Sioux City register. [volume] (Sioux City, Iowa) 1858-1871, 1862-11-08
DAKOTA CORRESPONDENT OF
., THE SIOUX CiTY REGISTER.
Official Wrath" Logrollcr" in Danger
No blood shcd-New Military Com.
panies-O6icial Canrass Of Votes
NEXT Legislature, DC, dc.
YANKroN, Nov, 2, 1862.


nose or black eye? If not, mus. write
les, truth and more nattery. The Dakot.
officials took my last letters in high dud.
geon, and like LARS PeRsENA OF Clusium-
"By tie nine gods they swore.
That the Great Men of iankton
Should suffer wrong more.''
One of these Great Men, with fonming
anger paced the streets and swore, that he
had never whipped but one man, but must
whip one more before hs died, and tina,
was LoeRoLLER. Others bid high in re-
ward of gold for the arrest Of the " noto.
rous scrbbler; = while drowsy Official
drones yawnsd and said-"What imps.
deace for an anonymous scribe to impeach
the purity Of the great Republican party.
With ali this LoGRoLLsA was put to the
ruinous ties. Of withslaudng the sca,hing
criticisms Of peuiile calico clerks, who
would erect their abolition noses and ex.
claim -" How Supremacy Ridiculous it is
for any one to arraign the conduct OF our
immaculate employers.
Mr. Editor, there is class Of men whose
scowls | prefer to their su;!es ani their
bitterness to their kindness. | do not
hope for their favors, bat their disfavors;
and know Of no reason why gully
great man should be exempt from censure
any more than the hunb lest peasant
have always censured the official conduct
Of Dakota $ rulers, and have had reason
for it; and these same rulers have known
1t aud acknowledged it, and the people at
the polls, have recently condemned the
official misrule of the Territory, BY over
wheiming legal majorites.
1t is well known that all officers of the
Government have aa amount Of official
patronage with which they secure class
of fellows who will tawn and cringe at
their feet without a whine or whimper -
But it seems Incredible, for men who pro-
Tess to have brains and taleut, to talk of
having a highway fight and bruising the
body for what the brain has done The
officials have the Dahotidn at their COM
mand with which (if my articles were faIss)
they could weekly anriLilats them, with
credit to their cause aud lasting Disgrace
to myself. have said time and again tina,
if an untruth has been uttered, or an in.
justice has been done in my letters to any
oiiicia! in Dakota | will cheerfuly and
publicly make the correction, on having
it pointed out to me by the Dakot:dn
The Dakotian looked sidewise and talk
ed round my las. letter and censured me
70. saying that we feared no India n troub
les in Dakota this fall or winter The
Dakotiaa replies to this y saying that
There are Indians now in our neighbour
hood who have come recently from Min,
nesota and are wearing cloths OF white
people murdered there, and they all utite
IN saying that the San.ees are coming 10
attack us this ,taH." Now, venture the
assertion that, if the people believed this
there would not be a family lief, in the
Territory in twenty four hours 1t is ne.
ccssary however to keep up the Indian
excitement until the new military compa.
MES are organized, for then there will be a
chance for more Captains and Lieutenants
to be made out Of Dakotian r nters-
However the settlers continue to return to
the Territory and the towns and settle
ments have about resumed their former
numbers.
Three military companies are being
raised in the Territory under the direction
of Cal tains Trip, Fuller and Ziebach.
Gov. Jayne has received bills of ladng
from Leavenworth, consigning to him two
brass six pound field pieces, 500 musks,s
and about 10 tons Of ammunition.
Gov. Jayne is now in St. Paul confer
ring with Gen. Pope for the purpose of
having three additional military compan-
les stationed in the Territory and a new
post built at Sioux Falls aud one aboy,
Fort Randall. In these efforts the Gov.
ernor's action is praisewor,hy, and it is
hoped he will prove successful in his un-
der,akng.
The official canvass of the votes for De.
iegate to Congress took place last Mon.
day. Bon Homme and Charles Mix ccun-
~ returns we're rejectsd-the one on &C.
count of informal return, and the latter
for tue reason that the returns smell too
rank Of fraud. In this county 49, rarab.
lcan votes were thrown overheard by
Republican canvassers The Red River
returns had not yet officially reached here
They arrived ny last nights mall giving
100 for Todd and Is for jayne. But they
are 100 late to be canvassed, inasmuch as
Jayne has his certificate by l6 majority
The returns however will be used by Gen.
Todd at Washington and will undoubtedly
secure him his seat must confess that
Judge Bliss and Secretary Hutchinson
greatly surprised me and well near re.
deemed themselves with the people, by
rejecting the enormous Republicnn frands