The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1876-07-07

| laws of the United States. THIS crime
hes bIigh,iDg aud blasting irtuehce
/ upon the conseitnces Of all whom 1T
touches, AZ is every day aud every
where Witnessed throughout this Ter
ritory.
Custar's Death Confirmed.
CHICAGO. july Z. 1876.
The intelligence of the Indian mas
sacre creates profound Indignation and
excitemt ut here. To day brief dis
patch was received at army headqnar-
tiers confirming the report, but at tie
time of closing for the day 10 official
report Of The battle was received. Lie u
| tenant General Phil Sheridan is at
Philadelphia. 1t is known at had
quarters, however, that be has received
private dispatch from General Terry
confirming the death of General Custer.
The dispatch is said to contain but
little else. The wires are down be
tween Lacrosse and St. Paul, aud at
one or two other points. II is the
opinion OF army officials here that Gus.
tar struck " Sitting Bulls camp.
Gen. Drum thinks that Gen. Crook
fell upon bnt II part of it in bis en-
counter after the. battle of Rosebud.
d" Sitting Bill is known to have re-
! treated in nor,herly direction with the
forces that encountered Crook. This
| Indian must have known that he was
being gradually surrounded, and hence
il WIS but natural that he should more
aud more concentrate his forces. No
doubt Cnstar dropped squsreiy into the
midst of no less than 10000 red skins.
aud was utterly torn to pieces The
movement made by Gustav j. censored
to some extent at military hsadqpnr
ters. The Older off ers think it WAS
brought about by foolish pride. Il,
seems that few days before General
Terry had offered four additional com.
panies to Gustav, who refused them.
Further information is to the effect that
Gen. GiUbon with his force il known
to have been moving up to Custar for
the purpose of reinforcing him, and
that he (Custar) knew Of this, and
knew that GIbbon would arrive by the
following day after the engagement.
yet, ia the face of this knowledge, Gus
.ar, With the desire to release Terry,
| und wrest from that officer some Of the
spolls OF victory, rushed forward and
was bliudly led into dttiles aud gorges
of the Big Horn. where the India $
were concentrated.
Gen. Custar's family are at Fort
Lincoln, to which point the woHnded
are being conveyed. SO far az an tx
preston in regard to the wisdom Of
/ Gen. Cnstar's attack could be explained
Mt headquarters it was to the Ell ct
that Gen. Gustav had been imprudent
to Say the least.
Kumorcd Dea'h of Terry.
The rumor that Gen. Terry was killed
cannot be traced and is evidently can
ard, as a dispatch was received from
him to-day.
Rheims Case.
The case of Jake Rbeim bad not yet
been disposed of by Judge Blodsett, of
The United States District Court, at
this time, but probably will be to-day.
| Casiar's Family.
New YORK. July 7, 1876.
A Graphic special from Washington
says General Custar leaves "a wife, but
no children. His wife is sister Of
Senator Chri>tiancy.
PHILADELPHIA. July 7, 1876
Dispatches confirm the report of
! Custar's death, but lead She man and
Sheridan to the belief that the reports
concerning the killed are greatly expg-
gerated.
santa Anna Dead.
New ORLEANS, July Z. 1876.
City of Mexico papers jus received