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. NO. 22. VOL. 4. BISMARCK, D. T„ WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 6,1876.

A REPUBLICAN IHSWSPAPfcfc PtJBU&BED A KEPUBMI^y WKDNEgDAT^rr v -T

VHE BISSIABCK xiliBrwfi.co., C A. LOUK8BKR11Y. Editor and tliokge^'

8l;Bf(0BirTl4> rates: ^ One Year V - * Six Months ..........••.•JiTf*.. s*™

Addrew: C. A. Lonnsberrjr, . Biamarck, Hai(«U:T«r*ltoi^.

ROTfiR AKO W8W8. NewYorttand proottyii >ote«. Qen. T. Morgan)* the Rnirtpr elect lo AUktm% , Woothud now claims that hfcl46fatlntelili to tqUeal. Ifjery eoabt; In KiDns|i$)i Hayes.

• T^efe are thir'teeo cojnpaiU* <* tr«u» tela. ,

MinnceaU paid |348,SW* !aUrild i-evqbaefatt G.£aj. o ;-i

Tweed »;> he has no statement to make reflecting on.lilden. - . —

Poor men were recently burned to death in*sa loon in Chicago

Gen Hansom, of NwrAiCarolina, hft>b eeaTe elec• •tci aenator. ^ ... r ' , •

McCartney, the nftted c»antene#er, Is lif limbo,, 'at Indianapolis.

The library formerly owned by Washington sold Hast week for $5,000.'v __ ^

St. P«-tersb«rjt *nd Moscow took the eMftiw Rdsslaiii lo«n of $T8,00U,0u0. ' .

Over three rail I ion ddtlars of drinks were cold on' the Centennial grounds.

Lt. Badu, of the 5th Cavalry, died at Fort Dodge, Kansas, on the 12th imt.

Qen. Sheridan has returned from New Orleans leaving Gen. Knger in command. w ^ J

GwV. Stearnes. of Florida/ U a satl yt of Maine and lost au arm atWinchester. '< 1

The ektUratesiTor nertyear woiifd the appropria­tions for lastxcar by $25,000,000.

The DeSmet lode in the Hack Hills assays 9S,777s to the t-iu gold and $5$, silver.

The New YorK WotM thinks two presidents would u't be such a bad tltiug 4fier all. .

It eaid that'll den has deWiwianed to retain Bea Botlrr to w«*k3iis case through oongress

Ben Bu ler in giving his *i ews of the^ii ation says he thinks there'll be a d <1 row.

The Louisville c® urts now impr'eon men for gam-bllng or keeping gimbling'^sfebiishment*.

Lt Col. Kel»on, TJ. 8 #A. ,4will be'marrlecf to Miss! Sanford, of IJrooklyn, N. Y , to-morrow.

The Younger brothers are engaged..Ur pattyfn'g pail.-" prepai atory to paintifg *t Stillwater.

Tilden isieported to have said I have been eleo-r ted fresideut and 1 intend to bePrtsident.

The Minnesota supreme court has again affirmed the con&titatiouality of the inebriate asymm (ax.

The uew gol«>,discovories in theBIaok Hijt« toeon Beaver ti««k about fifty milt* west o^Deadjr^od.

It is now «tated that, the entire Bender family was pec retry |>«iclied by-a Kxnsas .yigi lance icutauilUee.

An Eaait Saginaw, MU L woman was sentenced to fifteen yc«ua lor cruelty to«4UtyMion resufcfasg'intfs death. *

Ktr.tuik>-y nends Iter gaotblera to the penitentiary, NVw York «eniis Iter's to Oongress.—est. Paul <&l«-

n»e«eberi» of the LouiUanA returning-4»4ttrd were oOertKl f 100,000 eacii togoin in co^afiag Til-den in.

McCuitixjy, the counterfeiter, gets fifteefCjjre&ra in the peuotetitiarv; his associate, Walters, gets twenty. v " •»

The United Slates imi*r(ed 800^000,000 Hw or cof­fee law y«y*c, one tliinl ot the entire prod««tion of the world ,,]

Some Sk-nd fired the reddeoce^of Wade ttamoijon lit few days ago. The faaiily "acely escaued. C.N«fth-; ing was b-iVril. ' -The La Cr>«se briJge Hffow tcouipleted attd the

Milwaukee &-M. Paul'& U. Co„,_ have twq^Biieot lines to Cliicago. ''''' ' ,

Virginia. di8irat)chise» |>erson« for the noa pay-, metit br pvdt-taxer au<t for petit.iirceny. lat^ttded' l o k . l l t l - e n e g r o v o t e . . ' ; ' i

Goveriu<r HcJi.iii ksU4uks there :wil' be no troub-ie over the election but l»e insists Tilde n fe «Nected and believeBtbe will so «ieolar«d. J

feix repnsentaiives iroiaeachj jmrty. froniabjroad, aa4«ixfr«nn tacli at home w*xe admitted 4o the see»kiu oftiie lloridu returning ><oard

Ui« Guvrrjir of Kliode Island called aA extra sesuou of the legislature to eicCt.«Ji elector la place of Corliss adjudged by the supreiae court tojbe inel-ligibie. *• ' ''

The ladies of-South Carolina have tendenMtWade Haiuptou a new residence «lie«wld havin^^een. bur ltd by iuoii.ui ailed, but 4be gallant oUflfien. declines.

lite United States minister to dSibera, J, Milton Turner, i<*»h>reil}, luvvitig ueen .refused accommo­dations at the Aotor H- use, toae •eoinm;uce«4 suit for damage* utn*+jr tl e civil ilghtC bill. (* ^

A blulibeiiug liule fellow exjilathed his tears to a couipai.ion.* "i'aa^ nt me after .bodfish tor break­fast, an' 1 MentiUmn' and was ^ne all day, and now we Intve beeiiiliaviu* some -biirtdoxin' "

lhirty-one people tuic d^d in Miane«ota laSt year; sixty died of cjncoc; 3^4 f pueumonia; 57 of con

^ ge»uoi- of the kiuftti, and thirty-oue of diseases of the lui gs. 1 he tutal numbe/of deaths was 661.

Met»rs. O'Briin;, I'l aU A Co. contract to get out lo,ov« railroad (ties during the coming winter for tht N P. laiiruad. 'I hey expect to cut them in tbe virinity of ti»e Junction.—Duiuth TribUtn*.

A" reward of $1,7JU ia oil'ered f«*r the arrest and conv-ctio- oi tite per«ou who tbrttw a oomshell iuto tbe house of liou. ti. Price, congressman .eject at Davenport Iowa, wJUi the design Of killing Mr. Price or Ins son. *').

E. A. Woodward; -who knows iflef the secrets ot the 1 weed ring, and Ji -sall of the checks which purd between the parties nas offered to make a ful. cwufession. lie was arrestedin Chicago: the

.other day after six years exile. Ihe lotedo Blade i.iaists mat Tilde* singsC >

On failure's raided edge I stand, Aud '.act a.ueufructual eye * '

To Loui^iana'aitrouOied 'and, Where all uiy -chances lie.

Theateries o> builduzicg in Louiiiana are making the dem»»eiatic visitors ot New Orleans «ick Gov. Palmer aays if Mrs. Puikstou's story is true that jnrish ought to be sunk to the depths of hell. Geo. W. Julian was so sicketiedby the sight of Mrs. Pink-

«ton*a gaping wounds thatiie left the room. Atlanta Cuustitu io'i: game of the Indiana Pa­

pers are talking war talk. Very well. But do, .tear northern and western democrats, confine the lighting to your side of the line. We have had enough of it dasMi this way. We have helped you elect AJucle Samuel, and that is about as far as we can go.

Hene is the difference. Gov. Hayes says: "Any man fit to be president, or even a candidate of a ^rpat part# for tbe office, would prefer to be eaunt ed oat t>y fraud, raClier than be counted in by fraud uf which there is a reasonable nuspidea." Qow Tilden uy« "1 guess we've get Ahem this time."— Bo*tun JomraaL

So me horribie evidence of Bulldeaing has bee n preaeuud before the Louisana returning board. HtQ widow of Henry Pinktfou, whose husband was «ot to pieces before her, her babe wardered In her, (ful «mi herself shot, hocked with an ax and (tab tod until she was supposed to be dead; the United States marshal who was Ave times shot aadleft for dead aud «soy ether mutilated victims of Dtmo-^ratlc tS»fU to reform the #outb bare been before them.

PRESIDENTIAL. ST: PAUL, Dec. 4—Tne returning

bostc^ of Lousiana and Fiorid* have Completed tbeir canvass, the result wltt^rofeiblT be announced to-morrow.

Boith bous«ii of, the. South Oarftljna J^egislfcture have ocbwpied, tlje saine.hall. sinctThursday*. This tnortiing flange forqeofst^be constabulary was brought lo f he., capital to eiect the. Dem . ocrnuc .speaker! mid ;tb# ? Democrats

s^ats fflSrilirfutess and "fcdge-fielA «<M»oties« irtxireupon: the >Diamo-t(]r^|[i^hou8e at^omrned to Carolina Hall.

SAM ft AW ALL SPBUKEB. — Co«gres8 m6t"fU) day artd Honr~S.~S. jlandali; of Pewnsylvania, was elected. l^p<^k«r of theihouse.

t. ' \ ' • r-,h« Merchon ts ilj aJti onal Bsdk bbiigwt

fifty ounces Black H(ils gold to da^i* and buy <all that is offered. 5 , i. ^ WABli«E. t -V T%c»Buropean continues war like.

, LT GEN! 8DWRDA1* .L is seriously ill at his toome in Cbtc^o.. Two thousand

T r 'r iKoiAN roNtEs iHfl'be scfld at St. Paul on the Wife. _ • f-ItflllKAll^i-\ ,-:

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ST. 'P<KJL,^Dec. .—TbiiS Louisiana re-omrning ^oard rejected the returns froua

of ike bulldozed parishes yesterday, ifcttd certified to thre!ecti0n of tbolIayiBs ^Sectors by-about three thadsawti maj.

80CTH«CAB0LINA. . Thedepublicaas of the South Caroli­

na Legislature, all of the Democrats paving withdrawn, canvateed the votes dud dtfclared tbe election of ^hambfer-lain. »

' BFLOBIDA Dot heard from the wires be»«g down.

ifffj. Keno is^in St. Paul. '

H. M. Davis is happv^it's* girl, and {^bouncing bigpne.^ 3..

•ik)hn White was taken aufidenly and seriously ill^yesterday. *

The continued ""illness <>f tbe editor tviM account ICT the meagvmess of our local colutnn&

.i'ohn;]U.Bf«ck> the well *k«own' and hfghly esieene^ representative of rtAn-tliofty Keltey, Minneapolis, is in;, the city. • J. • ' " . ̂ he cars, «wtwithstaodifig the snow,

lV<Wf6 been 0*1''time almost every trip, *wd on Monday arrived an tiour ajiead oli;time.. , ^ , , W e sh a l£ re< i e ve(,tbifir r ̂ of «d-^rtising by tbe j^tjli^ation: 01 a;Stlp-pVement after this We^ ̂ frtil* -arrahgfe-uxants for enlftrging can be «ade:;..^/ ;

LieuJ^ VefwtiB;, of theC>avM*y« ba^bei^tt agsi|»ed ;to d^ty a« Regini^n j taUand^'o8t^v(H.^ LihcolnT're-lieving Lt./^Ai^|:!p^ tbje who: re­in rns" 'to i \ •-

T h e " t s ! h a d f W ® r { i y at al I of th^ voting rpr^k\pt8 jiiL the Black Hflls but at. (7roofe <3ity Judge Jtidder had r£38 majori^out of^JML votes p.oljed. Geri. ;Dawso.n was elect­ed a delegate«feo the legislatore.

The first white child born in Crook Orty was ushored into existence Mon­day morning. Mrs. Haley is the happy inot4ier, and tbe happy father is—well, really, we've forgotten who.—Black Bitlt Tribune. ; <

Deputy Mar-shal Ash has returned from Standing Rock with John Allen charged with the murder of Mr. Nichols at .ATtichoke 'feend. Mr. Allen has always borne a good character and it is to be hoped he is the wrong man. f 'A letter with foreign postmark wiw .re-oeived at Fort Buford post office^by the mail of die 58th inst. the following super 6cription.-: l*To General West Pointer Crooks the Great Indian fighter of the Western plains, Care df General «<Non West Pointer Sitttng Bull, U. S. Indian at the Indian Agencies along the Miss­ouri Riveron tne War Path via Fort Buford, D. T., and Omaha, Neb." Please forward.

0' • Susan Bi Anthony.

Miss Susan B. Anthony has done a no­ble thing, which deserves to be widely known. She has lectured 120 times du­ring this season, it is said and has paid oif the la6t of the debt of $10,000 which she was compelled to assume in the failure of The Revolution* In the days of its weak­ness, when the advocates of woman tui-frage were hopelessly divided into two rival organizations, and the Woman's Journal was flourishing in Boston, Miss Anthony courageously took the Revolu­tion, and became financially responsible for it. That she has felt obliged to work for years after its failure to pay iu debts, at a time when thousands of m£n avail themselves of the privileges of the bank­rupt act, is a phenomenal exhibition of moral sensitiveness 4tnd personal honor.

r Notes From Buford.,, Correspondence Bismarck Taisoi. .

FORT LJUFORD.'D. T., NOV. 29 1876.—-"There's music in the air," so runs the

song, and so thought we as a few evein-ings since, wh£n the mooa.wai not shed­ding her jefulgent beams, a merry sleigh­ing party, With a four" in hand turnout, passed us in the vicinity of the post, and the clear air gave.back the echo of "There is rest for the weary." We have always believed that "Oh the other side of Jor­dan" there ,was aainfiulti&amountof rest, and from many sojourners,^ who, are ip

weary ones may. ftnd' re^t^ are^a^ beyond this side* of our Jordan—the "Big Mud-

"While the sth Infantfy isi; pnpseciiting: the >yinter cam Rf*g« j^ to mention a few points^.ioonne'ctio^. '\vith' Indian affairs,' inattdAlround the* vicinity Of their present movements,--! _ r ! 'Ih a farmer lettei ii me^tioi^d; J'hat General jfyzfeh,- leaving^abtmHant supplies for Miles at Pecik, >vith an officer '(^t- Day,) and a .deJtaQlm^nt i ofrhis i;£gfc dient, hsld returned 'to the postt'; 1 •*if 4 i

. Before returning,''however,/'steps were taken to prevent1 as far ais po^sib)^, the trading 'or ammunition, by • parties alotig the Upper Missouri: to l«istile Indians. Letters atid:qrde.rs used by th^^ Geri'et'sil at PCok have elicited, the following infor­mation. That at Carroll Messrs. Glen-dettiiin & BIJO'S^ the prtucipal meijcMnt^ anticipating4^ move ori' thes' amwvufticloh' question countermanded a large order tor cartridgee, ̂ ind ; yet hitvtj $%99° rounds of small ammunition on hand.' lit is also reliably reported , that at Car­roll or in the immediate vicihily there are a dozen or more men "who are constantly coming and going between that point and.Bentori pr.Helena, ̂ whoiaretho^pugli^ ly unscrupulous, are conversant Wiethe Sooux language >and are furnishing or-will furnish ammunition to Indians this 'win-;ter. It is very probable that Gen. Miles may peep.into this matter, &h6ugh an of-„ sficer and detachment stationed at present at Carroll with power tof control" «ales ^tnd transfers of ammunition wcmld, be of :great benefit. Matter^around'Fdr^PeQk i remain much the same; - There a*eprob-ably 600 or 700 lodges of Yanktomiais in Ithat: vicinity, their "first lodges com me nC? ing 'atiout two utiles froijl the agency and. extending along down nearly to,-i Milk river. After providing his command With' suppliek ittt Peck, 'Gen. KTilfes' divld^ ea the regiment, taking six1 compahies unde^ his own command,an'd lea^h^ fou> tinder command of Captain Snyder-—' wher^ th^jr\gO and what the^ will ao,'wilI be easier told'at asubgeauetit-pCi-iod than{ now. • ' •"

Official reports received here from Lt. Day, ot the 6th Infantry, commanding at Fort Peck state that a ^oung Indian, a (8ans Arc) a reputed runner from Cra­zy Horse's camp,is * reported aS having arrived in the .Yanktonnias' camp about the ftight of the 22d insti This runner, it is said, reports Graxy Horsa fWith;^bout 1,000 lodges on Powder River'j that Sit­ting Bull and his peoole are in camp on the Red water near thb ,forks, about say 35 miles from Peek or sixtv miles from Buford. '•

It i» reported that this rutaner was sent from Crazy Hort«eVcamp to bring word to Sitting Bull and his people, that they knight join the former chief at hiskamp.

This runner al»o says that after ^Miles pasted Dry Fork that Sitting Bull tnoves east towards the main fork of thepjg;I}ry and is now encamped at the "Springs'' between the two eastern forks of the "Big Dry" and the old gentleman still thinks that when the soldiers leave and matters settle down into the old quiet •routene, he will drop into Peck somte pleasant day, "swap a litlle," then mean­der across country to the Rpsebud, from thence organized pleasure excursion up that stream and across until he finally drops dow n into the main camp on Pow­der River.

Which I wish to remark and my Laoxuage ispiainr—.. ' .

That for. waytt Ui&tjare dark, and a trail . sought in vain r

Old S; B's certalfllf * Long Dog has sent word into the

Yanktonnias camp, to come out to the head of Porcupine Creek where he is to trade with the half breeds lor ammuni­tion. It is reported that this specimen of "canine hardware" has quarrelled with o!d Sitting Bull and with his people, some 120 lodges, has no intention of re­joining him. -?

If you dont dream of Sitting Bull after reading this long article you are really quite fortunate.

REX.

Scarcity in the of Provisions Black Hills.

During tbe summer months people predicted that the amount of flour, bacon and other provisions then on hand would more than suffice for the wintei's supply, and the supposed glut of the market depressed pric-.s to such an ex­tent that freighting in staples almost ceased. Now what has been the result of this stoppage of supplies? We find ourselves upon the verge of winter, and almost the entire stock consumed. How little people knew of the supplies nec­essary for the seven to ten thousand people of this section is evinced by tbe

'present condition of our markets, a condition Which now engages these rioufe attention of all our citizens, who with grave faces !ask one another what We are to do when the present stock of floor and bacon is exhausted. Already isflotir selling at fifteen dollars per sack, and advancing at the rate of about one dollaf per day, and unless we shall have an^additional supply imniediaWlvv thtt prospects are that inside' of two weeks it will bring $25, and three Weets wiilne^haust the entire stock. The stock of bacon is in the same lamenta-

as for sugar" there is not a'pou/id to be h.ad>except ; from pri­vate iftd ividuate who have ; purcbased in quittities for their,pwn "use. There neVetf' Wa&an oppfcrtuniry for freighters iand shippers"to realize .h^nd^omely up^ on it busih,esSiventure tbflfl ft t"be«pFes-ent titte: ahd to those who lost rooney in their freighting operations dufltig the past summer we would say now is youfebahee tof) make up-all'1 your loss and reap a golden harvests of pro&t ber h\dek:4-I)ecldwodd Pioneer.

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Coaaidoxed by tho St. Paul Xham-bor of Commcrcc»An Interesting U,^pprt. . , :•

, Captain ' Kussell Blakely from- the cbmmittee then iriid! the fdjlawiqg intef-;

esting report in regard to the Black Hills and the Various routes,bjr which that gold region can be reached:

1 MB. PBESIDENT—Your committee to trhom' leas referred the subject of open­ing domhiuhic&tioh' with the Black Hills eountr^ respectfully report: That the Bl^'cfe Hills'tin<J.country ib the vicinity contAin^"large amounts.of precious met als, both gold ®od silver, has become an kceepMd'fact-in thi^ community aud that softie means of easy and safe busi­ness Connection should be established between this c'ty and D.oadwood, the objective centre of the Black Hills coun ­try, is apparent to all. The present iroates of travel to the hills starting from Chicago are by the several railroads leaving'that city1 and connecting with the Union Pacific at Omaha to Cheyenne, a distance bf one thousand, and nine bailea' bj rail, and thi$e hundaed and forty miles by wagon road toDeadwood, anothe^ route by way of Sioux City and Yankton, 575 miles by rail from. Chica­go and from Yankton to the-mouth of >Vhite river by steamboat in summer, knd: from;there by wagon to tbe hills or Deadwood; 250 miles,.and during winter from Yankton by wagon a distance of ftbotit 365 mile^.' Botbi of these routes by wagon road, as well from Cheyenne ad from„Yankton, are reputed as being through difficult country, and some part of the way say 100 miles) through the foot hills or mountains'before, they reach Deadwood. The remaining route is from Chicago by railroad to Bismarck, present distance 945 miles, and thence to Deadwood; 195 miles, by wagon.

The first route named is the principal route by'which passengers and freight are now being carried to the mincis, al though the longest and probably the most expensive one o(, all three routes named, and when we understand that there are not less than 10,000 people in theiinines to be supplied with every thing they use, it-will be apparent'that' the business of transportation is one of no ordinary or inconsiderable amount, and must during the coming season amount to thousands of pussengers'and tons of freight, and that this business caii be carried oyer the last named routu better and with less cost will be appar-e.ht ijfton ttte.'examination of the routes in detail.

From Chicago by rail to St. Paul 410 miles in twenty hours in time; from St Haul to Bismarck 535 miles in thirty-six •hoprs after arrival in St. Paul, and by .stage inside forty-eight hours to Dead wood. In February lastfColouul Lyuas" beri*y, of Bismarck, in an address before this chamber, described the wagon route from the Missouri to the mines in the following language: '-It is a good road, good grazing, plenty of wood and water all the way, no sand or bad hills, or al­kali water. Teams went through with 2,600 pounds without doubling or with out difficulty, and returned in six davst

and a pack train came through in eight days."

In tbe Bismarck TBIBUNE of the Sth inst. we find the following: "Miller & McPherson's freighting outfit at rived from the Black Hills last week. This outfit consists of twelve teams, and was accompanied Dy Mr. Schofield, hereto tore engaged in freighting between Cheyenne and the Hills, witt^six teams, six teams belonging to Mr. Babcock, Mr, McKinney with three teams, Mr. Mc(7lelland with four teams, and fout belonging to Mr. Browning. The Chey enne freighters speak in the highest terms of the route,' and everybody won ders that the bulk of the freight is not passing this way. The Cheyenne route is at least-one hundred miles longer, and fifty miles of it is over deep sand,

antrone h'Undred miles or more through the mou tains. Staged, hbWevei', afe , running regularly on this route, Srod thousands of. tons of freight are feeing-shipped over it, while little is- being done ori the more favofable route."

lin Prfejndeni, this city has a name for enterprise and capital together Witii business shrewdness second to nonerifr the northwest, and your committee do;

not thin'x it necessary to further^ dis­cuss :t his matter which to them sfteims so obviously ;plain, but submit the fol­lowing resolutions: , j

Resolved^ That our senators and r®t;

resentatives in congress be respectfully requested to uab their influence to opeh the Black Hills, Wolf Mountains,; aiid copntry injtheir iVic'nitj, to mining and agricaltural settlenjientj.to open roads,• establish mail 'rbuties, and otherwise to promote^ safe and' easy development Ot tbe country, u-.i y , Resolved, That we 'respectfully ask the'Chicago, Milwaukeej & St.; Paul, Chicago# ̂ Northwestern; Lake SupCTior and MissisKippi, .apd Northern Pacific jrailroadst^.m^ejsuoh business arrange^ meri ts " as wi ll bpen^this route to freigh.t jmd travel at the earliest day. ^

Resolved, Th^t1 we respectfully7 ask the board of tradi of Minneapolis' aiid of Du 1 uth;to co operate with this <ihaipn- | b'er in1 ̂ tabhshin^ business relations, With the rfiiners o^the Black if ills and . vibinity. . V '' R^BLA'^BLBYt.i-,

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• ' "• ^ {Black Hills. • Major Whitehead,J I.'N. Rich, E. 1T.

Winston, Fr^idl Hdllembaek,'Ed Donahue, Wfji. Falcbhef^ (jhas. Woll, Ed Tolwn-send,'Ai P. Hortohi and others. returned from the Black Hills Monday. ' Deacon,, Mann and: several others are coming,, with an ox train and will arrive in a day or two. All speak in the highest terms of the Hills and all with, whom we have talked are going back directly or in the spring. About two million dollars in gold has been taken out this summer and new discoveries are' constantly being made. Major Whitehead showed us an < eight dollar nugget taken from a gulch which has;not been worked scarcely at f

all. A great stampede has been going on to VV bit Mountains or some other re­gion but the great mass, have returned: disgusted. '1 hey couldn't find the place. Major Whitehead speakd in the highest terms of the agricultural prospects of that region and commends the climate very much. The country is also full ofquartz— silver as welt as gofd. {Silver is spoken, ot that yields $20,000 to the ton.

CSen. CUfilter Vindicated. FroD^Gen. Sherman's Annual iteport.

Now, up to this moment there was' nothing official or private to justify an officer to expect that any detachment could encounter-more than 500, or, at the maximum, 800 hostile warriors. In this engagement the five companies of the 7th cavalry, led by Lieut, Col, > Custer in person, viz: 4,C," "E," "F," "'I" and "L," were literally obliterated, ahd the remaining seven companies saved by the brave and prudent conduct of Major Reno and the timely arrival of Gen. Terry. The loss was 12 officers, 247 enl'€ted men, > five civilians and three Indian-soouts, killed', and two officers and,51 m/an wounded —a full list of names being on file. The loss by the (ndians cannot be ascertained, but is Variously estimated from 40 to 10(> dead. M;»jpr.Beno, from his bluff over­looking the valley of' the Lilile Big Horn, saw the Indians break camp on the approach of Gen. Terry's command, defile across the hills, and estimated the ,nunites# of warriors at from 2,500 to 3.000, so that it amounted to a demon­stration that the campaign hud leen plan­ned on wrong premise*; that the troops were dealing not only with the hostiles, Istuuated at from 500 to 800, but with the available part of the agency Indians who bad gone out to help their friends ui a figkt, which was sure to result i'roin pi epilations they themselves had witnessed. •

WHITE—MORAS—At their own residence, Eig-ni»ircK, L»ec. 3d, 1^76, l»y Kev. J. li. M. Oenin, Mr. Jul.n White to Misa Susie Moran, all cf Bis-maack Tiie marriage of Mr. John White and

Miss Susie Moran, though unexpected by any except the most intimate friends of the respective parties, was an ejrent which calmd forth the hearty congratu­lations and best wishes from the many-friends and acquaintances of both par­ties. The bans were published in the ' Ualholic Church in the usual manner after mass, and the ceremony was per­formed that afternoou by Rev. J B. M/ Genin. Mr. White is one ol the earliest settlers in our city, and his ever happy and genial manner has won for him tbe respect and esteem of all. Miss Susie Moran is a charming brunette of sixteen summers and though she has resided in this city but a short time her graceful and pleasing demeanor endeared her to the hearts of all whose good fortune il was to know her. May their life to­gether be one ot perpetual bliss. *

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