The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1873-04-23

! Jacksonville, caused intense excite
ment among the people There wa
D loud denunciation of Secretar
Delano. They hold him responsible
He was burned in efligy there t.
night.
fERKA, April l2-l0 p. Nth
news Of the horrible massacre @
General Candy and COMMISSIONS
= Thomas has cast q gloom over th
. whole community, and the excitemen
8 is intense. A feeling exists that tn
. Indians should now receive the pun
!, ishment they richly deserve, that no
T. one should be left of this terribl
7, massacre. H. G.. Tuckner, VIII
brought the official dispatches, lef
headquarters at five o'clock las
, evening. He says that orders hat
! just been issued FOR an advance alon,
the whole line at FIVE O'Clock thi
morning. The plan was to advance
slowly, taking everything as they
: went, having water and provision
with them. 1t may be two days be
fore the trouble is ended 1t is pre-
sumed General Canby's and Com
missioner Thomas remains will b.
. forwarded to this place.
A courier left here at 8 O'Clock to
night for Gillem's headquarters will
a dispatch from General Schofield.-
By many it is believed the Modocs
will make a desperate fight till the
last man dies, and that they will not
leave the caves. By others it is
thought thcy have already made theiI
escape from the Lava Bed and will
commence a relentless war on all
weak parties they may meet 1t is
supposed that Scar Faced Charley and
Curly, Headed Doctor were with the
Indians who attacked Col Mason's
position. That was a blind to attract
the attention of General Gillem from
the conference between Jack and his
followers, and the Commissioners.
LATER
WAsHINGTnN, April l3.-The ter
rible news of the treacherous assas-
sination of Brigadier General Candy
by the Modoc chief, and the intelli-
gence received at the same time of the
murders committed by Apaches,
cause q profound feeling of grief and
indignation, which finds expression in
all quarters, particularly in the army,
where General Candy was held in
great esteem and affection, with utter
ances of an earnest desire for the ex
termination of these savages. This
feeling of indignation has taken the
place of all ideas whatever of peace,
and the slightest consideration cannot
be given to any other proposition
than that to move at once to the
severest punishment of the Modocs.
The following is a dispatch received
at the Office of the Adjutant General
of the Army:
Headquarters, DirisiOn of the
Pacific, april l3.-To General ".
7. Sherman, Washington-The fol-
lowing report of horrible treachery
and murder has just been received. /
have telegraphed to Colonel Gillem to
let the punishment of the Modocs be
as severe as their treachery has
merited, and hope to hear soon that
he has made an end of them.
Signed j. NJ. SCHOFIELD,
Major General Commanding.
Copy of telegram to the Assistant
Adjutant General.
Department of California, from
the ModOc Expedition - General
Candy, with the peace commissioners,
went to meet the Indians about one
mile in front of the camp at 11:3O
this morning. At l:30 P. N. the sig
nal officer whom | had watching the
conference reported firing. Upon
reaching the place of meeting | found
that Gen. Candy and Rev. DR.
Thomas had been killed and Meachan |
wounded. The other commissioner,
Dyer, escaped unhurt. | shall at
once commence active operations
against the Indians
Signed ALVIN GILLEM
Col. Tth Cavalry Commanding.
Dated at camp south of Tule Lake,
April l1.-Similar official reports
were also received by Assistant Ad-
jutant General W. d. Whipple, at
army headquarters, from Assistant /
Adjutant General III. Clay Wood, at |
Portland, Bregon, who has been ad-
vised by Col Gillem of the tragedy. |
The information was communicated /
to the President at late hour last
night by Adjutant General Townsend
and General Sherman was also ap-
prised at a late hour of the occurrence.
The feelings of the President and
General at the sudden announcement /
were of the most intense sorrow and
Indignation, and there was not an in
stant's hesitancy in the declaration
that the Modocs shall be made to
suffer to the severest extent for their
crime 1t is now evident that the act
was long premeditated, and this fact,
added to the deep sense of wrath that
the massacre has aroused, the Presi-
dent has unreservedly expressed his
of the severest measures
now necessary to properly punish the
and his views in this respect
have been fully stated to the author
tiles acting under the War Depart
ment. General Sherman has also
telegraphed to general Schofeld in
structions to move his entire force
upon the Indians. General Sherman
has also prepared the following order
announcing the death of General Can
by, which will be promulgated to- NOR
row:
Headquarters of the Army. Wash
'ngton, April IA, 1S73.-General
Order No Sit again becomes the
sad duty of the General to announce
% the army the death of one of our
most illustrious and most honored
General Edward II. S.
Candy, commanding the Department
If Columbia. He was, On Friday
asst, April lltb, shot dead by Chief l
Jack while he was endeavoring to {
nedicate for the removal of the '
Nodocs from their present rocky '
astness on the northern border of S
california to a reservation where the t
ribe could be maintained and pro- C