The Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Ohio) 1863-1886, 1866-12-13
rnh nIllTAaY RnPoRTs.

the following extracts
Gen, Grants report is brief, and oc-
cupicd principally with Indian affairs
The following is the only passage that
touches upon the condition of the
country arising from The rebellion =
Passing from civil war Of the magni-
lude of that in which the o. S has been
engaged to government, through the
courts, it has been deemed necessary
to keep a military force in all the late
ly rebellious States, 10 insure the ex-
ecution of the law. and to protect life
and property against the acts OF those
who, aeyeT wirNcknowlodge no law
but feecp. This class has proven to be
much smaller than could have been ex-
pected after such a conflict, 1t has,
however, .been Sufficiently formidable
TO justify the course which has been
pursued. On the whole, the condition
ol the States that were in rebellion
against the Government may be re-
garded as good enough to warrant the
hope that but a short time will inter-
vene before the bulk of the troops now
occupying them can be sent to our
growing Territories, where they are so
much needed" III.
General Grant proposes the transfer
of the Indian Bureau from the Interi.
or TO the War Department. '
Lieutenant General Sherman's re-
port is exclusively occupied with Indi-
ans He says: ,arew rs
II propose the coming year with
your consent, and with that Of the Sec.
retary OF the Interior, in whose control
these Indians are supposed to be) to
restrict the Sioux north of the Platte,
west Of the Missouri River and cast OF
the new road to Montana which starts
from Laramie for Virginia City by way
OF Forts Reno. Philip, Kearney, G. II.
Smith, &C. All Sioux found outside OF
these limits without written pass
from some military commander defin.
ing clearly their object, should be dealt
with summariIy. In like manner
would restrict the Arapahoes, Chey.
ennes, Comanches, Kiowas, Apaches,
and Navajoes south OF the Arkansas
and east of Fort Union. This would
leave for our people exclusively the
use of the wide belt, east nnd west, be
tween the Platte and tbs Arkansas, in
which lie the two great railroads, and
over which passes the bulk OF trave
TO the mountain Territories. As lone
as these Indians can hunt the buffalo
and antelope within the described lin
its, we will have tho depredations Of
last sumner, and worse yet, the exag
geraiions Of danger raised by oul. own
people, often for very base purpose
1t is our duty, andi shall be my study
TO make the progress OF construction oil
the great Pacifc railways that lay in
this belt OF country as safe as possible,
as also to protect the stage and telo
graph lines against any hostile bands;
but they are 40 long, that to guard
them perfectly is an impossbilily, un
less We can restrict the Indians Us hero
in stated. bog you will submit thi'
proposition TO the honorable Secretary
Of the Interior, that we muy know tha
We do not violate some one of'the sol
emn treaties made with these Indians
who are very captions, and claim t,
tho very letter the execution on GU
part OF those treaties, the obligation o
which they seem TO comprehend per
: fectly.' '.'" "
General Meade tells us how he do
ieatcd tho Fenians by hanging upoI
thoir lines of communication as fol
lows; g. I,D l. .tt 1s
"On my arrival at Ogdensburg
learned OF the concentration of larg,
forces at Malone, Now York, and ut St
Albans, Vermont Ending tho smal
: force NJ my command inadequate /,
prevent II crossing, | directed my sub
ordinate commanders TO station thei
commands 10 the rear, on the mail
lines Of. travel, and issued the mos
stringent orders for tho seizure of al
arms and munitions Of war, and direct
cd the stopping and turning back Of n
g suspected parties. These duties wer
@ successfully executed, largo qnantitit
Of arms and munitions being seized Il
various points No opposition was o.
" fered, except in one instance, when Il
It armed party OF Fenians seized, at WI
u tortown, New York, locomotive, an
|. proceeded TO Capo Vincent, aud ther
recnptured two car loads of arms, whic
, had been sent there Cor security aftC
u seizure by tho Deputy Marshal at w,
o tertown, On learning these facts
Il dispatched Major j. Stewart, con
,s manding three companies oi artiler,
, in special train, to intercept the r.
" mans on their return; but the latte
o' learning of Major Stewart's mOvomel
10 abandoned the train with the arm
10 and escaped by scattering over the a
u. jucent country,
. "On the necessary authority beiI
received from the War DepartmeI
W and the appearance ofthe Presiden
N proclamation. on the 9th ofJune, | @
us dered tho arrest Of tho princpsl leu
n ers at st. AlbNns and Malone, and
sued proclamation commanding I
dispersion of the asscmbl0gcs Nt the
places, and offering transportation
no their homes to such of tho mon
nd would abandon the eXpcdition.'
ne Gen. Shcridan's report has sovOI
ht points ofintercst He characterizcs
yo strong terms Of reprobation tho Eren