Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1846-10-21

Kane. encamped in the Plaza Mier.
Gen. Patterson had. previous to the Two
regiments being ordered to. Monterey,
about 1000 men encamped three miles
from Camargo.- Char. Euen, Ne,os.
Correspondence of flhe Chars Courisr.
WAsui NGToN, Oct. 8. 1876.
The fourth Indian Council was held
yesterday. The President had directed
that il should he held with closed doors.
but The Indians objected 10 e.. "Lle
Hill" made a protest against any session
from which the public was TO be excluded
The President was applied 10 ny the Sc
cretary Of The Board and he recinded The
order.
The Indians are in very bad humor.
They acI, il is said. under the malisu in
aueDce Of the traders, who got most Of
their money.
They have rejected The ullima,um of
The Government. and demand 100000
instead of Sl50.000 the Government Of
fers.
'.f,llle HiIl'' made another Grafton, to
the great delight af the large auditory.
He combines The grace Of the orator, with
he dcticn of the pnet, and The tact Of the
Iiplomalist
The Government Commissioners offer
the Winnabagoes 100000 acres Of land
north Of 81. Peters river and west Of the
Mississippi They also offer The Indians
81 80, 600 in cash or annuities. This. Mr.
Paris remarked, would give 10 each fam
lily about 400 acres TO cultivate or hunt mp
on in country where game was abundant
and the iaad good.
Mr.. Paris reminded the Indians that
five years ago The Winnebagoes number
ed about FIVE thousand persons, and now
they were only aboUllwenty four hundred.
owing chiefly to The use of spiriiuous H.
quors amongst them, which The Govern.
lnent had done all within its power to
prevent. hui which they Che WinnebagoesJ
had determined 10 permit.
Little Hill remarked thai $500, 900 had
been offered by their Great Father some
years ago, and il was d small business for
their Great Father now 10 offer them less
when they were weak in numbers. They
had signi6ed in writing their willingness
TO take $500, 900 in money, and 100000
in land, TO be selected ry The Government,
and to this they would adhere. Lilfle Hill
reiterated thai they had bul one mind aud
one ,nnsre; and he appealed 10 The Great
Spirit for the truth and sincerity OF all that
he had said.
Mr.. Paris said, In reply, that lie Com
missioners had no power 10 make.any ad.
aI.isasl neMo fsr.!a. .sbo. W innebagpes.5
sdt sse efWonhl spbfhitstl heir nforlsi Io'
|'lhe President, who however hcSthonsEt,
would not go beyond The offer which The
Commissioners bad rendered. -
When The Council broke IN, some Of
The Chiefs, as before. retired without The
usual eeEspaaF of shaking 6ands with The.
Commissioners, by way Of shewis!gg, !beii
displeas,irc.
Another Sohlierofhe Revelation gone.
-Mr. Robert CowIey, soldier 'oI' The
Revolution. died on the 18th ullmo, al his
residence in Chester District, IS. c. aged
~ years lie was a native of Penusyl-
vania, and came TO South Carolina an
inden'ed apprentice, upwards of ninety
years ago. lie enlisted in the U. s. service
in the early part Of The year l776, for
term of lS monlhs, during which lime he
was in the memorable battle of Fon
Moulrie, and in other engagements. with
the Indians and Tories. He served on,
this term under Sumter, and afterwards,
when the Militia were called our, served
terms as substitute. After The fall of
Charleston he entered The service as
volunteer, and was at the battles of Cow.
pens and Fish Dam, during which time he
experienced all the privatiops and suffer-
ings incident to the tines. lie continued
in the Volunteer service until The close of
the war After hostilities ceased, he settled
The plantation on which he resided, where
he lived long life Of piety, aud died
blessed pa,riot.-South Carolinian.
New YORK, Oct II
AnH Rent ConUention.--It will be seen
from The annexed dispatch, hat The AMI
Re"l Convention have adopted The Wing
for Governor, aud the Demo.
cratic candidate for L.. Governor. Sias
Wright was loo resolue in putting down
their rebellion, 10 receive their favor here
after. But whether he will lose more
votes han he will gain, iu consequence of
her hostility, will be shown by the result.