Bozeman avant courier. [volume] (Bozeman, Mont.) 1872-1882, 1876-09-22

snoc;., corresnondence of Courier.

WASHINGTON. D. c., Sept. s. 1870
1.-THE rai]d September is upon as u
all its sweetness, and the mnl'''""s =
visitors that throng our streets J" conhls y,
with the rest of US enjoy he sp'rno''
weather to the utmost: The exc's"'s.''
"vbat beautiful ci,y!' may be heard Al
a group of strangers stop to take . ioo1
along one Of our vista like streets.
The authorities having, charge OF 'hs
Capital Police have directed that the o"l'u
ing be opened ON Sundays betwe n the
hours Of nine and four o'clock SO a. u
afford strangers an opportunity t" exam
inc the Inferior Of building that every
Amer can may be proud Of. 1t is pro-
posed also to i,aye the Botanical Gardens.
the Smithsonian and the .ENdei room OF
thu Patent Office opened on Sun avs tor
the same purpose.
Tie Departmental guilotine is still .,
work. Que hundred and twenty tour
clerks out f;eighs hundred, employed !"
The War Department, were discharged on
Saturday. Hanson, the chief clerk OF the
P.yma>ter. Generals Office. who has held
that position for nearly aqrsrter OF ascel-
fury, was among tham..
Our western mail Yesterday morning
was received in t, y.ibly s0iled ani W.T.
con,lition, owing to the accident on the
Baltimore apo Ohio Railroad, just this side
IF Harper's Ferry, by which SIX cars.
three OF them full of passengers. wer'
thrown down AL emAa,kment OF twenty
feet into the canal. Most surpl ising 10
relate. the engineer was the only one kill
ed; some eight or ten passengers were
slightly injured. The mail bags, in a
thoroughly soaked coalition, were brought
to the city and some Of the I-tters.and pa
pers had to b. laid Oul to dry before they
'wer. gwen to the carriers t. distribute.
General Sherman rec. lived dispatch
from Genera Sheridan, Oh Saturday, an
nounci"g, flat Indian Agent Burkr at
Stand ny Rock had been suspended by
Cal. Cailin. It is believed that Burke Tad
y secret interview with Kill Eagle, one uf
the hostile chiefs, anil subsequently Issued
two hundr, and fifty head Of cattle, most
Of which, tits suspected. has gone to tie
hostile camps.
General Sheyi.'an remarks: 1--WE do
not want TO 10 any thing unpleasant in any
way to the Secretary of the Interior or
The Commissioner Of Iudian affairs but |!
really think it would be best for all con-
cerned thatartay officers should D. rfolm
the duties al the Agencies until this trOu
BILE is over.' Mr.. Burke, the suprrceded |
Agent. says that Kill Eagle, to whom he
ssued rations has always been friendly
. the whites, and that when he found !
himself by force Ut circumstances with
Sitting Bulls party Of hoslilcs, he endeav
'red to desert, but was discovered and
orced to reman. Il has been spread far
md near that Sitting Bull was Al one time
pr"tege of Father De Smet, a mission
ny, AID was ty him taught % speak and
cad French, AMI had carefully pcrused
he life OF Napoleon and had made thai
'reat General his model in conducting .
ampaign. Emn, again, it was asserted
hat Ii was Missourian who was euu
ate,i at Wtst Point and while there was
'"own by the sobr!quet of B son. think
wrote you somelhing of all this when
was ON The apis. but it seems from the
nformatlon received from Mrs Cabin.
he sqnaw. trailer ut Standing Rock. tina,
hese stories about Sitting Bulls superio or +,
'iucat'on ATE all bosh lie is si.nply a
avag.. and the extent of his intercourse
nth TIC whites has been l,mlred 10 y few
raiders. He las p' GUITAR marks tor an IT,
an. having light hair and grey eyes. He
NATIVES OF The country IN which he is
Citing.
SAXON.
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