, 1876-09-09

turned hta old car1inc loose. There was Il show
Gr of feathers, bat the snipo skipped OF on ts
knitting-needo 1cg., and hid III n cottonwood
tasss aststpo" IL ~ % vs ss DS9'fs,{ s pa
tllen adjourned Oh board the steamboat, and
Tic New York lisra man called "Cala.nty
jim y brought In handful Of the feathers,
goosc.fcathcrs! Then the. cha1nbcrtnaid said
Lord Dundrcnrv lad given her half-lDl1ar TO
steal them out Of pillow and tliat she saw him
ram them down tho gun before he went out!
In former letter l made mention OF
CAPT. ED BALL, ....
Of tho Second Cavalry. On better acquaintance
! f'nd him to be tone Of nasurc's noblcnen."
lic has been Thirty years in the army, serving
With dlstlnctton in the ltns during the Civil
Var lie ranks fifth III tho cavalry corps, and
will soon gain lis Majority. 1t s m dlsnarnge-
mcnt " other oi1icera to repeat Gen. Terry's
Mortl.: =, M "Capt; Bali y one 81 the nob.est met,
as y Is, bcenusc nasty ring Ut 1ntlan roht.cfs
In Montana aEe Just now engaged III tratlncing
Capt Balls character bccat1fe hs refused 10
colntenance robbery Of the Crows.
JOHN ffNRRTY,
wh1om Of The TnlbuNr, Is ono of the char
nctcrs Of tbs expedition. BY modest attention
to business and unparalleled: exhibitions Of
courage, John has won tho hearts Of . the DASH
Ing cavalry corps" Aud yet, Il he should autl.
Chicago, looking as he docs totlay, his best
friend would give him the "shake." lie Is
"beanled like part, !" ragged Is Bully Barlow,
and bronzed deeper than Dauiels' In1un tobacco
the nth time. and the new cpenlcnis, CONTRAST
Ing with the old, gave Ills faco the appearance
Of lump Of smoked tppaz act in mossagatc>
GAIT. DsNrEEa,
ai1v mentioned bcioTc. Bcnteen Is arcnarkabie
man, and II is one Of the dcvflfsh mcau rcgula-
ttnnx of the army that such a man ~ Uentccn ts
left in the lurc'l, Although. wcll-np III years,
yet a careful, honest abstentous fife leaEes him
With ;ile feature. Of bur, In resources he 4 q
great, fathcrlyt patriotic Government he survcs
can do nothing better for him {as reward for
saving tho flower Of Tcrry's army from annihIla-
tion) than IN assignment to recruiting service.
lie, would 90 t9 the Sandwich islands, to Bel
grnle, ercn to S.nnley In Africa, hut whnt /
would set somewhere to people win apprcci-
attd Md houosed soldier.
l give little paragraph about another re.
porter, Davenport, wlio represents. the New
York Herald with Crooks column. ! l,avc been
reporter uyer quarter OF century; but it
was left for Davenport to learn inc how to
GET HEwB THROUGH on SIGHT.
When Crook lla,l hts fight with Sitting Bull,
Junc 19, Davenport was very anxious TO get his
news through first. So lie told Crooks courier
that, II he the courcr) would bold back Crook 9
dispatches twelve hours, he NaycnporD would
stupid, honest fcllow-dcclInel the offer, md
even told Crutk what proposition had been
made him. but the gaze!c comes in at this
point: Davenport didn't have any hundred
dollars, and the ,nan lie drew On at Fort Ellis
wcazened-face fellow, sharp, qufck-witted, and
fulu resources; but so fur he hasn't "seooped
anybody With Crook. News Is news; aud the
general Impression among military men Is, tha.,
the public will know as to the actual situation
Of al1:irs on the YELLOWSTONE.
1n INF later letters hare been somcwllat
sevcrc upon -
Personally, he is every. Inch the soldier. Tic ia
pfaln. unnssnming Western man in appear
ance; dresses less showt1y tl,an ary Lieutenant;
wears full beard, tying Up tia flow With d
string; carries repeating rifle atwaye, and lives
on tic Government ration. lie has only two
officers upon bis staff,-Lfcuts. Hourko and
SciuyIcr,-al,d often rrqulrea OF them the tiu.
tics Of an orderly when on the march,.
Lie fs a naan Of few words, understands every
detail necessary for the rap!l mobilization Of
troops, aud ought to succeed II any man can.
AND OF GEN. TEMHT
hare written freely. lie Is u man in many re-
spcrts different from Crook. Terry Is, perhaps,
no better soldier than Crook; und tho 1art that
te Is open and uurcscryed opcrAtcs to bis prc1n-
licu. Terry. Is a patriarchal rather than q
hereditary Genera, Lowing, caring for, and
understanding the men placed under him. He
will hear and heed tho suggestion or prayer Ut
any one, II the suggestion sor prayer DO Just.
lie i,as, huwcTcr, entirely too much staff. We're
he q Major-Gcneral commanding duZcn brig
adcs, he could not find use for as many men rs
he has now. There arc SMITH, Adjutant-0c
eral; Nolan, Quartc!!naster; Thompson, Co9,-
missary; Mcguire, Engineer; AicCaits, Ondi-
Aids; aud Surgeon Williams. And yet hava
known Gen. Terry TO do the work Of most Of
these officers himself. lie works hard day and
night, has his soul In tlIu service, und carefully
Weighs every matter touching the general r..
sulL PMoci0a.