Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1861-11-21
A sEEAf UNION SUCCESS.
TAs Ea'Itrn SAsrs rsseu.d from the Rss9s-
EigAt.tn hund,sd lay dorn iAsn Arms.

GREAT UNION SUCCESS.
TAs Eastern SAsrs rescued from the R.bs9s-
EigLi.tH husd,sd lay dorx hev Arms.
The following Is a copy Of most gratifying
ofhcial despatch received al the War Department
this forenoon.
BALTIMORE, Nov. 81, 1881.
To Taos. Scott, Esq Asst. Secretary Of War:
Intelligence just received here from the East
ern Shore Of Virginia brings the gratifying news
from Northampton county (va.) that the seces'
sionists there, to the number Of eighteen hundred
have laid down their arms, and that the Federal
troops have ow full possession Of that comfy as
well as Of Accomac.
PIXIES INrRIGuEs WITH THE INDIANS.
Below we publish copy Of paper which AL
bert Pike, Of Arkansas, the poet, wit and "good
fellow In social life, Is giving to the widest
savages Of the prairies In his capacity Of a COM
missioner from the JEFF. Davis Oligarchy to the
Indian tribes The paper In question was exhi-
bited by the Indian to whom 1t was given to agent
Boone, at the Commanche agency, as a valuable
thing, the Indians being proverbially fond OF
any scraps Of writing referring to themselves in.
dividually. When agent Boone explained to the
bearer Of II and his companions, that its &C
ceptance placed him and them in antagonism to
the cause of the United States In the current war
Il was instantly and Indignantly given up as be-
ing an infamous fraud upon themselves. They
requested that It be sent to their great father here
with assurances that in accepting it from Pike,
they were deceived by false pretences
Hundreds here know the huge fancy seal ring
Pike wears on his finger. and will laugh heartily
over the pompous use he has put 1t to In the work
Of "coming the imposing over the ignorant saw
ages Of the plains.
LETTERS OF SAFEGUARD.
The Confederate States Of America. To all
their officers civil and military and to all other
persons to whom these presents shall come.
The bearer of this, Bis-te-va-na. the principal
chief Of the Ya-pa-rih-ca band Of the Ne O m or
Camsnches of the prairie, and those who accom-
pany him are the head men Of that band all of
whom have this day concluded and signed on
behalf Of the whole va pa-rih ca band, articles
of convention of peace and friendship between
that band and other bands Of the Ne % with us,
and have thereby agreed to settle and live upon
reserves In the country beeween Red river and
the Canadian, leased by us from the Choctaws
and Chickasaws, and the said chief has also
agreed to visit the other bands of the Ne 0m
not parties to the same convention, now on the
Staked Plain aud elsewhere, and persuade them
also TO settle upon reserves In the same country.
We have accordingly taken the said chief and
the said head men, and all other persons of both
sexes and all ages Of the said va pa rehca band
from this day toward, under our protection until
they shall for just forfeit the same and that
forfeit be declared by US; and we have therefore,
granted and do grant to them and to each of them
these, our
LETTERS OF SAFEGUARD
for their protection and TO avail each and all of
them as far as our authority and Jurisdiction
extends.
You are, therefore, charged to respect these
letters, and to give all the sld persons protection
and safe conduct; and any infraction by any of
you OF this safeguard. will be visited by us with
all the penalties due to those who violate the
public faith. and dishonoT the COnfederacy
In testimony, whereof Albert Pike CON.
SIs( missioner of the Confederate states to
all the Indian nations and tribes west
of those states doth hereunto set his
hand and afix hts seal of his arms
Done and granted at the Agency OF the Confed-
crate states for the Camanches, Wichitas and
other bands Of Indians near the False WashIta
river in the leased country aforesaid this twelfth
day Of August, in the year of our Lord one thous-
and eight hundred and sixty-ons
ALBERT PIKE,
Commissioner of the Confederate states TO the
Indian Nations and Tribes west of Arkansas
Countersigned,
WIN. QuEsRNBURY,
Secretary to the Commissioner
NO ACCIDENT.
1t rarely happens In a general review Of a large
body Of troops that some deplorable IL not fatal
accident fails to occur. In yesterdays review,
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