New-York tribune., 1869-05-29

f,pished among the young officers OF the regular
army until yesterday, when had the pleasuIt VI VI
hearing him chaJ for couple OF hOuIs, anu SJIom5
him receive and part from dozen guests ci'h anu
in looks he has changed little during these seven zen
eyeutfu years lls frame IS something SlOuUel HlS
face p,aturar and It5 lines more strongly haIktu'
Most picuTeS Of him are very poor llleJ make nun
look coarse-fcltuwd and hard-catured and lSaiIA
know of no other fitting adjective bQHet,heaWeu.
Actually his COuutcnauCe Is very gelldI anu hJ4O",
and bis ewes bright and full of feeling lie has a
singularly sweet voice. low rich, ana wen mOu'i-
lated Old comrades IN arms tell OF scenes IN WhiCh
his ewes fairly Hgtencd, and his voice thuudeTed IN
strange oatbs but as host, ms bearing is the per-
ftcti0n of breeding. OBe who met him SIMPLY as a
private citizen ana stranger, would saw, mere Is
a man OF ideal manners, Oh the frank SlhlplCl, no
lcartincss the sel-iCrgetulncsS, the perfect ease
which, so far as manners can, constitute Tie mOueI
lie talked much of his old life on the Plains, and
nj my request. told me the story OF his Iist hshC
with the Indians at the Lower Cascades OF tlo 20
lgmila River. Ho had about hity men, anu SlteI
sharp siirmishiug and bold maneuYeHnS tne Inqlaus
were mislcd into taking possession OF au lSlduu'
Then before they knew what lac was ABOUT, Lieut.;
Sheridan ,shcd down and seized their canoes, ana
there they were, without any avenue Tor escape
lie secured the whole party. numbering seventy,
and the next day he hanged thirteen OF them, VINO
had been numbering settlers and Outragng women,
lie stIll owns thirteen hundred acres OF In0 III
OREGON and is thoroughly mbued with that ehthu-
SaSa for the Pacific Coast ana It's peOle NiOn .el I
who have lived there always lCtl' OhIeSS "OlNo
futics keen him elsewhere / fancy no VIII naIulE
ever he fully content until he returns to the old
scenes This Summer, however he Is likely 10 Dc
cIuulovcd as fine Sioux and the other Tribes OF
Wyoming Montana and Dakota, bld idlf 10 De
troublesome. luil within the last TWO months ne
L,s hardly had a quiet moment since the inst year
ul the war; and probably aSummtI campaign IN Do
:; uIraslut relief 10 him from the mOnotony and Iou-
tine of bureau work. m
The othprfayOrte hero of the West-Gen. Thomas
ii. expected here to-day on hls way 10 Cahiulla.
Con Jouu ~ COrst-alWays TO be famous Tor his
,,r.5f iirht at AtOcua-is now resident OF Chicago;
and has been engaged IN bridge bWIdmg on Inc
Union Pacific Railroad and upon other puOliC WOrks.
Ilu Is fortunate in bearing no more serious marx OF
his ola days than a deep scar through one ear anu
plong his temple where q Rebel bullet poWod lis
way.
Through the North-Wes. business is duh and col
lrcti0us difficult Trade has been OycTdOne, ana the
farmers here perslstenty hold back Their gram iOr
higher prices Ihey were az least well oil tlat Liey
could aIJIG 10 do 80 but the coming crop promises
10 be SO bouu,lfu that they viii probably nave 10
v,rld. Chicago now claims a population OF oVuVyv.
There are more vacant houses than usual anu sup
ping is depressed but III spite Ol al talk ABOUT tnc
ciycrtiug Of the grain traUe-aBd thus far CHIEFLY
TaIh-thc city looks huIrylng ana rs crowded as
ever The tuuuci under tine I1Vtr aj aShlng'oi-st,
leaks lust enough TO make 1t muddy and unpleasant,
lut is great relief from the Old bridges, ana
constant stream of vehicles pOuTS through IT, IAo
new office Ot The Chicago tribune IS the lncsj news
plucr building n the United States 1t IS Of white
marble finished ntenOrly III chestnut anu blaoE
walnut, four stories hlgh, ana win uCa-' lOoAJ
halls and staircaSes. 10 cost S2UOO; and the poi-
Oas rented beside those required for the uses oi te
newspaper, return ten per cent per aunuu on tie
entire investments. Ii Is said that the pIOns OF the
establishment tUr fifteen months palu Tor tho bdl-d-
lug. A. D. IL