The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1867-06-17
FROM ST. LOUIS.
Grand Complimentary banquet =
Speeches by Messrs. Mcpherson and
Yute.-More Indian Depredations.

81. LOUIS, june lf--hiuuiSub-
grand complimentary banquet was
given tonight to Vice President Wade
and his colleagues by the City Council
and Merchants Exchange of st. Louis.
Hon. VIM. Mcpherson presided, and III
n few remarks reviewed st. Louis and
the Western territories as they were
twenty years ago and are to-day. On
behalf of the Railroad Company he
promised to complete the Kansas and
United States Pacific to Pond Creek by
next fall, making 700 miles of continu-
GUS rail West from st. Louis, reaching
ont for the Santa Fe and Colorado trade.
He advocated a prompt1construction of
the road through to the Pacific coast.
Mr.. Wade, having aviOlent headache,
left the room before the speaking COM
meuced. He requested Senator Yates
TO respond for him. The Senator arose
amid loud cheering, and paid a glow
ing tribute to Mr.. Wade, who, ne said,
was more loved and respected than any
other public man.
He believed st. Louis would be the
centre Of one hundred States, and the
capital would be moved to st. Louis,
to Chicago. to Omaha or to Leavcn-
worth. lie said the only way to settle
the troubles with the Indians is to press
on, and if il were necessary he would
vote To aid all the necessary expenses
10 complete this work at the earliest
moment.
Senator Cottrell said he had not been
only delighted but awed with the won
ders he had behold. He conld now see
how necessary it was for legislators 10
come and see for themselves. He was
convinced the best thing that could be
done was to send the iron horse on his
chase after the setting sun in distant
fields and mountains. He behcld mil
lions of undeveloped wealth-enough
To pay all the debts in the world and
then enough To buy out England, and
10 harvest those riches he was for the
construction OF both the Nebraska and
Kansas roads at once.
Mr.. Chandler alluded to the progress
of the West in the last thirty years, and
thought he knew something of the
West, but this trip through Iowa, X IN
sas, Nebraska aud Missouri had sho VII
him that lie had heard the half, end
would advise instead of sending Ind an
chiefs to Washington that they send
and bring out their ministers and show
them where empires are.
He said that save Switzerland "u
had 10 real friends among foreigi Gov
ernments during the war. New We
have no enemies. They dare rot lie
He reviewed the course of Ens!and's
treatment of onr claims, ueClaring that
the claims must be lraid; his method be-
ing to take Canada for certain and then
forclOse at the proper time and make
the whole continent united.
Senator Trumbull said it he had had
any doubts of the propriety of the Gov
ernment aiding in tine construction
of these roads this trip would have re-
moved them. He believed there was
no great danger of an Indian war.
There are now no large numbers ct hos
tile bands on the war path; but If war
could not be avoided, these roads could
be built for lcSs than it would cost to
carry OH u war .nS reasonable length
of time. Gorc:i;Icnt aid ought to be,
and he hope. W Il Z" gINCG 70 Sccure
their comp' ,:ia within ii few years.
There shoui,; lee 10 iea.0usN among the
people for th 10 Is room onca-h Tor all.
Hon. John Cp,oCe WAS in favor OF
constructing two ruads to The Pacific,
one through Neh".Ska, The ctner
through Kansas, an4 til tlty were
not rivals but both should aid each
other.
Senators Howe aud CreS vii .ollow
ed - III same strain. The latter par
ticulariy advocating the construction OF
"A road from Santa Fe and through New
Mexico to take aud bring east the great
mineral wealth that region contained.
Having arrived. the party weretlispOsed
each returned their warm thanks for the
very cordial manner in which they had
everywhere been received.
Omaha dispatches say that late Den
yer papers are full of accounts OF Indian
depredatioms and murders. They also
contain dispatches from General Sher-
man to Gov. Hunt, i'll which the Gencr-
al says he has not troops enough to pro-
tect all exposed points, and the people
for the present must tight the Indians
themselves. He also asks Gov. Hunt
To send 500 hundred men immediately
to sc0ur the Republican river country
aud then send them to Fort Sedgwick,
where lie will have them mustered into
service for two months. General Augur
will scour the South Platte TO Laport.
Another party will scout to Lodge
Pole, and another To Laramie.
General Gustav is expected to strike
the Cheyennes that We're stampvded last
month by General Hancock. Wagon
trains, stages and ranches must pro-
tect themselves.
General Sherman says the great bulk
of the Sioux are net within five hun
dred miles of Fort Sedgwick; that the
depredations are committed by small
scattered bands, who being successful
in stealing horses may combine AMI do
something worse.
Lieutenant Hill, division engineer ot
the Union Pacific railroad. was killed
on the l2th, about forty miles north OF
Laferte, and Mr.. Archer, inspector OF
the road, badly wounded. Hills body
was pierced by nineteen arrows. five
pistol balls and scalped twice.
An emigrant train was attacked al
Douglas Station, on AtchisOn and kear-
ney route, on the 9Th, and robbed Of
$500 worth of stock.