The weekly Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1872-1887, 1875-12-04

according to the last reports received,
Is l,5iO officers and 2i,O3I enlisted
men, made up rs follows: Five resi-
ments OF artillery, $50 officers, 2,505
men; ton regiments of cavalry, 1872 oii-
GERS. 1,2OG men,; twenty-five regiments
OF infantry, SIS officers, 1000 men;
available recruits, hospital stewards,
ordnance sergcants, etc, 3,33l. Dur
ing The past winter the troops in the
Departments Of the Missouri md Texas
were employed iii an arluous and Sc
we're winter campaign against the kiowu,
cheyenne L Co!nanchG Indians Oh
The borders Of the Staked Plains, TINT
have for years been engaged in dcprc-
dations oil the Texas and Kansas from
tiers, resulting Ill their disarmament
and subsection to authority. II the
military commanders cnn have control
over the supplies needed by these In
dams, us they now have over their per-
sons, l arI convinced by II recent visit
thai Il condition of peace can be mnin-
famed. The Sioux Indians have re-
Gently mndc incursions into Northern
Nebraska, mostly to steal cattle and
horses from fnrms along the Pacific rail
road and north Of it. Gen. Crook is of
opinion that the whole army. getting
defensircly, cGnpOt prevent these in
curslons, suggests TINT troops be stat
toned Ill the midst Of the Indians so MS
to prevent them leaving on pretcnse OF
hunting. This is imprncticablc unless
The army can have The supervision of
the necessary supplies Of these tribes
within the reservation. which is now
not tiio case. The report of several
commissions, which have, under mill
tary escort, recently been engaged in
exploring the country md i'll negotiat-
ing with these Indians, will thrcw much
light on this subject. The damage to
life and property by Indians, is believed
TO be less during the past year than in
any former year, and the prospect is
thnt, MS the country settles up, it will
be less IL less each year, until NIL the
Indians are established OH small res
ervations; but until they acquire habits
OF industry in farming or in stock
raising they will need food from the
general government, because tho game
ON which they have hitherto subsistcd
has diminished very rapidly.
Is the United States Circuit Court
yesterday afternoon Captain D. Is.
Frazer, Of the whaling ship Illinois,
was arraigned to plead to the indict-
ment against him fer beating and
%wounding two seamen, Samuel FOLSOM
and Gregorio Vasquez. Milton Andres
appeared on his behalf, and he pleaded
guilty to both counts. Thereupon
Judge Sawyer expressed n wish 10 hear
testimony us to the facts of the case. |
III order to decide upon the penalty.
Mr.. Nan Duzcr, for tho Government.
shid that the two assaulted men had
disappeared since the mr.
rest. lie then proceeded to examine
other members Of the crew, but the
lnctS were not made to wear q different
Inspect than as they were published ia
our Mr.. Andres in turn ey-
nmlned others OF the crew III mitigation
oil punishment. From their testimony
" appears that the beaten men were
ln~RubordinHte and negligent. Mr.. An
dros stated that the story that Captain
Frazer was trying. to escape when he
was arrested in Sacramento was untrue.
lio was merely on his way to Ogden to
meet his wife, who was coming over
land. After hearing all the evidence
the Court imposed II iinc of $25 hold
ing that only n technical breach of the
law had been conrmit:cd.-.San Fran
cisco Post, Nor, 30.
a Boston dispatch Of the first inst.
says;
Mr.. Wilson has left n will, which is
III his own handwriting, dated April 81,
1871. BY it he bcqucaths his entire
estate, rcnl md personal, tn his nephew.
DR.. VIM. !" Coolidge, in trust for the
support of his mUthcr-in-law, Mrs.
5iary Howe, now in her Goth year, for
the education md support Of his adopt
ed daughter, Eva Little, n girl uf some
ten summers, and for other minor md
designated purposes, trus ing it all, as
he expressed il, 10 the friendship, dis
erection and sense Of right Of Mr.. Cool
idge. lie nlsa constituted SIR. Cool
ldGe his executor or trustee. In regard
to the completion and carrying through
the press Of the third and last volunIu
OF his "llistory of the risn and fall Of
tho slGYe power in America" which no
lett nearly completed, it is expected
that it will he attended to by Rev. Sam
ual Hunt, n lifelong friend and assOci-
ate, his former pastor, and seven Years
his private secretary, who more than
all otlIOrs has assisted him in the pre-
partition Of tho work.
The Now York WorM Of November
9th contains nm interview between n
reporter and Manager Stuart Of the
Park Thcatcr, in which il is asserted
that eX-Mryor Oakley Hall, Of New
York, il about to abandon the crimiunl
law, III which he has been so success
full II practitioner, aud take to the STAGE.
lie will first appear i'll n piece entitled
"Thc Crucibic," written by himself
and HOucicnult. II depicts the rise
and fall Of Il public man through uoli-
teal and business misfortuncs. The
World devotcs II long editorial to the
subject, and secs no reason why Mr..
Hall, with his ol0gucncc, scllnlnrsIlip
and personal magnetism. should not he
u success on the stage, Of which no has
long been IN ardent patron.
SIScE November I, the United States
Sub'Trcnstry has redeemed SIGG, 600
of notes of tho National Gold Bank and
Trust Company Of San Francisco, Icav-
ing0n thu Pacific Coast. as it is inti-
mated, bills 10 tho amount of Sl0i.OUU
still unrcdccmcd. The officers Of tho
bank wish all outstanding notes pro-
s"ntcd rs quickly ms possible, as they
wish to wind up affairs. II is stated
that another bank will hc started by
stockholders Of the old institution.