The daily mountaineer. (Dalles, Or.) 1861-1866, 1866-03-21
Money Market. .
COMPILED FROM THE oREeoNrAN.l
pATEs TO MARCH M.

DATES TO MARCH II.
Chica o, March l9.-Gen. Pope has written
to to the War Department concerning the plan
of establishing military posts from Minnesota
TO Montana. He says that he intends to place
a large garrison at Wadswor,h, and also at
Fort Riley. Military posts will he re-estab-
lished at Fort Berlhold and Fort Union at the
mouth OF Yellowstone river. There will also |
be a post at the crossing of Powder river,
nearly due west of Powder hills, and two
other posts between there and Virginia City,
Montana. THIS arrangement will give di
rect and good route from Southwest Mime
sofa to Montana via Sioux Falls, Fort Riley,
Black Hills, and the valley of the Yellowstone
river The posts thus established, will be in
structed- to furnish all assistance in their
power to emigrants
Reports from all parts of Canada and along
our borders represent that st. Patrick's day
passed off without any disturbance, and the
Canadians breathe freer. Nevertheless, 1t is
proposed to keep the volunteers under arms
some time longer, and even organize Home
Guard for reserve corps. The expense OF
the present military establishment is f1ed at
$4,000 a day in gold, making a total of five
hundred and fifty thousand already.
New York, March l9.-the steamship Ger
mania, from Southampton, 7lb, arrived last
evening.
Gladstone announced in the House of Com
mons that the reform bill would be read on
the l2tb 1t would only apply to Eng and
and Wales. He hoped then to state tie
course then to be taken in regard to Scotland.
The Lord Chancellors bill to IN Ike parties
to a divorce suit complaints TO answer any
questions as to whether they have not COM
mitted adultery, was vetoed.
The London Times says: The courage and
decision exhibited by President johnson in
refusing his assent to the Freedmens Bureau
Bill, confirms the respect in which his policy
has been held in England, and will entitle
him to credit as one of the ablest statesman
who have ever conducted great nation sue.
cessfully through crisis, by frmness, mod
GRAFTON and wisdom.
The prospectus of new company has beer
issued. 1t is called the Anglo-Americar
Telegraph Company, with f69O, 900 capita
tor laying a new cable and raising the ole
one, introduced by Morgan & Co with Mr.
Peabody ON the board of directors.
Camp Lincoln, arizona, Feb. 10Th, via Sar
Francisco, March 10th "A party of Compan,
A, Arizona volunteers, under Lieut.. Gal egos
which left here on the llth inst, returned
reporting great slaughter of Apaches. Afte
travelling two nights and resting by day
they found Apache signs, and scouts wer
sent out from the main bo ~ to ascertain tn
exact position of the enemy When found
they returned and the whole body move
within sight of the Apache fires, but occu
pied q secluded position until two o'clock i
the morning when the command was forme
iuto three divisions and moved in front G
certain caves where the savages were sleep
ing. They were arranged one above AZ
other something like Cocana Coves, an
when the attack was begun ut daybreak, th
fight became desperate The Apaches wer
taken by surprise, their dogs not even hea
ing the approach of the troops, so stealth
was their march. The Indians declared thu
they would not surrender, and one who cal
himself Capt. Constantly, de6ed the trooI
from an elevated and secure position whent
they could not diSlodgc him. All of IL
caves that were accessible were filed viii
dead and wounded, Some thirty were b
lieyed to have been killed outright Thi
teen scalps were brought into camp, ar
twelve prisoners, two sqpaws and ten chi
dren were captured. One of the latter hi
since died. Seven of the volunteers we
wounded, but not dangerously.
The steady fall in the price of flo,
during the last two weeks, indicat,
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