis territory ta divided into tour departments, commauded by Geverals Yerry, Crook, Pope and Ord. orks of ull these officers ure so {ull and © ewn add wowing ruiting wats “8 thousand and rand tear upon | butt utler campaigns ean be tally preciatey who are fauiiiar with the country Operated du and who know ibs character, the long distances to be overcome aud the great dilioulty of tarninbiag sup This condition of aflairs ts e Past Your, past en wot have been so Krew io the ena proved to be with companies rauging from thirty to forsy men, Then the Indian troubles might leve beon setsied promptly, and thers is ® strony probsbility that thoy would not have occurred avail, and I therafore re- svoctfully recommena rease of all the companies in the services to LW) mon each. 1 believe it would ve tras econoiny and at the saue time it would euable sue army Ww satistuctorily perform she work required of tt LOSSKS OF THK AUMY, the last two years the ratio of loss of offic men, in proportion t the number engaged in fn the Indian b ual Lo oF gre ratio of lor the presene | my Rawsixs, Wy, T., Nov, 16, 1877, iho Utes have gone back to their camp at Cheroxee Springs peacefully, and it is anderstood will be per- mitted to draw thoir flour here joon as the neces. sary arrangemouts can be made, to be Letter prepared (haa we have hitherto vee! ORGANIZATION OV TH anMy. General Shorman agrees with Gon poriectly im what he states, and says further that our General offcers... u General staft officers 660 Hospital stewards 186 Kogineer battalio 199 Orduunce enlisted eae 346 Enlisted men of staif corps 731 | Teo regiments ol cavairy—orlicers, 439; s but compliments to them tor courage, skill aud cheertul perto of hard duty whieb merit substantial reco at the hauds of the goverament 1 quote from General Sheridan's re.’ porki— HOW THK AKMY 19 WORKED, The troubles on the Mexican border, tho Indian oathreak on the western trout fw the departivents of the Platte and L wil And tnmdequate fo weakness | it Known to the indian, our inveterate enemy, tho cnemy to cultivation, to labor of any sort and to all civilization, and thas this very weaxness entails on the general goverament the cost of Indian wars. Me continues:— We now bave an army organization yet susceptible of improvement, coussting of teu cavalry regiments of twelve companies euch, dive artillery regiments of Iwelve companies exch, and twenty-dve regimoute of Intantry OF ten companies each, making forty regi- ments of 430 compautes, which, if filled up to 100 en- hiwted men each, would inake 45.000 men, besidea tho numerous estavlishments which havi ‘8 been a probably always will be, im spite of Y for keeping the regiments to their maxi gth; so it would necessitate an army of pearly fifty thousand men w (uifi General Sheridan's recommendation, APPEAL POR MORK MEM. I despair of success in such an application to Con. ress, Dut earnestiy recommend such legislation ag will give ua 20,000 men for the regiments of the ling, This would make tor the present 4.0 companies an average of fiity-ogut men to the comp, any. 1 boli to be wrong and damaging to tucreave the env, tho expense O/ the artillery and tofantry, do us good rvice tho cavalry, necessary, and cost much less main-, tenance. All are equally necossary, und should be on a par; bat the Presigent id have tho right to lwereuse Companies stationed at exposed points at the loss of bbe Osbers Hot similarly situated. In referring to the Nez Percés war | shuil again refer to the troops under Genoral Sheridan's command; for, although that was originated tu the Department of Columbia, the retreat of the Noz Pereés brought them into the theatre of gperatious of General Sucridan’s troops, who, in fuct, made the capture. DOWELL'S DIVISION. General McDowell's division embraces the States and Territories bordering on the Pacitic Ocean, His report, with those of the departments of Columbia and Arizona, containe ail material facts, The Indians of that region bave been gradually assembied by tribes and families on small reservations wide apart, and by reason of the vatural auLazonisin of the races the troops havo been subdivided inte Small detachments, occupying points near or on those reservations. The seitioneut of th ‘Territories bas conflicts of int frequent, 4s, mM the Bogue River war, in 1857; the Modoc war, i 1871, ana the , besides the tuterminavie coufliets with the Apaches 4nd other tribes uf arizona, which we inherited from Mexico and which we still ay this” very moment continue. THK NZ PRKCKS Wak, The report embraces considerable space with refer. ence to the recent war with the Noa Pereda, ite orixin, progress, Xc., thedetaiis of which, trom tine to wine Guriog 115 continuance, have been substantially related 1m various reports. THE PORSUIT OF JosEPH. General Howard’s movements are detailed at com eiderable length, and General Sherman says:—— I recognize the full measuro of the labors, exposure, fatigue aud fguting of General Howard and nis coum mand, having personally seen mucn of the route over which be passed, and knowing tho great ditleulty ot procuring food for men and horses in that mountain region, It is simply impossible ior intantry or even cavuiry with their single horses to overtake Indians who drive along a herd, changing from a tired horse to one comparatively iresh at pleasure aud kuowing the country us those Indians do; ready to hide in the many rocky cauyons, ravines and depse woods in which tual country ‘abounds, and ablo with a smail roar guard to hold at Duy any number tn pursuit, who, often for miles, must tolow tratis 1 single le, "Happening to be ta Mon- tana ut the time, and not Wishing to complicate wat ters by exercising any command except to assist where possible, | gave up my cavalry escort, which } had brought up irom Yougue River, and was pleased to learn that it was of matorial assistance to Gencral Howard at Camas on the 20th of August, Several despuichos pussed beiween General Howard and myself, which I insert here entire because they explain themselves. They have never beretotore been published in full, while garbled parts of th have somehow without’ authority reached ihe press and were misconsirued. SUERMAN TO HOWARD. Heuuxa, August for 55, 11877, To General Howanp:— Just arrived at Helena; will all right anu bave evary thing. of aifuir. thut | can underst plunst Spare nothing to ins ain till T know ATApA ne suine HCCOUnE Vat is your force! waa eonss. W. l, SHERMAN, Gonerat BOWARD TO SUKEM. Vimatsta, M Yo Genoral W. T. Suxnwas, yr Just arrived here to comm Dowell. After extraordin with horses cl i with General Me fort to overtake diaus at or near Pleasant They delayed Lithte by tele mypareut tuve wostward, Sent a small force to Heury’s Lake to skirmish with and dovup Uilicer staid four days and concluded they vrocen for Wind iver country, The next duy {), however, Indiauy payed tonry's Lai through Loches Pass, with my force in close pursuit. Ab Camas Moadows they stumpedod & part of my mules just before dawa, and in the effort to recover tiem brought ou & sharp skirinish, alter which they fod, we usual. My com: mand stays at tary ’s Lake tor supplies, while my Indian hat scouts watch and bother the hostlies I wish ty that by some Kastorn torce tiles be headed they disuffect te with th in M J. thoug ls wor ive battle and do much damaze, 1 img and plenty of wmmunition. {hear that Miles, prob ably Staruis, is on the Yoilow tar * trom my front. "Is tuwt true? My “force, all tolih is about 200 eavairy, 300 infantry, SU avouts and 56 armed pionvers. My cominind is 50 Much warn by over fatizue jaded animals that 1 eanaot hit mucls furtuer. Lt Mak o Sturgis is near by wi N company, juss sent to fils, aud the ify La: that will send thither on ti stop I thing I may © fow — days mountains iston, Idaho, frou his su Will pick up any snail hostile nblgb- borhova. HOWAKD, Commanding Department, BIERMAN TO HOWARD, Fort siaw, Montana, August 24, 1877, Goneral Howann, Virginia City I don't want to give ord and Terry, but that for cos Wo the death, ivad where they ald pi may, far off and, I fear, Stargis ts too slow, tired give” the commana to Kou etic oiicor, and let tam follow them, yo whers they may, holding his men well in baad, subsieting them on beet gathored iu the country, with collse, sugar wud walt on Kor such # stern clase inianiry are 4s good wy Leave to Sturgis to head them off if be own. pi cavalry. Will bo at liviena on Tuesday wext. No timo shoal I + know your officers, e wad order accordingly, W men can march to the Pact ts by rail and steambont, alifornia and Uregon now, but are ne 7 are, 5 N, General, HOWARD TO SILERMAS, Heapgvaurkus DErAKEayNT or Couownta, ‘August 27, tort | To W. T. Suunaan, Geueral United States Army, Hele Mo, id. You mi,understood mo; f uding the most ener. ut mud weary by got fear tor t McDowell Indiana se My plies tue mornin, rat Norwo c 1 Bilis and Crow etic young officers, my { extravtdinary imurch. you tor and on ot have just come, and ad will continue to the end. Ow en route (wo Mays 4Ko, 10 Operate oneny. move in Axeucs, Inaians captured party of eight gentlemen and two ladies on Lower Geysor Basin, Friaay evening lust Hostiles will provably cross River avout one lune ey. HOWARD, dred nites southonst irom Crow audiog Department, Brigadier General ¢ MILES? wrant. Following the details of this war the General, reach. tng tho surrender of Jovopn, says of the Hight immedi« ately preceding it:— The resuit was complete, viz, the capture of | Joseph and the surviving Femuadt of his Ueave but | dangerous ybody of Lodians The Indinns im this fzut lost tn «killed six of thuir leading chiete and twenty-five warriors, with forty-six | wounded. Colonel Miles reports his loss ab {at two officers and twenty men killed, and jour oMecers and forty-one men wounded, the umes of ali of whom b General Howard, with held a short Lime belore t exero'se any command Of course Colones Miles and bis officers and men aro entitied to all hovor and praise for their prompt, skill ful and successful work; while the othors, by theif @ been already publ shed Jl escort, arrived on the surrender, but did out | tong, toulsome ypursuit, are eutitied to correspouds | ing credit, beeause they made thatsuccess pyastble, ‘All the troops thus engaged are now en route buck to Uieir several posts and stations by various routes | Thus bas terminated one of tho most extraordiuary judian wars of which there is auy record, | Indians throughout displayed a courage aud | skvil that elicited aniversal praise, they abstained | from scalping, let captive women go free, did uot com- fait indigrininate marder of peacetul (amilies, whieh is usual, and fougut wih almost scientide skill, using advance and rear guards, skir- | mish lines fleld fortitications, Navert loss they Id not settie down oa inde vet apart lor t ampie [oi when commanded by the prop resistance by murdering persons \u Bo Manuer cou uested with their alleged grievances. With vour approval these prisoners aro now en Toute, by the most economical way, to Fort Loaven- Worth, to be there held as prisoners of war woul the spring, when I trust (he br bureau will provide the homes ip the Ind ation wear tue Modves, where, by mo hey can soon be able to support the Toney should never again be allowed to retura to Oregon or to Lapwal, PLLIGENCE, inaintepance, sad thority they beran IN'TE BUPERINTENDENT OF NATIONAL CEMETERIES, Wanmisovon, Nov. 15, 1877. Surgeon Basil Norris, United States Army, an@ Majors Gorge E. Hunt, First cavalry, and 0, i. Carl. ton, Vhird cavalry, naye been apporited @ board to moct in this city tocxamine the qualifications of aps pow tinets Of persens aa superintendents of national ceuseiorios, NAVAL I ARMY ‘LLUIGENCR, ORDERS AND ASSIGNMENTS. WasmixGton, Novy, 15, 1877. Passod Assistant Kagineor, H. 3, Ross t# ordored to experimental daty at New York, Assistant Eaginecre ¥. J. Hofman and A. V. Zam, to special duty at Chostor, Pa Passed Assistant Engineer George Hy Kearney 8 detached from experimental duty at New York, aad ordered to the traiuing suip Minnesota,