Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1869-01-26
ONE CT THE rLBAsANTRsT AFFAIRS of the
eason, or indeed Of any season, was party

be ttepoance was large ana the dressing uR-
usually rich and appropriate. The range OF
characters represented was SO extensive and
varied that We have bot the space for full
description, even If We We're able 10 properly
des, ribe them; and where all Gid SO well any
discrimination would be an unye rerous TASK
We can say, however, that tIioate was laid
upon nearly all times ana climNs, upon h > {.
~, romance, aud fancy, and that all were sc-
cLTately aud handsomely brouy yht bes fore the
eye, not only IN the outer sipiIi uie o. dress
bnt IN the moe difficult countarfe of meiu aud
oearlng-the whole making 10 a most brilliant
and memorable picture
La e a. The .semt'act was. there vas no
lash or c7ewdiIg, owfpg 70 the tact that a
rComy and well appointed mansion commu-
nicaing W.T. the rsside nee o. C5I. Wal We
placed fo- the evening ~ the disposal OF his
guests-a circumstance wnIch eaa0led NJ. w
and his accom- plishrd w.ie 10 ex ,pud to a wide
circle o. friends their proverb,.t srd msuifi-
cent hcspit1lity. Dancing, music, " = and re-
partee kept the happy throrg toye her ursu
well toward daylight, whe II sep .-atsd w.,h
the feeling 10 the bosom OF all thsS it WIS good
to be there.
GENERAL CUsTRaS RAID ON BLACK KET-
TIES CANP.-Tbe following dispatch has lust
been rec civCd at the headquarters of the army
i-om For, Cobb, INDIAN Tefr.to-y, through
Lieut.. General Sherman, commanding Nit.
tary Divis on CT the Mi souri,:
FORT COBB. l. T., Dec 81, 196S.-Lieut CEN
e!Gt Nh>smda, L. S. my Dear GpueraI:-I
notice the papers are stating chat Black Ket
ties camp, destroyed by Custer, were peace.
able indians, on their way TO their reservation
In his talk with ne some five or six days be.
fore b" was killed, Black Kettle stated that
many OF his men We're then on the war path
sud that their 6ople did not want pc Ace with
the people above the Arkansas. His people
were those engaged in the trouble on the Solo.
mon, and their reservation was not in this sec
ton OF the country at all.
Very truly, w. HAzRN.
DISTRICT MATTERS IN COMMITTEE
House Committee on the District of CoiuR bsa
held me etng this morning, aud discussed the
bill recently introduced N the House for the
protection OF the rights OF married women ia
the District, upon which they agreed to make
a favorable report.
The General Incorporation act for the Bis
tIici was also under cons ideratloa, and the
mt mbeIs of The Committee declared d themselves
in favor of the same.
Mr.. Van Dorn was instructed to make a
favorable report npon the bill TO allow the
South Maryland Railroad Company 10 enter
the Distract Of Columbia.
The resolution introduced IN the House a Few
days since TO lnQu ire rltO the necessity Of re.
moving The Baltimore depot to some point at a
greater distance from the Capitol, was under
L
reached.
The bill for the removal of the old Center
Ma-ket-hons q, and The incorporation of a COM
pany u build a new enc. with stores IN front
introduced m the House a lew days since oc
cupiTd the attention of thu committea during
the " hole OF the SESSION on Thursday last. but
thtre were several delegations making great
OPT CsiticE thereto. Some de sTe he market to be
removed toLouisiana avenue and lGth street but
;eyeral membs RS of the committee whc visited
tbst locality express tie opinion that there
was no. space enough To- il at that point.
THE INDIANS AGAIN ROUTaD-DIsPAT, FRs
FIoN GEN. SHRRIDAN.-Tne following dis.
patch 'on Gen. Sheridan has Jus, becl re-
ceived a. the headquarters of the army, through
Lieut.. General Sherman. commanding Military
Division Of the Missouri, and shows that the
Indians in Gen. Sheridan's Department will
not give much more trouble
HEADQUARTERS IN THE FIELD, FORT CoBB,
1. T., Dec. 3ist, lS6s-[By Messenger to Law
renee, Kansas, Jan. l., le6,. l-Breret MAJOR Gsn
W. A. Nict'is, issistdHt Adjuidnt Generai g1i-
tary Diotsion o. the Missouri, st. Lovts, NJ
General: i have the honor to report for in
formation OF the Lieut. General the operations
OF the column from Fort Bascom, under COM
mand of BIevet Lieut.. Colonel A w Evans
I'd cavalry. 1t lett Eascom on Nov. l7th,
establishing its depot on the main Canadian, al
the mouth OF Monument Greek, ist from Eas-
com. lo5 miles from this depot, on Dec. eth
Erevet Lieutenant Colonel Evans marched
A. u, ID, E,tI
ard i, Sd cavalry, and company /, 37th imam
try, travelling In the direction of Antelope
Hills. On reaching point near kiowa Creek
forty-one miles east of the depot, a traIl of
about fifty lodges of Cheyenne Indians was
struck which was followed over TO North
fork Of the Red liver, thence down that stream.
The trail constantly increasing until il became
very large. The trail was hotly pursued, the
Indians abandoning supplies, and property,
until n led into q canon near the junction of
Elm Creek and the Salt fork of Rcd river,
when Colonel Evans made a detour to pass
around tue canon into which the trail led and
which brought him, at noon on Christmas day,
isto a large village of Comanches of sixty
lodges, Just south of the junction of Salt fork
with Elm Greek, which was totally burned
The Indians attacked his advance, but
were driven from the village with the
loss OF everything 1t contsIned, the women
and children escaping by being hastily
put on the horses of the warriors in some
cases, as many as four TO horse. The village
was very rich, containing over five tons OF
drIsd buffalo meat, one hundred bushels OF
corn; also, four, meal, coff e, sugar, soap,
cooking utensils, mat, parfiesh, robes, &c.,
and parapharnalia of a rich Indian town. The
Indians kept uH the fighting during he day,
and the next morning, but there was not much
fight in them. Three enlisted men were wound
ed-one mortaIly. Number OF Indians killed,
unknown. Colonel Evans took the main trail
again on the Goth, which led west, but being
ont OF provisions except beet. had TO give IL Hp
The greatest praise is due Colonel Evans aud
nis command, IL marched twenty -four DAYS IN
81 ow, rain, and intensely cold weather, with
out tents OF any kind, and finally struck this
effective and heavy blow. l had known,
throrgh General HaZen and the Indians, of
ths maraudiDg village. 1t was compose d mostly
Of individuals from the tribe of Conan ches
IOcated here, who had reported them to me
a'er my arrival, fearing they might be impli-
Gated in their numbering and thieviug expedi-
Qons on the frontier settlements Of Texas. I
can assure he General that he need not exp~ct
8 continuance of murders and robberies from
the lndians In my department. hereafter, If one
can nudge from the Decentralization which this
winIer's campaign hss produced among them
The weather bas been very bad. snow, rain,
and intense cold. am, very respectfully