The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1874-08-08
WASHINGTON,

| WASHINGTON Aug. 7.-Secretary Brist,w has
| gone to Cape May; will be absent till Tuesda,
President has appointed John G. kesley, Coec-
Benz. H. Franklin Collector Internal Revenue,
First North Caroline District.
Col. Davidson, commanding Fort SILL Indian
Territory, reports two men We're recently killed
near Elm Spring Station, and that the drivers OF
| trains are abandon ing tn II wagons in the road.
and the farmers i'll the Wasaita Valley are fright
ened and many o. them leav ing.
WASHINGTON, Aug. lit VIII be recoEecte,i,
that after the burning OF the Wawasset, on tn
potomac last summer, by which SO many lives
We're lost, a board of local steamboat inspectors
WAS held here, and ommendod legal action,
against several officers of that boat, but such
proceedings were instituted.
Now the two local inspectors of the Baltimore
district report. with reference to the collision be-
tween the United States steamer Gettysburg and
the Lady OF the Lake on the Potomac River, that
the pilot i'll charge of the Lady of the Lake com
piled with all the rules aud regula for the
government of pilots; but they found il lmp,s-
sible after several efforts, to procure any evil
dence from the otlic rs of the Gettysburg on duty
during the colhsionthe officers iai ing to APP
pear before them on the ground of orders from
The Secretary OF the Navy I'd On the pay sum-
mons was served.
GA the return Of the GettysBN the officers
refused to appear without orders H. ktle Secre-
tary OF the Navy, and not deeming it~thelr duty
to procure the sanctlon OF the secretary as to
their pow rs In the premises, and not desiring to
be brought in contact with the Navy eplrtment
the inspectors concluded to Lose the inves.lga-
ton. Thus in neither case was the steamboat
law enforced
An intelligent observer of affairs among the
Indians, whose reports have hitherto proved re-
liable, writes from the Indian country as follows:
WHIrEsHIELD, Aug. IA Cheyenne chief came
into this place from the host Q camp yesterday
he was i've days coming, and reports the camp
to be 225 miles from here, near the border Of the
staked plains. He reports the Cheyennes and
Comanches camped together, and on his way to
this place he met camp of 80 lodges Of Kiowas
moving to join the Cheyennes and Comanches
Large parties OF klowas and Comanches are
raidlnS in Texas an other places. Big Bow, a
kiowa chief, had recently returned from sue
cessful foray with 300 head Of horses and mules
The weather was so warm many Of the animals
died.
A party of Cheyennes returned lately from Col
orado with 10 head of horses and it is reported
they killed three white men.
Whlteshleld says the Cheyennes are willing to
be quiet aud call 1t even, bat that If the soldiers
are sent after them they will make plenty of
work for them
He says that up to the present time the Chey-
ennes have had men killed, and that m ny of
their chiefs would like to come in with their peo-
pie but those hostile too strong Tor the n. |
think the hostile tribes I'VE between go AMI 70J
warriors, and are well armed and detelmin
and have banded tog, tller for u,ual defense
1t will take strong force to sub,lue them, and |
the campaign should be conducted in such a
manner as to make it sharp and dee sve l /
think there is but one Intelligent solution Of the
Indian question in this Country, and that IL, to
lisarm and dismount the raiders, and then hang
every one found guilty of murder, and do 1t at
1nco in presence OF the Indians.
l think it the Government wished, a couple of
hundred Indians scouts could be easily rals d. to
accompany the expedition, these scouts could be |
Ound i'll the Territory, d could be taken from |
Ill the tribes. Ii properly managed their
services would be invaluable. 1t is quiet here
low White Shield reports Ia sc herbs Of
Buffalo near the hostile CAMP