The weekly clarion., 1866-12-20
The sanllary IsspsTl-.

| dian Bnrcau from Lnc lDteftOr 70 Iue
War Department, and limiting The
agencies. Touching the condition oi
the country, arising from war, be says
the condition Of the States that were
In rebellion against the Government
may be regarded as good enough to
warrant the hopo that but short time
will intervene before the bulk Of the
troops now occupying them can be
sent 10 our growing Territories, where
they are 90 much needed" I" The class
Of persons in the South that acknow-
ledge no law but force Is much smaller,
he states, than could have been ex-
pectcd after such n conflict
Gen. Sherman's report is an Indian
paper entirely. His is anxious TO put
down the depredations Of the Indians
in the "far West He proposes to re-
strict the Sioux north Of the Platte,
west Of the Missouri river and east Of
the new road to Montana which starts
from Laramie for Virginia City All
Sioux found outside Of these limits
without n written pass from some mill
tary commander, defining clearly their
object he would deal with summarily
In like manner he would restrict the
Arapahoes, Cheyennes, Camanches,
Kiowas, Apaches, and Nayaioes south
of the Arkansas and cast Of Fort
Union, and thus leave fer the people
exclusively the use Of the wide belt,
east and west, between the Platte and
the Arkansas, IN which lie the two
great railroads, and over which passes
the bulk Of travel to the mountain
territories
Major General Meade reports the
details of his seizure of Fenian arms
and equipments nj Eastport and else
where, and of his visit to points whence
invasions Of Canada were suspected,
and how he defeated Ireland 8 defenders
by hanging upon their lines Of com
munication,
Phil. Sheridan, commanding Depart
ment of the Gulf, has several interest
ing points. lie makes this curious
statement:
"Provious to the surrender and in antici-
patton of tho successful escape of Jefferson
Davis, and his probable arrival in the trans
Mississippi Department, il had been contcm-
plated to organize u column of $1,000 Con-
iodrrates at Marshall, Texas, for the invasion
of Mexico. This scheme failed. perhaps from
the capture Of Mr.. Davis. But while the
main scheme Of sending the $4,000 men to
Mexico failed, numerous bands, squads and
parties, numbering perhaps 5000 or 1000
men, crossed the Rio Grando into Mexico"
He believes that the French occupa-
ton of Mexico was part of the ere
belion," and is gratilled that Maxi
nihan's reign is drawing to close.
In less than a year, he adds, the hardy
"without money, without
lrms and munitions of war, and with
,ut supplies, have recaptured Mata
noras, Comargo, Presidio de Rio
irande, Lampissas, Monterey, Saltillo,
Durango, Chihuahua, and,
n fact, hold nearly all the country,
,utting the invaders on the defensive
md combining them to the Valley of
Mexico, with a fair prospect of their
peedy determination" The condi.
ion of civil affairs in Texas he declares
G be anomalous, singular and unsatis-
actory, and he goes on to say:
Il found the Provisional Governor, backed
" a small portion of the population had
ur his standard of loyalty, Adherence
or the rebellion and glory in its defeat;
while his successor, as actual Governor, had !
on his standard of loyalty, Pride in rebel |
iou-that IL was n righteous hut lost cause, |
icing overpowered by tho Federal forces
"My own opinion is that the trial of |
White man for the murder Of q freedman, in |
Texas, would be a farce, and in making this |
tatement | make IL because truth compels |
ne, and for no other reason.
1T is strange that over white man killed |
" Indians ON an extensive frontier the great
II excitement will take place. but over the /
.illlng of many freedmen in the settlements, |
othing is done"
Per contra, we have before us an
ccount Of an interesting case which
vas recently decided in the District
'ourt at Lagrange, Texas, where
Robert Jones, a young man of the
ounty, was indicted fer killing a ne.
70. After an impartial trial he was
10 the penitentiary for five
ears. In this case the negro testimo-
v was received and in all respects
as treated as though the witnesses
ere whites
General George II. Thomas, of
cnnesseo and Kentucky, gives the
iilitary history Of his depart
Ient. and dwens on the man.
cement Of freedmen, their condition
nd improvement, and on the crops.
.e also refers to the proposed nation
cemeteries near Nicksburg and Nat