The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1874-09-11
GENERAL,

The reports of rich gold discoveries in the
Black Hills country seem to be pretty gener-
ally accepted as true. Gen. Forsyth. in a let
ter from Hsrney's Peak. says the very roots
of the grass in that vicinity wCuld pan five
cents to the pan. Gen. Sheridan has issued
an order forbidding parties from going into
the reservation, and of course any occupa-
ton Of tie territory will be technically illegal;
but it is likely that the risk will be assumed,
and that We shall sooi. hear of the results of
practical mining there.
Gov. Osborne, of Kansas, has called an
extra session of the Legislature for the 18th
of September, to devise means for the relief
of the settlers whose crops have been de-
stroyed by the grassLoppers.
The cost Of the government Of New York
city for the year ending Aug. ! ~as, ill round
numbers, $50, coo, 600. The debt, in the same
time. wac considerably increased.
Clusters Black Hills expedition returned
to Fort Lincoln on the 29th of August, having
in ffty-nine days marched about 800 miles.
md a par. of the command 200 miles further.
Twenty-siX days were spent in the exploration
of the Black Hills. the command travelling in
its valleys about 800 miles. Gold was found
at various points, and in Clusters Peak. seven
miles south Of Harney's Peak. i'll almost IN
limited quantities. 1t vas found in the grass
roots to the extent Of 5 cents per painful. in
creasing in amount till, at the depth of eight
feet, 90 cents to the pan was the yield, with
every facility for mining at hand. The bed
rock was not reached, and yet shot gold was
found, and the miners estimate that a single
man could take out :25 to 800 por day.
Startling news of Indian depredations has
been received from the West. A. Z. Webster
telegraphs from Dodge City that Capt.
Thresher's surveying party arrived there last
week. Six Of his men were attacked by Ia-
dams on the evening Of Aug %. while i'll
camp Oh Crooked creek, and tie entire party
killed. 1t is believed the Cheyennes and
Kiowas committed the murders. Much
anxiety is felt for the safety Of other survey
ing parties south of Dodge City.
The Secretary OF the Treasury has, it is
said, determined TO abandon the monthly
Gales Of gold if the currency receipts of the
Government are sufficient to meet its ex-
penses.
"A horse disease, similar to that of two
years sipre, has broken out at st. John. n. B.,
with great violence. A large proportion of
the working hd-es OF tie city are sick, and
maLy have died. The disease is believed to
have been introdr ced Ly horses attached to
travelling circuses.
The discovery Of a ledge of rock in Mont
gomery County, Nd, about ~ miles from
Washington, very rich in gold, is announced
in a Washington paper. The ledge istJou: six
feet thick, and of considerable extent.
Tho steamship Wyoming, which sailed last
week from Liverpool for New York. took out
400 Mormons, half Of whom are from the
British lilies.
At Boston, Sept. 2, the trotting mare
Goldsmith Maid wiped out all her previous
records by making her mile in tho exceeding
" fact time of 2:14.
One illustration OF low the Beecher-
Tilton scandal has affected public morals is
given in a Washington dispatch. 1t il stated
that 20 many obscene postal cards, having for
their text the Brooklyn nastiness, are flood
ing the mails that the matter has been brought
to the attention Of the Postofice Department,
with the purpose Of having all such cards
seized and destroyed.
The Collector OF Customs at Ell Paso,
Texas, writes, under date of Aug. II. that not
a drop OF rain Lad fallen in that vicinity for
365 days, and that everything was scorched,
hot and burning NJ.
U-The National Ass oci2,ion Of Insurance
Agents wac in session az Detroit, Mich, last
week. The presiding officer stated in Lis adj
dress that the nmissioners present repre-
ssnted assets amounting to $500, DOC, 600,