Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1868-12-05

and the terms Of the. protocol Have usually
|been,s stated as recognizing bhtk three tcoe1misi
ESionsts, two ofwhichSwere to beappointed by
the crown, and but one by this government
making sort-of handle affair OF tit
now appears by New York Herald -" asning
ton correspondent, that the number OF coilinliT-
sioners is 10 be four instead of three, TWO 10 be
appointed by each side. Each oil the alabama
claims to he decided unanimously or referred
bitrator =-Fhis- the government con-
siders as equivalent TO concession on the part
of England that her conduct in recognizing
the rcbelsras belligeients shall be passed upon
by an arbitrator 81 1st Deg. e.. yr--.....a.F q
CATCHING Ir.-The redskins are beginning
to feel something of the ferceness of the war
they have provoked, and the punishment they
have brought upon themselves. Phil Sherl- She
dan, with his force of three or four thousand
troops with a good sprinkling OF cavalry,
will give them better idea of earnest work,
than anything, perhaps, they have ever expe-
rienced A St. Louis dispatch OF. the 1st inst,
from the field Of operation-lndian Territory
--of Nov. %, says the Cheyennes' village OF
Black Kettles band, on the north fork OF the
| Wichita River, was captured on the 9th at
daylight by the cavalry under General Cus'ar,
one hundred and fifty Indians being kiiies ana
| fifty three taken prisoners A large amount
| of property was captured, consisting roi hity
one lodges, nearly one thousand horses anu
mules, arms and ammunition, horse equip
ments. robes, provisions, Sc, most OF which
was destroyed Black Kettle, the principal
| chief was killed, ,. Captain Louis Hamilton
was killed, Lieutenant Colonel, Barintz severe
fiy' If not fatally wounded, and Major Elliott is
missing. One soldier of the Seventh cavalry
was killed and fourteen Wounded The .lndi-
ans, including women and, children, fought
desperately, but of course fruitlessly.
LATER-General Sheridan reports another
big Indian battle, in which twenty-one men
were were killed and thirteen wounded, and
| in which the Indians lost one hundred and
three warriors, whose bodies were left on the
field. Let the campaign be pushed with this
kind of yigor, and the redskins will soon learn
better manners. f' ...~t.p's 49, -jr!..-p
/ A different result; from such a beginning,
Is looked for, in this war bot, in efficiency,
as well as in expenditures, from the Indian
wars of the past Besides being of qHestiona-
bic Justice, they have been enormously cxpen-
Esiye. Perhaps glance at some Of them, and
their depicting efforts upon the national trea-
sury NAV not be without instruction The
Black Hawk war in 1S31-32, for instance. cost
about So, 100000 and 1000 lives. The Semi
mole war lasted seven years, and cost ,0O0,
600 and $4,000 lives, The Indians numbered
less than thousand warriors. Some OF them
were moved away, and about three hundred
still remain in the everglades. The Greek war
cost 81, 600, 900. The Sioux war in 1882 cost
$40, 100000 and 800 lives. In 1864 a Cheyenne
and Sioux war cost $50 600 and 1000 lives
| In 1867 there was another Cheyenne war
which cost 800 lives and $10D0O000, and
is not yet settled On the Pacific slope during
the last twenty years, Indian outbreaks have
cost in the aggregate $500, 600, 600 In New
Mexico Territory, since we acquired it, three
campaighs against the Navaioes have cost
$40, Doc, 600 Indian trouble on a small scale
in some of the States and territories, with the
expenses growing out of war, and claims for
destruction Of private property, will make our
Indian troubles loot up nearly 81 900 O0o, GOO
during The last forty years ...ii .,....,-,,.,;
At the rate of progress made in the. Semi
mole war it would cost to exterminate the In
dams 81 900 600 900, the lives of 81 600 people,
and the employment of 100000. troops for len
years. ia, ....,f....,.l' .~uas.iji i.;a. ..E /
Gen. Grant, in late lctter,to the Secretary
of War, renews his recommendation that the
control of the Indians be transferred 10 the
War Department. The Indian Peace Com
mission hope to be able to induce Congress to
icarry out their policy for the welfare of the
Indians, and failing in this, they will adopt the
Recommendation of Gen, Grant. - cNti
THE XLIsT, CONGRESS re-assembles next
Monday; and already We have ample premo-
nitions that this, though q. short, session, will
be a, busy one. There is much work that;can-
not be postponed: much that will have to be
done, unless the Treasury is. to be swanped
and the National honor tarnished. ;t... ,,-. .,G
The Government is poor, and must for some
years continue 50! The abolition, last session,