Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1867-06-27

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OVERLAND DISPATCHES
The Indinn Wnr.

CurcAoo, June 2+.-The IrI6HheS
Omaha special says the wires between
Fort Laramie and Salt Lake have been
down for the past ten days. Several
attempts were made to repair it, and the
repairers were driven back BY the In
dams. There is not sufficient escort
there. General Augur arrived at Fort
Laramie yesterday. General Hancock
is in Denver.
Two coaches on the Smoky Hill route,
coming west, were attacked five miles
west OF Timber Station, or the 18th, py
200 Indians. A fight eusued, in which
one passenger aud two soldiers were
killed, and two passengers, one soldier,
and one driver wounded. Five Indians
were killed. Passengers by these coach
es arrived at Denver last night.
ST. LouIs, June ga dispatch from
the end Of the Pacific Railroad says the
Indians have driven the grading parties
into Fort Harker Two men and two
citizens were killed near Bunker Hill,
twenty miles west Of Fort Harker, on
Saturday. Considerable stock had beer
driven off. Efforts are being made to
procure arms for the railroad employees,
many of whom had already left work,
and i, is feared all will leave unless bet
ter protected.
LAWRENCE, Kansas, June 24.-Gard-
ing parties on the Pacific Railroad sew
enty miles west of Bunker Hill, were at
lacked by Kiowa Indians on Saturday.
Three men were killed and the remain
der driven of. Work on the road is en-
tirely suspended beyond Wilson'sCre ek.
Unless prompt measures are taken oy
the military the progress of the road
must be greatly retarded. The lives
and property Of the people on the bor-
der are totally unprotected. Governor
Crawford is making an effort TO obtain
arms and ammunition to arm the rail-
road employees aud citizens in the dis
turbed district.
ST.. LOUIS, June 24.-General Sher-
man has issued u circular in substance
as follows: Treaties must be preserved
but Indians going beyond reservations,
committing crimes, fall under military
control, and are subject TO punishment
by the civil powers. The military dl-
vision is divided into three departments:
Dakota, commanded by General Terry;
the Platte, General Augur, and the Mis-.
souri,, General Hancock. If each State
or Territory will organize q battalion Of
mounted men they will be called for by
the department commanders in case OF
emergency, TO be mustered in in accor-
dance with law, and await nppropria-
tions by Congress for pay. Il gives di-
prepared TO pursue At all times horse
thieving bands who are ~endeavoring to
avoid the military. When stock is
traced 10 a reservation q demand should
be made Of the agent, and il the tribe
is entitled to aunuities such %annuities
should be chargeablc with the value Of
the Stolen property. Governors OF States
and Territories interested are requested
10 communicate freely with the depart
ment commanders, and appeal only to
General Sherman.
Sr. LOUIS, June 25.-A ST.. Joseph
special says General Terry and General
Sherman have each written letters to
the Governor OF Dakota, advising the
pos,pouement Of the contemplated ex-
ploring expedition to the Black Hills.
They say tina, the country is still con-
coded to be Indian land, and any attempt
to occupy il by the whites will be re.
sisted by the Indians, and that in the
yr-sru, Condition or unairs tue Govern
ment cannot furnish protection.
The telegraph line between Fort Cas-
per aud South Pass, a distance of l75
miles, is now, and has been for two
weeks, in the hands Of the Indians.
Omaha dispatches report q general
cessation of Indian hostilities along the
Platte route.
General Augur had reached Fort Lara
ME from Fort Morgan. All well.
Captain Mix's cavalry, after scouting
at the h]eadwaters of the Republican and
Powder rivers in all directions for eight
days. going l40 miles south, had re-
turned to Fort Sedgwick On Saturday,
having seen no Indians or any signs Of
them.
General Potter returned from Pole
Greek, crossing after an absence of four
days, without seeing Indians.
Colonel Green, with FIVE companies of
infantry and one company OF cavalry,
left For, Phil. Kearny on the 4th with
supplies for Fort c. F. Smith, with
which post communications have been
cut of. Indians were seen, but have
left the Platte, some going north and
west and others going south. The lat
ter are undoubtedly those who made a
raid on the Smoky Hill route aud Kan
sas Pacific Railway on Saturday last.
0utrages in Arkansas, in the vicinity
Of Fort Dodge and along the Santa Fe
route, are reported. 1t is not improb-
able that the var will be continued from
the Platte and Smoky Hill to the Arkan-
sas country.
The Surrntt Trial.
WASHINGTON, June 24.-Iu the Surratt
trial the Court overruled the motion Of
the defense asking a recall Of witnesses
for croSs-eSamination-