The New York Herald Newspaper, February 14, 1879, Page 7

TELEGRAPHIC NEWS From All Parts of the World. REOPENING OF PARLIAMENT Statements on the Part of the Government. ENGLAND THE WORLD AROUND. Beaconsfield Satisfied with the Afghan War. MORE ~ WORKMEN ON — STRIKE, Politics in France and Germany. A FIGHTING THE PLAGUE. {Bx CABLE TO THE HERALD.) 4 Loxpon, Feb, 14, 1879. Parliament reassembled yceterday, The Hause of Commons met at four and the House of Lords at five g’clock. Sir Stafford Northcote, Chancellor of the Exchequer, in the House of Commons yesterday af- ternoon said it was not desirable to either exaggerate or deprecaite the unduly gevere’ blow in South Africa, There exists general admiration for the gallantry of the troops and uni- versal sympathy for the sufferers. The Cabinet is resolved to repair and wipe out the disas- ter. The first batch of the reinforcements wil] leave before Thursday next. He recommended abstinence of expression of views upon the disaster until further details were received. Papers in the case have been already laid on tho table, and others will shortly fol- low. Then it will be possible to state the intended pouree and to provide for the expenses, BRIGHTER PROSPECTS. Tam, happily, able to congratulate the House and country upon a more satisfactory state of affairs in the other parts of tho world. There is every reason for satisfaction with the progress of. the Berlin Treaty. The Russians havé already begun to with- draw from Turkey and there is. every reason to hope for completeevacuation in due time. Tho Chancellor praised the energy and skill displayed by Mr. Layard, the British Minister at Constantinople, in the nego- tiations. His illness, he said, was not surprising ‘anf hé will tako a short respite as magtors now allow of arespite. Sir Stafford Northcote said the scheme of pacification relative to Greeco is progressing fairly. Regarding reforms in Asia, he said, the Porte has shown earnestness in the arrangements now undes discussion and which 1t is hoped would prove ade- quate. In Cyprus England has taken over tho crown lands, paying the Porte £5,000 annually, besides the surplus stipulated in the Anglo-Turkish Convention, which is about £100,000 a year. THE AYGHANS AND THE STRIKERS, “the expedition to Afghanistan may be said to have @ccomplished its object, and satisfactory arrange- ments for the protevi-on of the northwest frontier, while preserving the independence of Afghanistan, are now possible. In regard to the present distress provalent in England ho hoped an improvement in the ‘weather would diminish it. In concluding he enumer, ated the measures to be introduced by the government during the session, including a criminal code and a bankruptcy bill, It is also intended to propose a resolution regarding the business of the House of Commons. The latter refers to obstructions. He said the list of measures to bo presented by the gov- ernment also included a bill for the reform of county government, one for the reform of the Irish grand jury system and probably one reiative to banking. IRELAND ILL-TREATED, Lord Hartington criticised generally the policy of the government, touching upon the extension of the Indian frontier, the inoperativeness of the proposed reforms in Asia Minor and the neglect of Irish University education. Tho Irish members generally complained of the government's neglect of Ireland. *Sir Stafford Northcote, replying to a quostion of Lord Hartington, said tho expediency of joint occu- pation of Roumelia, in the event of disturbances after Russian evacuation, had been mooted, but the @iscugsion bad not advaneod in consequence of the indifference of the Powers, excepting bs and England. In regard to the cost of the Afghan war ho said the government of India had proposed that England should lend India £2,000,000 for a term of ycars, without interest. Mr, Lowther, Chicf Secretary for Ireland, said tho government could not undertake to desl with the Irish University question without reasonable assur- ance of support. A motion of Captain Nolan that the government, in omitting Irish University education and reform of the land laws from its programme, had ilf re- Quited the people for the increased burdens neces- sitated by its warlike policy, wag rejected by @ vote of 72 to 25. IN THE LORDS, Lord Beaconsfield, in the House of Loris, made a statement similar to that of Sir Stafford Northcote, Lord Beaconsfield particularly defended the Sultan against the charges of unwillingness to reform tho esdministration of his government, and announced that the commission appointed by the Sultan to examine tho needs of the various pro- vinces has just presented its report. “Tho object of the government's interferenco in Afghanistan,” he said, “has been completely accomplished. Wo now hold the threo great high- ‘ways connecting Afghanistan and India, and I hope we shall always retain them. We have secured a frontier which I hope and believo will render India invulnerable in o way which will trench as little as possible on the independence of Afghanistan.” Lord Granville criticised tho annexationist tone of the official utterances in regard to the colonial policy of the government. Ho declared that the opposition would cordially support all efforts to maintain the honor and safety of the troops and colonists at the Cape. Lord Carnarvon declared that he, when in offica, ‘was aware of the insolence and aggressiveness of Cotywayo, and he suggested that the government Row send troops from India to the Cape. ‘THE STRIKES IN ENGLAND. The dock laborers at Liverpool, numbering over forty thousand, held a meoting yesterday, at which it was decided that, unless the masters agreed to the old rates by three o'clock in tho afternoon, they would demand an advance of the day rate and of a penny per hour for over time. The shipowners remained firm, At the closed docks, where men are fed and housed, there wero more applications for employment than could be accommodated. No Guion line steamer will be despatched from Liverpool on Sat- urday for New York. Tho weavers at Ashton- under-Lyne went on @ strike yesterday. Tho masters will probably lock out the spinners also, al- though the latter desiro to continue work. Thoro have been further stoppages of mills and notices of reduction of wages at Burnley this week. Forty firms at Bolton havo given notice of ten per cont reduction in wages. The spinners offer to sccopt reduction of five per cent. It the masters refuse to comply 10,000 will strike, The relief committee of the strikers in tho engineering trade report 4niy NEW YORK - HERALD, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY iM, 1879. ~TRIPLE SHEET. 1,580 men out in the London district. The eae say they have information that a meeting of em- ployers w.ll be held shortly to devise means for a compromise, The Globe Cotton Spinning Company announces that it will close its willy in a fortnight. ‘This will throw 4,000 persons out of employment. GERMAN POLITICS. In the Lower House of the Prussian Diet at Berlin yesterday the Minister o&Commerce said :—“Negotia- tions are pending for the purchase of all private rail- ways in Prussia, The purchase of all private rail- ways in tho Empire was contemplated, but, unfor- tunately, the federal governments did not concur in the project. Prussia would, however, endeavor to carry out a system of sfate railways within her territory, on the basis of the law of 1876. He hoped the Diet would support the govern- ment in this object. The committee of the Bruns- wick Dict on the Regency law points out to the Diet that they consider the Duke of Cumberland’s re- fusal to recognize the German federal constitution renders his succession impossible, The Reichstag has re-elected Herr Forkenbeck President by 151 votes ont of a total of 218. Herr Von Stauffenberg, national liberal, was elected first Vice President after two close ballots. BONAPARTIST CHANGE OF TONE. ‘The Paris correspondent of the London Times, in order to show that there was some mistake in recent reports that, in consequence of domestic embarrass- ments, President Grévy could pot conveniently dis- pense hospitality, says:—‘*The foreign Ambassadors, the Ministers and high functionaries of the govern- ment and their wives have been received at the Elyséo by Mme. Grévy and her daughter.” The heirs of Napoleon III, have beon defeated in an action against tho State for the re- covery of the Chinese Museum and arms at the Chateau Pierrefonds, or their value out of tho civil list. The Bureaux of the Deputies have elected a committee on the Amnesty bill, of whom eight are favorable to the government measure and three desire full and complete amnesty. The Bona- partists voted in the Bureaux with the radicals, It is stated at Paris that tho radicals are resolved to demand the impeachment of the Ministry of the 16th of May. Special despatches from Paris predict an overwhelming majority in favor of the govern- ment. Several strikes have occurred at Paris among the cotton spinners at Remiremont, Department of Vosges. STRUGGLING WITH THE PLAGUE. The St. Potersburg Golos publishes a telegram from ‘Tzaritzin, 12th inst. stating that since the thaw set in the number of the plague stricken has increased. Professor Jacobi, of Charkoff, head of the Medical Commission sent into the infected district, has been attacked with the disease and was worse at last ac- counts, There is no sickness at Salonica or at Kavala, The number of deaths from typhus at Xanthi has reached 250. The mortality there is de- creasing. Quarantine will be imposed at Malta on all vessels arriving from Tunis and Egypt, except steamers passing through the Sucz Canal without communicating _ with the shore. The mili- tary authorities at St. Poteraburg have de spatched seventeen more doctors to the in- fected districts. Gencral Melikoff is taking very energetic measures there. A correspon- dent of the Novoe Vremya telegraphs that. General Melikoff, finding the local prisons in # shockingly filthy condition and overcrowded, threatened the officials with death if such a condition. of things continued, The Sanitary Council of Marseilles has prolonged the quarantine on vessels arriving from Spain and Italy with suspected goods. The impor- tation of rags is absolutely prohibited. Woollen, silk, horsehair and cotton goods are quarantined foran indefinite period. A later despatch from St. Petersburg says Gencral Molikoff has ordered tho formation of a miltary cordon along the entire course of the Volga to prevent the spread of the plague, GOSSIP ON THE EASTERN QUESTION. In consequence of the occupation of the Arab- Tabia position by the Roumanians and the quaran- tine established against arrivals from Ruasia there is much diplomatic tension between Russia and Rou mania, The Greek Commissionors have been ordered toremain at Prevesa. It is state@ on the highest authority that tho negotiations between Turkey and Greece for the rectification of the frontier have not been suspended. A Vienna despatch to the Times says Russias persists in regarding. the Roumanian oc- cupation of Arab-Tabie as an affront to her military honor whieh must be settled between herself and Roumania. Russia's attitude is almost sure to find support at Berlin. A Russian brigade has been ordered up from Babelagh. to support it, but before the force arrives it may be hoped that the Powers will find some way to-allay the asperities of the case, A Vienna despatch to the Daily News saya Roumania is likely to yield in conse- quence of advice from the Powers. CABLE NOTES. Edward Payson Weston, the American pedestrian, arrived at Hull at half-past four o’clock yesterda> afternoon. He is 15044 miles behind time. A crowd of 10,000 spectators greatly impeded his entry into the town. The Spanish Cabinet Council held at Madrid yester- day, under tho Presideacy of King Alfonso, fixed five years as the legal duration of the present Cortes. ‘Tho question of adissolution of the Cortes will be settled shortly. THE ZULU WAR. A DREADFUL STORY OF FURTHER MASSACRE— INCREDULITY WITH WHICH IT IS RECEIVED— AID PROMISED FROM INDIA. : [ex caBLE TO THE HERALD.) Lonpox, Feb. 14, 1870. ‘Tho Manchester Guardian's London correspondent, telegraphing at midnight Wednesday to that paper, says:—“Intelligence is received from Sduth Africa that the native levies serving with the British have risen en masse and massacred the officers. Those natives engaged in the fight of the 2ist ult. have massacred their officers, and the bulk of the native force along tho frontier is deserting.” This report is probably untrue, There is not even a hint of it in Lord Chelmsford’s official report or Reuter’s tele- grams, which seem to have told the whole story. Thero have been no means of gotting later advices than those received at St. Vincent on the 10th inst. Indeed the Colonial Socretary, rofesring to the report sent to the Manchester Guardian by its Lon- don correspondent says:—"We have no information in any way confirming the rumor that the natives have risen against their officers.” A despatch from Calcutta states that the Anglo-Indian government has offeral to supply acontingent for service at the Cape of Good Hope. STATEMENTS IN PARLIAMENT, Lord Beaconsfield, in the House of Lords, and Sir Stafford Northcote, in the House of Commons, made formal announcements regarding tho Zulu disaster and theaction of the government. (These statements ‘will be found among the proceedings in Parliament.) Sir Stafford Northcote, after the statement and in reply to Mr. Mure (liberal), member for Renfrewshire, as to whether reinforcements asked for by Lord Chelmsford were withheld, drew atten- tion to the Blue Book, which set forth Lord Chelms- ford'’s demands for infantry re-enforcements, which ho said were tho only applications, and which wero complied with. There was no request for cavalry. VICTIMS TO THE ZULUS, Hauirax, N. 8., Feb. 13, 1879, No completo list of the killed in the Zulu affair has been obtained, but it is known that the following Brit, ish officers were killod in the recent disastrous engage- ment:—First battalion—Twenty-fourth regiment, Major White; Captains Degacher, Wardell, Mostyn and Younghusband; Lieutenants Carvae, Hodson, Atkin- son, Daly, Ansley, Dyson, Porteous and Melville. Second battahon, Twenty-fourth regiment—Lieuten- ants Pope, Austin, Dyer and Griffith and Quarter- master Bloomficld. Royal Artillery—Captains Smythe and Rusell, Royal Engincers—Colonel Durnford, Captain Shipston, Lieutenant McDonnell, Surgeon Shepherd, Lieutenants Coghill, Roberts and Durnford. There were also killed twenty-one other officers commanding uative levics. No names given, ORDERED TO THE CAPE. Orrawa, Feb, 13, 1879, Captain Chater, aide-de-camp to the Governor Gen- eral, to-day received a telegram ordering him to re- join his regiment at once, it having been ordered to the Cape, He loft at four o'clock, SIBERIAN COMMERCE. THE VENEZUELAN GOVERNMENT. THE LENA LAID UP FOR THE WINTER NEAR | perear oF THE INSURGENTS AND PRONUNCTA- YAKUTSK—A WONDERFUL RIVER VOYAGE, [BY CABLE TO THE HERALD.] Lonpon, Feb. 13, 1879. Tatelligence from Stockholm, dated Feb- ruary 8, reports that a letter- has been re- | zuela, ceived from Wadso, from J. Gronback, who | troops MENTO IN FAVOR OF GUZMAN BLANCO. (By cabLE TO THE HERALD.] Sr. Tuomas, Feb. 13, 1879. In an important battle at Victoria, Vene- the government and on February 4, defeated the revoiutionists accompanied the steamer Lena, one of | entered Caracas on the 9th. Ex-President Nordenskjéld’s expeditionary vessels, a8 in- | Blanco’s return is anxiously cxpected. The letter reads as follows:— “Rives Lexa, Nis BTLEN Mixes Azove Yaxusx, Oct. 16, 1878. “The steamer Lena arrived at Yakutsk on September 21, and departed on the 28th, as the merchant to whom she was consigned was at the time at Vitoin (or Vitimsk), 1,400 versts (939 miles) from Yukutsk. The mer- terpreter, BLANCO NEAL AT HAND. Havana, Feb, 13, 1979. Don Guzman Blanco is said to have left Southauip- ton on the 3d inst. tor Venezuela via St. Thomas. THE, SITUATION IN VENEZUELA. . The above despatch simply confirms the anticipa- tions formed by those best acquainted with the political situation in Venezuela. In the notice of the death of President Alcantara, which occurred on tho 30th of November last, it was predicted that the chant met her on October 8, about 300 versts | 6overnment of the new -ucting Bresident, General Yucinto Gutierréz, who succeeded to that office as (201 miles) trom Vetein (or Vitimsk) and | qnice Justice of the Supreme Court, would he said that it was impossible to get | be of brief up there. The Lena, therefore, had to turn back, and had got within 190 versts (127 1-2 miles) from Yakutsk when the river began to freeze up, render- ing all furthér progress of the steamer im- possible. The Lena has been therefore laid duration; that more es ont one pretender would ‘promptly take tl aud that tho final result would be triumphant return of ex-President Guzman Blanco from his virtual exile in Europe. Before the ex piration of December the anti-Guzman party gained a temporary triumph in the National Assembly called to elect a President, and General Talera was desig- nated for that post December 22. Not content with this victory the anti-Guzmanistas proceeded to repeal up in winter quarters, and at the hour of | #llthe honors which had been lavishly decreed to sending this letter the crew is waiting for the mail to convey them to Yakutsk, where | dorned the capi they will find quarters fur the winter. Yours, J, GRONBACK.” SHERE ALI’S DETERMINATION. Guzman Blanco in former times and to demolish the two magnificent metiee of that General which and which were shown at the Centennial Exhibition in Philadelphia. An attempt was made to conciliate Genekal Cedefio supporter of Guzman Blanco by electing him Vice President; but he refused to accept and promptly “pronounced” in behalf of tho exiled chief. Previous telegrams have announced the rapid success of the revolutionary arms. General Cedefio captured HE WILL REFUSE TO MAKE ANY TREATY WITH } puerto Cabello on the 9th of January; Barcelona de- THE BRITISH—HIS EFFORTS TO SECURE THE CZAB'S PATRONAGE. [sx CABLE TO THE HERALD.] Tasuxznp, Turkestan, Feb. 13-6 A. M. clared against the government of Talera about the same time and Valenciasoon followed the example. A force sent from Caracas to the relict of Puerto Ca- bello was defeated and dixpersed carly ip January. General Pulido, whose participation in the revolution ‘| the Henaup predicted early in December, made a The Afghan Embassy, which will arrive | demonstration against the government at Caracas, at Samarcand on the 17th and Tashkend on the 20th, is furnished by the Ameer with fall powers to treat. Shere Ali has de- January 8, but was repulsed a8 was also his associate, General Ayala. General Cedefio set out for Caracas from Valencia January 17, and was successful in two or three previous engagements. By the above tele- gram it is seen that hoe wona battle at Victoria on the clared to General Rasgonoff that he will | 4th inst., entered Caracas last Sunday, and proclaimed folléw implicitly the advice of the Czar and” will refuse absolutely to negotiate with the English invaders of his territory. What Guzman Blanco, That chieftain was expected to leave Europe at the beginning of the present month,and will probably arrive at St. Thomas early next week. He may reach Puerto Cabello about the 24th inst., and enter Caracas in triumph before March 1, He Yakoob Khan may do in his absence does } nay announced that he will not personally head the riot seem to enter into Shere Ali’ 's considera- | revolution, but there is no longer any necessity for tions. GRANT IN INDIA. @ display of abnegation. Guzman Blanco is the Santa Anna of Venezuela, but with more statesman- ship than the Mexican dictator. He isa man of im- posing presence and of great personal valor, and is not yet fifty years of age. His father, Don Leocadio LANDS AT BOMBAY AND BECOMES THE GUEST Guzman, was a distinguished statesman, who. is OF THE GOVERNOR OF THE PRESIDENCY. , (BY caBLE 10 THE HERALD.) Bomsay, Feb. 13, 1879. General Grant and his party arrived safely at Bombay yesterday, after a mag- nificent voyage across the Indian Ocean. General and Mrs, Grant will be ‘the guests of the Governor of the Bombay Presidency. DEATH OF HENRY GOODYEAR. (By CABLE TO THE HERALD.] *. : Paxts, Feb. 13, 1879. Henry Goodyear, the well known india- | Was it rubber manufacturer, dicd in this city on Tuesday night. His funeral took place to- day, and was attended by many Americans. WATER-LOGGED AT SEA. THE SCHOONER ESTELLA CAPSIZES IN MID-OCEAN— ONLY TWO OF THE CREW SURVIVE—FIFTEEN DAYS ON ‘A VESSEL FULL OF WATER. [From the Evening Telegram of yesterday. probably still living. Guzman Blanco is the ehoico of the army, and is as good a man as camreasamably be produced by the military system so long ia vogue in Venezuela. - yi gteac nw THE VENEZUELAN WAR FLEET.” Much consternation was caused yesterday after- noon by the announcement that six formidable men- of-war, armed at all points, had been descried in mid- ocean carrying mysterious instructions no one know where, and pursuing & secret mission no one knew why. The British ship Tantellion Castio arrived at Watson's stores, Brooklyn, with circumstantial ac- counts of these dreadful doings. It had observed the fleet with the naked eye; it had cxamined the vessels with the telescope, and its officers were con- vinced that’ there was ‘ more in them than met either the cye or the telescope. another fieet of Fenian — pri- vateers? Were Russian man-of-War still cruising at large with an eye to British trade? In answer to these questions advices have jantived from Maracaibo stating that five small schoonces, one of them alone being armed with cannon, set:saéhfor Point Macella on January 26, manned by a handfut of revolutionists and carrying away five of the pilots of Maracaibo as well as the English tugboat Living- stone. They purposed, so long as their ammunition lasted, to bombard Laguayra, This might have been endured by. Maracaibo, and, indeed, by Lagnayra too, were it not that the commerce of Maracaibo had been crippled and its naval industry paralyzed by the loss of its only tugboat, But no information has yet [SPECIAL CABLE DESPATCH TO THE TELEGRAM.] been obtained that tho martial operations of the Fatnovra, Feb. 13, 1879. Chief Officer Foot and Charles Cosme the only survivors of the American schooner Estella, of Portiand, Me., bound from Yarmouth for the island of Antigua, Wost Indies, with a general cargo, have been landed here to-day. They began their voyage on the 28th day of December, After leaving port they experienced terrific weather. The wind 1, Seaman, squadron have been brought to a close. WEST INDIES. 3 HAXTI—DISTURBANCES IN ST. VINCENT. Krnaston, Ja., Feb. 13, 1879. Arevolution has broken out in Hayti. Negro disturbances of an alarming character havo REVOLUTION IN being very high they lay to for three days waiting | Occurred in the Island of St, Vincent. for the fury of the storm to subside. A TERRIDLE SCENE. On January 5, during the early morning hours, a heavy sea capsized the vessel, Of tho crew of five men Cosman only was on deck, the other four being below. Captain Hursey and Chief Officer Foot and the cook camo on deck as she turned over, Tho survivors then succeeded in getting on tho side of the vessel. The cook fell off exhausted after threo hours. The captain succumbed to the exposure and fatigue after gallantly holding on until after eight o'clock in the morning. THE VESSEL RIGHTS IERSELY, ‘The vessel finally, by the action of the waves and Being full of water, righted herself, Foote and Cos- man managed with great difficulty to mako their way once more to the vessel's deck, , BESULTS OF THE ELECTIONS IN CUBA. Havana, Feb. 13, 1879, Advices from the Interior of Cuba indicate that many liberals have been elected provincial deputies, which shows that the reports that the government had influenced the elections in favor of the liberal conservatives were untrue. When the steamer bear- ing Captain General Campos to Spain touched at Porto Kico Campos was greeted with an ovation. NICARAGUA'’S NEW PRESIDENT. Havana, Feb. 13, 1879. It is reported that. General Zavala has been elected President of Nicaragua. RETURN OF EXGURSIONISTS. Gatveston, Tex., Feb, 13, 1879, The steamer City of Mexico, with the returning excursionists on board, has arrived from Mexico, They laid | Most of the party disembarked hero and will go hence planks on tho windlass and water barrel, which | t0 St Louis to-morrow, All'aro in good health, served as their bed and resting place for fifteen days. Neither of them slept for the first three days, ex- pecting every moment that the vessel would sink beneath them. On the fourth day a barrel of apples floated from the forehold, which they succeeded in capturing. The apples were saturated with salt and | persom or, pro: caused the poor fellows the wost intense thirst. They also obtained a box of salted mackerel, which they greedily devoured, ‘ THEM RESCUE, Ono day befor they were rescued a barrel of flour floated out from the hold, They made dough of the flour and ate it raw, until @ wave washed all away. On January 19, while the wind was piercing cold and tho sun was about going down, the wreck the unhapp} men were floating on was seen by the Spanish brig Dorotea, which bore down upon them. It soon came alongside and res- cued the survivors, who were hoping and praying for death to come to their relief, THE SURVIVORS’ EMACIATED CONDITION When the Spaniards took the two men off they had only soven apples left, For their breakfast they had two apples each and somo rotten haddock. ‘They were in such an omaciated condition that they had to be lifted from off their plank bed, to which they had tied themselves to prevent being washed overboard, They speak in the warmest terms of gratitude of the great kindness they experienced at the hands of their rescucrs, TRADE PRosPEcts, ‘Tho deputation in their report on trado prospects between the two republics say :— ‘We have found everywhere only the most cordial feelings and unbounded hospitality on the part of the pxican people, and a unanimous desire for closer commercial relations with the United States. We have observed no spocisl insecurity to either ty oF any Opposition among any clase to in’ improvements or the development cise do with the United States. We have especially noted an earnest desire on tho part of the public inen of Mexico for increased railway and steamship communication between the two nations, and aro of opinion that the United States government should encourage the sentiment that actuates the leading men of Mexico, which is manifestly a desire to cultivate the most friendly relations with the two countries, tus uniting them in trade and in- terest, thereby increasing the strength of both, so that in unity of interests may be found a bond of friendship enabling them to maintain the true prin- ciples of republican government as the prevailing sentiment on the American Continent. ‘Tho report is signed by about sixty of the excur- sionists, THE ALLEGED APOLLINARIS FRAUD ON THE GOVERNME. New Yonx, Feb, 13, 1879, To tar Eprron or tie Henan :—~ In reference to the charges of fraud alloged to havo been committed by the Apollinaris Company against the government, as published in the Associated Press: despatches in your paper of yesterday, permit us to say, as agents in the United States for the company, that they are unfounded; that we challenge their proof, and that we are quite ready to meet any inves- Rigation which the government may see fit to ineti- tute—in Zact, the hcwiee im Company through us demanded an investigation as far back as May last, in order to enable them to silence all slanders, Re- spectfully, FREDERICK DE BARY & CO., Nos, 41 and 49 Warren st, CHBYENYES AND SIOUX 6 EES Interview with the Chief Little Big Man. PROJECT OF THE HINNECONJOU WARRICR. How to Bring Back the Indians with Sitting Bull. PROPOSED FUNERAL OF THE HATCHET. How Dull Knife Was Taken In Out of the Cold. Warre Cuay Cre, D. T., Feb, 11, 1879, Via Fort Ronrnson, Neb., Feb, 13, 1879. Your correspondent has been favored with an inter- view by that distinguished aborigine the Minnecon- jou Chief, Little Big Man, or, as he is sometimes called by his cnemies, Little Bad Man. ° A sense of duty compels me to deny the current rumors that thie chief is or has been engaged in orgunizing a band of.warriors among the Sioux in order to go out and join his friend Big Road and the three hundred or more Minneconjous who left Red Clond’s camp last summer to join Sitting Bull. Such is not the case, APPEARANCE O¥ THE CHIEY. The littlo chief was found at his lodge not far from this point with his face well covered with the redest of paint and an cagle feather standing erect from his scalp lock, which part of the Indian tonsure is always kept clearly defined and carefully plaited by every warrior from childhood, in order, if the oppor- tunity does offer, his enemy may have a fair chance. Over each eyebrow there was a perpendi- cular line of-.black paint which afforded ao striking contrast to the red pigment covering his features, with which color his thin, sinewy hands were also ornamented. Ho wore the jacket of a cav- alry sergeant closely buttoned at the neck, while from lohy slits in his cars hung heavy charms of torquoise and large pieces of pearl shell, Me has been a scout and trailer in the army, hence his uni- form. He carried across his left arm, as he sat on the ground talking, a lance sharpened on both sides, resembling a broadsword or bayonet inserted ina piece of burnt hard wood some four fect long, a weapon he always has with him wherever he goes. A merry twinkle shot out from piercing, panther like eyes, of the kind which, though superficially pleasant, betokened that he could smile, and murder while he smiled, He is about thirty-five years old, five fect two inches high, and would weigh about one hundred and ten pounds. He is full of force, and no one in the whole Sioux nation can excel him in des- perate rocklessness. -His career has been one of blood. He was the friend and boon companion of the notorious Crazy Horse, equally dangerous and desperate, who was killed by the bayonet of a sentry in the guard house at Fort Robinson in October last. Little Big Man held American Horse by the arm to prevent his killing the guard, and received « stab wound in tho wrist from bis kni‘e. weirs .o#) THB CBUSR’S INTENTIONS, , ~Founcorrespondent, after petting his two little flaughters, aged five end seven years, to whom the little :warrior ie devoted, commenced the interview by asking him what thero was in the report that ho was getting ready for the warpath and organizing a band of young men to follow him. He eaid:— “Lhave been much misrepresented about that; some ono has tolda heap of lies about’ me; there.are a good many enemies of mino here and they sre all the time lying and trying to get me in trouble.” Taking a blue lead pencil handed him by the inter- preter the chief marked three sets of four parallel lines to indicate squads or platoons, and sdded:—“I want to tall you something, and will let you know allabout it, I want my Great Father to know it too, because when I took the white man’s hand after I came in from the North, where I had always been his enemy and fighting him, I saw I was going to be his friend, I have listeneg to his words and have done what, be,.aaked ane, end I want to keep the white man’s road, 1 want to do right. All my people went off to Sitting Bull and Big Road, who was chief with me, followed them, I stayed and would not go. I am here all alone. I asked the Great Father last fall to let me go and bring Big Road and my people back, but there has been no action on my paper. “Now I have got together @ lot of good young men who are to be soldiers." ARMY ORGANIZATION. ‘Then pointing to the first set of lines he con- tinued:—“These lines are to show the first who are to be armed with guns and mounted on horses. These,” moving to the second group, “are to have bows and arrows and to be on horses also, The last,” pointing to the remaining four lines, “are to have horses only and not to be armed. I do not intend to do anything bad. I told the agent so the other day.” Then holding up both hands and indicating a count by opening and shutting his fingers, he said:—“Each one of these lines counts ten men in the three columns, I have forty men each to make up my party, being in all 120 warriors, all young men. Our first object is to keep peace and quiet in this camp of the Sioux, and we shall have a good watch. If we seo anything going wrong we will put a stop to it and punish any bad Indians who may be going about to create disturbance, VISIT YO KITTING BULL PROPOSED, “Now, you know, two runners came in here from Sitting Bull to éce how we wore gotting along and if we were treated well. Then, if they liked what they saw and heard they would report so, and the Sioux, under Sitting Bull, would come in bere and settle down somewhere near us, in a good country, which the Great Father would give them, What I want to do with my young men is to go and see them some time in the noxt six weeks. I will go into their camp and talk with them, If I find their hearts are good I will bring them back, and then I will have my people here and be chief of them, which is what I want. The band which I have or- ganized is to go with mo, if we get the permission of the Great Fatlier, which has been asked. They are only an advance party, and wo will preparo to receive our friends. We have nothing bad in our hearts, but we want to help the Great Father to bring our people back, There is some danger I may be killed, as some of the young bucks are perhaps mad at me and say I helped to have Crazy Horse killed, This is not so, as I gave you the true story (and others have proved it to you); but if I am not killed and got into Big Road's camp all will be right. I will talk good words to my poople there and make their hearts glad. If I am killed I want the Great Fut! to look after my little daughter here, Tokaklowit® of whom I think a heap on account of het dead mother; that fall. I want todo right and be the white man’s friend. I swore to do so when I danced the sun dance the last time and went to Washington. I want to be recog- nized as a chief, but they don't do it here and are jealous of me.” WHEREABOUTS OF DULL KNIFE. Here ended the councilon war matters. Seeing that there was something on the little chief's mind which he had not spoken, I thought I would venture to find an outlet for it by asking him if he knew whore Dull Knife, the chief of the hostile Cheyennes, was, I was aware that Little Big Man had been paying his addresses to ono of the comely and fascinating daughters of Dull Knife, and therefore of all others he would be the most likely to know the fate of the old warrior and family. I had asked Red Cloud atid ho didnot know or feigned not to. I had also asked Little Wound, the chiefof the Kidschsas, tho largeat band under Red Cloud, telling him I had heard Dull Kaifo had gone to join Spotted ‘Tail’s followers. Ho replied that was not the case, but that ho was somewhere among the Ogal- lalas, being taken care of by his friends, who wore secreting hitn, None of the leading chiefs would acknowledge that they had any information where the noted refugee was, Taking a few flerce whifls at his ; old man is Dull Knife, 7 eee dean lowing the smoke and then sending it out again, Little Bi Man cautiously and yet with an air o: triumphant pleasure, continued:— ‘Sumo tine ago, late at night, there came to my lodge an old iman—very old—with an old woman, They were ‘Ad and hed no clothes on and no blankets. old man shivered a great deal as he talked to me, and asked to come in to the fire@nmd warm himself. J took pity on him, gave him some- thing to eat, some clothes, two pair of tmocassing and a}! my blankets. He could hardly stand up and was almost dead. I gave him five horses, fed his y and made them warm, He is now in ® lodge near by and getting better.. His family are with him, The old woman is not his wife, but am auut-or sister, Ido not know which. Iam going to tuke his daughter to live with me as my wife, That Hé was suffering so much of course I had to help him.’ Here he manifested an immensely pleased and self- satisfied manner in reflecting over what he had done, andthe interview ended. Thus the long disputed point as to what had become of the old warrior who carried on his shoulders the fortunes of the flying Cheyennes is settled. It is thought with Little Big Man’s warriors and the other Sioux disposed to pro- tect Dull Knife the government cannot, with hope of success, make 4 demand for his surrender. he: INDIAN RAID ON THE CAMP OF HUNTERS, Deapwoon, D, T., Feb. 13, 1879. Last Monday a band of twenty-five Ind- jans raided the camp of three hunters on the Cheyenne River, thirty miles cast of Rapid City. The Indians captured one gun, one horse and all the hunters’ pro isions and blankets. 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