Vermont daily transcript. [volume] (St. Albans, Vt.) 1868-1870, 1869-05-10
For the Vermont 7ronsc,.iDt.
LATEST NEWS.
ST. LOUIS, 9th

ST. LOUIS, 9th.
The Repu6iicdnhas u letter from
Washita, dated April 23rd, which saws
that since the 10th, 20 lodges of the
Cheyennes belonging to the band under
Little Rope, who surrendered to Gen
Custer on the edge of Staked Plains
during the latter part of March, left here
without permission of the proper au-
thority. This makes 100 lodges CAP
turod BY c"etoS '.-h- l,~--- $1,000 ..~....
to join Tall Bull. on the Kansas border,
making, at the lowest estimate, 600 war
riors now ready for hostile dem onstra-
tions north of the Arkansas River.
The Indians express contempt for the
military force.
A rumor is rife in camp that Lieut..
Jacobs and Is mon of the infantry, who
were sent as an escort, were attacked at
the head waters CT the Washita River,
and held two days by the Indians, hen
they escaped, under cover of the night.
The report comes through Indian
sources.
The experiment of teaching the ma
tives the art of agriculture is progress
ing slowly.
Five acres of ground are to be broken
up for each chief Of a band, and far
meis are to be kept among them to
thoroughly test the experiment.
New YORK, 10th.
Fisk has leased one of the finest offices
in San Francisco, CAL, for a general
ticket office for the Erie r. r, and he
has sent out six picked men to take
charge. His purpose is to Immediately
commence the sale of through tickets
from California to New York and Bos-
ton, over the Erie Railroad and connec-
tions.
A Washington despatch says, the
Secretary of the Navy has called the at
tention of Admiral Hof, commanding
the North Atlantic squadron, now at
Cuban waters, to the fact that armed
Spanish vessels are in the habit Of
searching American merchantmen.
The Department directs. that the admi-
raj keep a vigilent watch hereafter, and
prevent any such infraction of interna-
tiOnal law.
New YORK, 10th.
La 1T evening, a man named George
McMeny got into an alteration with n
German, named Peter Ellenger, in front
of n boarding house in Wallace Street.
IN, th;. all vi OF hhnI II lin, bn nj,
domen and side, inflicting probably
fatal wounds. Louis Bush interfered,
when McMeny stabbed him also, cut
ting his heart in two, and causing in
slant death. Officers are in search of
McMcny.
ST. LOUIS, 9th.
n Council Bluffs paper of Friday says.
a mortgage for nine millions of dollars,
given by the Rock Island and Pacific
r II to John a Stewart and VIM. HOlts-
born, has been recovered in POttawat-
tonne county.
New YORK, 10th.
Ools. Warren and Costello, Fenians,
arrived here yesterday from the British
dungeons.
1t is said that another expedition left
this city for Cuba, on Saturday, with
large consignment Of rifles, shot, shells,
ammunition and tents for encampment,
and large number of recruits taken on
board when she was out at sea.
A despatch from Philadelphia states
that four vessels loaded with arms for
CUBA have left that city, three of which
have succeeded in landing i'm Cuba. No
information has been received Of the
fate of the fourth As yet.
The Internal Revenue Department
has commenced to receive the income
returns, which are much larger than for
several years.
WASHINGTON, NJ ny 10th.
| There is some alarm among the Treas
ury and Postal clerks, arising out of
rumOrs that another sweeping discharge
is contemplated.
BosToN, 10th.
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