The Sun.
London, England, 1867-02-13 00:00:00

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/Naval and Military Intel Home.
The Terrible, 19, paddle fri4.7,ate, Capt. T. R. COM.
nerell, V.C., C. 8., which returned to Spitheadfrom
the Channel on Tuesday, is ordered into Portsmouth
harbour to await Admiralty orders relative to her
future movements. In steaming down Channel
against the late S.W. gale, off the Start Point and
on a weather tide, the entablature of the engine split
across, and Capt. Commerell found himself com-
pelled to bring his ship back to Spithead. It is not
improbable that the Admiralty, considc-ring the. ex-
tent of the damage to the entahl:lture and the
amount of reliable work that may be fairly estimated
to remain in the ship's engines, may order the Ter-
rible to be paid out of commission, and Capt. Com-
merell, with his officers and crew, turned over to
some other ship. The ironclad Valiant, of 4,063 tons
and 800-horse power, now in dock at Portsmouth
and ready for commission, would be a very suitable
vessel for the purpose. The armament ordered for
the Valiant under the new scale is—main deck, two
9-ton Bin. and 12 6-ton 7in. muzzle-loading rifled
guns, with four of the latter on the upper deck as
chase guns.
Admiral Sir T. S. Pasley, port admiral
and commander-in-chief at Portsmouth, accom-
panied by Rear-Admiral Superintendent G. G. Wel-
lesley, C. 8., went on board the paddle yacht Fire
Queen yesterday, and paid a visit to the ironclad
frigate Lord Clyde, Capt. Roderick Dew, C. 8., at
Spithead anchorage.
The Cossack, 20, screw corvette, 1,296 tons,
250-horse power, Capt. R. D.White, has arrived at
Sheerness from Spithead, and has commenced un-
loading her stores. In a feW days she will be
brought into the basin and paid off, after having
been nearly four years in commission on the Medi-
terranean station.
The Eclipse, 4, screw gun vessel, 700 tons, 200-
horse power, Commander E. R. Fremantle, from
the Australian station, has been paid out of commis-
sion in Sheerness dockyard by Capt. S. S. L. Crofton,
of the Naval Barracks. The crew were granted the
usual Admiralty leave. The ship has been dismantled
and placed in the third division of the steam reserve.
The Rodney, 78, screw ship, 2,770 tons, 500-
horse power, Capt. A. C. F. Heneage, flagship for
the China station, has been undocked and placed in
Sheerness harbour, where she will remasn till her
crew are completed and she is ready for sea.
Yesterday Major-Gen. Freeman Murray, com-
manding the forces in the Chatham district, made an
inspection of the Ist division of the Depot Brigade,
Royal Artillery, at the head-quarters of the divi-
sion. The Major-Gen., who was accompanied by
Capt. F. S. Herries, aide-de-camp, and Brigade-
Major W. W. Lynch, was received by Col. S. H.
Crofton, in command of the Royal Artillery, Col.
S. Westmacott, commanding Royal Engineers, and
other officers connected with the staff at head-quar-
ters, and at once proceeded to make an inspection of
the four brigades, together with the Coast Brigade,
the officers and men composing which were drawn
up on the parade-ground within the fortifications.
At the close of this portion of the inspection Gen.
Murray visited the barrack quarters, gymnasiums,
schools, recreation rooms, library, and hospital, and
also inspected the Royal Engineer works in progress,
quitting the garrison and returning to head-quar-
ters in the afternoon. On the previous day Gen.
Murray inspected the troops of the line and other
forces quartered at Milton Barracks, Gravesend,
together with the forts and batteries in that dis-
trict.. The troops were drawn up in front of their
quarters, under command of Col. W. L. Stewart, at
Milton Barracks. There the non-commissioned
officers and men were inspected by corps by Gen.
Murray, who subsequently crossed the Thames and
inspected the troops quartered at Tilbury Fort, as
well as the outworks and other parts of the fortifi-
cations at that station. Before closing his inspection
Gen. Murray visited New Tavern Fort, in which a
few troops are quartered, and late in the afternoon
he returned to headquarters, Chatham. The whole
of the corps under the command of Major-General
Murray have now been inspected, with results which
are understood to be highly satisfactory.
An order has been received at Chatham garrison
directing Ensign Bell and Ensign Malony, 4th West
India llegimcont, to join the service companies of
corps at Cape Coast Castle.
The Rev. S. Mead has been appointed acting
chaplain at Chatham, and has commenced his duties
at that garrison.
Lieut. G. G. Peterkin, attached to the depot of
the 45th company at Chatham garrison, has been
ordered to join the service companies of that regi-
ment in India.
The following appointments have been made at
the Admiralty :—Lieut. 11. St. V. Jenkings to the
Niobe ; Lieut. R. C. Jolliffe to the Racoon ; Sub-
Lieut. Alfred C. Loveridge to the Research ; G. H.
Moore, midshipman, to the Hector, as supernu-
merary; W. Harvey, midshipman, to the Charybdis,
as supernumerary ; Walter F. C. Bartlett, surgeon,
to the Zebra ; G. W. Jones, paymaster, to the
Niobe ; IL IL P. Shanks, paymaster, to the Zebra ;
Edward Parsons, chief engineer, to the Niobe ; J.
Jessop, engineer, to the Royal Alfred ; G. Lynch,
engineer, to the Niobe ; 11. Parry, engineer, to the
Zebra ; John T. Comerford, assistant surgeon, to
the Lion ; C. L. Ridout, assistant surgeon, to the
Zebra ; W. H. Keats, first-class assistant engineer,
to the Niobe ; John W. Nelson, first class assistant
engineer, to the Zebra ; Daniel C. Stephens, clerk,
to the Niobe ; and J. Taylor, clerk, to the Zebra.

TIIE NEW INDIAN lIOSTILITIES.—The Nation
gives an article on the late horrible massacre
near Fort Philip Kearney. The Indians in
the United States territories are computed to

number between 300,000 and 350,000, and for this
great class no fixed governmental policy has been
laid down, and in a pending suit at law it is still
[ a question, whether hostile Indians are foreign
enemies or domestic rebels. The Cheyennes are
a tribe among whom Colonel Chiyington and his
command, according to the Committee on the con-
duct of the war, committed hideous barbarities two
years ago. The Sioux are a powerful tribe, who
have been in open hostility ever since the out-
break of the civil 'war. Expeditions against them
have cost millions of dollars, without accomplishing
any good result. If the Cheyennes, or rather the
friendly bands of the Cheyennes, have been wronged
by too harsh treatment, the Sioux have been injured
by too much leniency. The Sioux of the Upper
Missouri number about 15,000, and were re-enforced
some years ago by the Sioux of the Mississippi to
the amount of 5,000. These were expelled for their
savagery from Minnesota, and have ever since
be
threatened r
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dloButrts oi
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and
leaguee 2dlatefor cavalry u
no u lrd
p lsil massacrede
and not an indication of a grand combination
of Indians for a war of races. The Nation blames
the present system, which in order to afford safe
routes for travellers induces the Indians to exchange
tracts of desirable land for annuities—paid half-
yuelearlyll—idiinanmiosnesyurarnodunmdeedrchhaynd, slea,n
da-ts
hwahr esh,, time
gamblers, who scheme to rob him as they would a
soldier or a sailor. Unable to wait till his income
is again due he takes to marauding and massacre,
and falls upon the unprotected emigrant and soldier
wherever he can. But besides this object of imme-
diate gain, he may have begun hostilities in the
present case to extract a formal treaty of peace,
accompanied with more goods and greenbacks.
The remedy proposed is to transfer the Indian
Bureau from the Department of the Interior to the
War-office. This has been urgently
recommended
by General Grant, based on the report of General
o
Sherman, and was proposed two years ago by
General Pope. It would simply be a return to the
previous arrangement, as the WBary-office heldmea
means
st
thetill
responsible for the
transferred to the Interior.
military authorities would be
good conduct of the Indians, whereas
civi-
lians and military each ascribe
the other. It is believed that
the troops c)ul 1 corral
Indians
establish
; keep
every now
calamity the
e tothe prior action of h
away from emigrant utes; a healthyten
l routes
the
state of non-intercourse ; remove the temptation to
r
plunder, by forcing the Indians from prescribed
regions; and thus effectually police the "short
route" to Montanas and the Pacific.