Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1867-06-17
FROM ST. LOUIS.
Complimentary BANQUET to sena

ST. LOUIS, June 14-Midnight.-A grand
complimentary banquet was given tonight
TO Vlce-President Wade and his colleagues
oy the C1ty Council, at the Merchants Ex-
change, st. Louis. ,,,. .'.,-..-.... rL
Hon. William Mcpherson, President, in
few remarks reviewed st. Louis and the
WIDE territories as they were twenty years
ago and are to-day. On behalf of the Rail-
road Company he promised to complete the
Kansas & Pacific, to Pond Creek by next
fall, making zoo miles of continuous rail
west from st. Louis. reaching out for the
Santa Fe and Colorado trade. He advoca-
ted the. prompt construction of the road
through to the Pacific coast. ... In ...rt
Mr.. Wade having a violent headache,
left the room before the speaking COM
menced. He requested Senator Yates to
respond for him, He rose amid loud ap-;
plause and paid glowing tribute to Mr..
Wade, who he said was more loved and rc7.
spected than any other public man for his
earnest deyotion and struggle for liberty
throughout his whole life. He drew pic,
ture of the vast country east of the Missis-
sppi. .I.eliaa ..iu1.I -, ..au L5Gr..l. Ned
AS achievements and triumphs of peare,,
he believed st, Louis would b. the CT nter
of a hundred States, and the capital W. ulut
be moved to st. Louis, to Chicago, to Omar
ha, or to Leavenworth. He said the only
way to settle the troubles with the Indiar s
is to press on West, and if it were necessary
he would vote for aid and all necessary exT
penses to complete this work at the earli-
est moment. r.af az a-.5... .,,'r..-l... ~. Il
Senator Cottyell said he had not been
only delighted but awed with the wonders
he had beheld. He could now see how nee
eSsary it was for legislators to come and
see for themselves. He was convinced the
best thing that could be done was to send
the iron horse in his chase after the setting
sun. In the distant fields and mountains be
/ hal Il of rad
enough to pay all the debts in the, world.
and then enough to buy out England, and
to harvest these riches he was for the con-
struction of both Nebraska and Kansas
roads at once. ...,. .,- t,-,....;.- -.... ~
Chandler alluded to the progr .ss OF the
west in the last thirty years, and thought
he knew something of the west, but his
trip through Iowa, Kansas, Nebraska and
Missouri had shown him that he had not
heard the half. He would advise, instead
of sending Indian Chiefs to Washington,
that they send and bring out their minis
tiers and show them where empires are
growing. He said that save Switzerland
we had no real friends among the Govern
ments during war. Now we have no enc
mics, because they dare not. He revived
the course of England and France, and
criticized England's treatment of our
claims, declaring that the claim must be
paid, his mode being TO take Canada for se-
curity, and then fOreclose at the proper
time and make the whole continent united.
| Senator Trumbull said if he had any
doubts of the propriety of the Govern
ment aiding the construction of these
roads, this trip would have removed them.
| He believed we were in no great danger of
| Indian war. There are now no large num-
ber of hostile bands on tile war path, but if
the war could not be ayerted these roads
could be built for less than it would cost to
/ ,oro or1rT n To- 1anor y, nf
time. Government aid ought to be and he
hoped would be given to secure their COM
pletion within few years. There should
Ue no jealousy among the people, for there
is room enough for all.
Hon. John Covode favored constructing
two roads to the Pacific, one through Ne
braska and one through Kansas; that they
were not rivals but both should aid each
other.
Senators Howe and Creswell followed in
the same strain, the latter particularly ad-
vocating the constructing of road to Santa
Fe and through New Mexico to tap and
bring east the great mineral wealth of that
region.
Midnight having arrived, the party dis
persed, delighted with the entertainment
and expressing warm thanks for the very
cordial manner with which they had
everywhere been received. -
Indian Operations in the West.
Omaha dispatches say that the late Den
yer papers are full of accounts of Indiar
depredations and murders. They also con.
tain dispatches from General Sherman tt
Governor Hunt, in which the General say
he has not troops enough to protect all thu
exposed points, and the people for the pres
, ent must fight the Indians themselves. HI
, also advises Hunt to send 300 men imme
diately to succor the Republican Rive
country; then send them to Fort Sedg
wick, where he will have them mustered
into service for two months, ....
General Anger will scour the Soutl
, Platte to Laporte and cross to Snyder's :
Another party will scout the Lodge Pole
and another to Laramie.
General Custar is expected to strike tn
Cheyennes that were stampeded last montl
by General Hancock.
Wagon trains, stages and ranchmen mus
collect and protect themselves.
Sherman says the great bulk of the Siou.
are not within five hundred miles of For
: Sedgwick; that the depredations are com
e mitted by small scattered bands, who beinI
successful IN stealing horses may combin
and do something worse.
, Lieut.. Hill, Division Engineer on tn
Union Pacific Railroad was killed on tn
18th, about 40 miles north of Laporte.. ant
Mr.. Archer, Inspector of goods, was Sc
verely wounded. Mr.. Hills body was per
forated by 10 arrows aud five pistol ball
{ and stabbed twice. roo .i, . ~
The evening train was attacked at Doug
lrs' store, on the Atchison and kerrne
t route, on the Sth, and $1,000 dollars wort
{ of stock run off.