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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1876-09-07

THE ORDER Of the War department of
August 18th, relieving First Lieutenant 8.
NJ. Mills, 5th artillery, from duty at the u
8 Military Academy at West Point has been
revoked, and Lieutenant Mills been ordered
to report to the superintendent OF the acaje-
my for duty as quartermaster and commits
sary for Inc battalion of cadets under the
provisions of the late appropriation bill for
the support of the Military Academy.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1876-09-07

REPORTED OUTRAGKs II LOUISIANA
A ttoIDey General TAFT has received Off
eially the report Of the shooting of deputy
sheriff In one of the parishes near New Or
leans. He has also received advIces of nu-
mereus outrages In the state OF Louisiana,
which have been forwarded to the President
for such action as he may deem necessary in
the premises.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1876-09-07

TREASURER VIVIAN started this morn
ing for Philadelphia.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1876-12-22
LOUISIANA.
The Election Investigation.

ING IttCttOU 1t~VtottyuttONs
New Orleans, Dec. 21.-When the
Senate investigating committee met an
effort was made by Senator Mcdonald
to have members Of the returning board
subpenaed. The question of taking
the deposition of Eliza Pinkston was
postponed until tomorrow.
Coun sell for the Republican side
stated that they had some forty-two
more witnesses to testify in regard to
Ouachita parish, and that the whole
number Of witnesses from all the par
ishes would reach 500.
Senator Salisbury thought it best to
have an understanding in reference to
fixing a limit to the inquiry, as 500
witnesses on either side would consume
all the time till the LIST of March.
Chairman Howe thought the mass of
evidence might be abridged by the coun-
sci on either side agreeing as far as pos
sible to accept the testimony taken be-
fore the returning board, without
either side being expected to develop
further testimony from those witnesses,
and discussion ensued in regard to the
best means of reaching the object
aimed at, whether or not there was a
full, free and fair election in the con-
tested parishes. It was the general
opinion that this could best be ecured
by examining and completing the
parishes separately, and that b res
pective counsel might sift the testi-
mony of their witnesses and leave out
all except the most important testi-
mony, thus avoiding much labor and
waste Of time; as 1t appears from the
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1876-12-22
T~ELEGRAPHIC TICKS.

Gold closed yesterday at 107a.
NSmall-pox is raging in London, Eng
land.
John Riley, James Reagan and Thos.
Barnes, employed oil the Sudbury
river conduit, Mass, were buried under
a land slide Thursday morning.
W. g. Wall, superintendent of the
money order department of the Pitts
burg postoffice, absconded Tuesday
night. He is a defaulter for probably
So, ZOO.
The Alabama claims court expires le-
gally December 3lst. There will be
about eight millions left on hand, which
the next Congress will probably dispose
of in some way.
The u. S. treasury has paid out in
silver, from April LIST to December goth,
in the redemption of fractional .curren-
cy, $15, 207, 965; on currency obliga-
lions, 1884, 597.
Commodore Vanderbilt is failing
rapidly, and it would be no surprise to
his family if he should pass suddenly
away now He is so wasted that his
legs are no larger than a mans arm.
Cartwright, Odell and Watts, the
Oregon Republican electors, with Geo.
A. Steele, chairman of the Republican
State Central committee, j. N. Dolph,
counsel for the Republicans in the re-
cent electoral muddle, and Secretary of
State Chadwick, arrived at San Fran
cisco, and left for the east yesterday
morning.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1876-12-22
WASHINGTON.
Reading the Reports.

Reading the Reports.
Washington, Dec. 21-The reports of
the Louisiana committees are read here
with great interest. The testimony
taken by the House committee thus far
has had very little bearing upon the
question at issue. The tendency Of the
Democratic witnesses has been rather
to shake confidence in the validity of
the vote actually returned for the Dem
ocrats than otherwise. For instance,
no polls were thrown out in Orleans
parish, and yet Morrison's committee
has examined several colored Democrat
ic witnesses to prove that there was
intimidation there. The Democratic
committee seem to forget that under
the peculiar election law of Louisiana,
intimidation, no matter who ID guilty
of it, invalidates the election at the
polls where it occur The great ques-
ton is whether the returning board
acted honestly or fraudulently in its
canvass of the votes, and to this point
the Senate committee seems to be di-
recting its inquiries. The doings of
the board in secret session when the
returns from the contested precincts
were decided on, ought to be brought
to light and the evidence on which such
case rests made public, as in South Car
DINA and Florida.
The Oregon Matter.
The Senate subcommittee on privi-
leges and elections have subp9naed the
following witnesses to testify in rela-
ton to the Oregon election matter:
Governor Grover, Secretary of State
Chadwick. j. w. Watts, j. II. Odell,
w TT Cart wright Rpniamin SimpsOn
D. NJ. Denny, j. L. Dolph and G. A.
Steele. They are expected next week.
Cronin arrived from Oregon this after
noon He says he has not determined
when he will deliver to Vice President
Ferry the certificates which he bears.
Will be Pressed.
The Republican Senatorial caucus,
this morning, discussed the question
whether Mitchell's resolution for an
investigation into the appointment of
Cronin should be pressed to passage,
and it was decided to persist and make
| it a special case.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1876-12-22
Crooks Campaign Nearly Ended.

The movement now in progress
against Crazy Horse, mentioned in yes
terday's LEADER, will close the winter
campaign against the hostiles and the
| work of the Powder river expedition.
Its object is to find Crazy Horse and
wipe out that redoubtable chieftain,
who is now considered to be the head
and front of the entire hostile move
ments of the year. The determination
of Crazy Horse and his entire band, if
achieved, will end the bloodiest page Of
our Indian war history. 1t will avenge
the massacre of Custer and his gallant
band, and earn new laurels for Crook,
the best Indian fighter of the period.
Should the expedition fail to find
Crazy Horse-and there is some proba-
bility that he will make good his es-
cape, the search for him will be con-
tinued as long as the scanty supplies
of the command will hold out, and
Crook will then turn his face homeward.
He will not come in shame and dis
grace, as the great Indian fighters ION
paper) of the New York Herald would
have their readers believe, but with
the consciousness of having performed
all that it was possible for him to per-
form, modestly wearing the laurels
won by hard fighting and arduous
labor in the field. He has shared the
dangers and privations of the campaign
shoulder to shoulder with his command,
and gained a most valuable experience
which, in his future movements-if
such be necessary-agaihst the red
devils, will prove of inestimable advan-
tage.
Let us hope and pray that Crazy
Horse may be found and whipped, and
that this consummation will prove the
finale of the great Indian war, the
closing of which guarantees peace and
progress ON our long rayaged frontier.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1876-12-22
II INDIAN
ns REORGANIZATION Proposed.

It's Reorganization Proposed.
Washington, Dec. 21.-At a meeting
of the House committee on Indian af-
fairs, to-day, Seelye submitted a propo-
sition which embraces an entire
luton in the management of Indian
affairs. 1t makes provisions for ex-
tending the laws of the United States
over every Indian; giving to him the
same status in courts; comforting upon
him the same rights, and exacting from
him the same duties as belong to any
citizen or subject of the United States;
a~bolishing the Office of commissioner of
Indian affairs, and transferring the en-
tire functions of the Indian bureau to
an Indian board of trust, constituted
somewhat after the manner of great
charitable and educational corporations.
The board might consist of nine menu
bers, who should be named in the bill,
and who shall fill their own vacancies
| when they occur and serve without
compensation, though permitted to ap-
point a secretary or executive agent or
such other clerks or agents as might be
necessary, who should receive a reason
| able compensation; all monies appro-
| priated for Indians to be under the
| direction Of this board, and to be used
| according to treaty stipulations or acts
Of Congress.
1t is the opinion Of the committee
that some change in the management
of Indian affairs is Indispensable, and
that the transfer of the Indian Bureau
to the War Department would be no
improvement on the present manage
ment.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1876-12-22
THE IMPENDING CRISIS.

Il Sensational Correspondents Story.
New Bork, Dec. IA Washington
special says:
There are numerous rumors afoat
which are troubling administration
leaders here more than they are willing
to acknowledge. 1t is now suspected
that there is a powerful railroad COM
bination forming to force the election
and inauguration of Tilden, as it is said
that some of the most far-seeing OF the
railroad kings wish to secure legisla-
ton to secure and forestall action Of the
national convention to revise the con-
stitution in such as to diminish
the present power of corporations. 1t
is said that a combination has been
formed, ~far-reaching in its ramifica-
tions, and embracing not only railroad
but steamship lines, and looking to nu-
merous grants of land and cash subsl-
dies for a new road to the Pacific. II
this scheme should prevail to count in
Tilden, it is expected that the Congress
which will meet next winter will es-
tablish lines of steamships to foreign
ports from Boston, New York, Phila-
delphia, Baltimore, Norfolk, Charles
ton, Mobile, New Orleans and Calves
ton, all of which will have intimate
and important relations with the rail
roads which center at these cities. 1t
is believed that things are being fixed
to secure the support of enough Repub-
lican senators to join with the House
in reversing the choice of electors in
Flo, ida and Louisiana and installing
Governor Tilden.
Hayes men are not as confident
as they were, and there is an
~undercurrent of satisfaction among
Tilden men that makes them very I'M
easy. Pennsylvania is the headquarters
of this new combination.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1876-12-22
CONGRESSIONAL.
SENATE.

SENATE.
Washington, Dec. 21.-Frelinghuy-
sen presented a petition of many union
soldiers, asking the passage of b House
bounty bill. Referred.
Anthony called up the resolution for
printing 5000 copies of the clerk of the
Senate McDonald's compilation con-
corning the electoral votes from 1889
to 1873, inclusive. Adopted. An
thony offered a resolution that the
Senate adjourn from the 22d to the
Doth, from the 26th to the goth, and
from the Doth to January I'd, unless
otherwise ordered in each case.
Amended to make the adjournment
from the 22d to the 18th, and agreed to
with the general understanding that the
other a~djournments would be as the
resolution suggested.
Mitchell's Oregon election resolution
was then considered, and Maxey spoke
at length.
The chair appointed as the special
committee to act with a similar House
committee to devise means for the
proper count of the Presidential cleo
toral vote, Edmunds, Morton, Freling-
huysen, Logan, Thurman, Bayard and
Ransom.
The resolution for the arrest of recus-
ant witnesses was adopted without
discussion.
Business was suspended at 2:40 p.
m. that the Senate might pay its trib-
ute of respect to the memory of the late
Senator Caperton, of West Virginia.
Appropriate remarks were made by
Davis, Wright, Witbers, Edmunds and
others, and as a further mark of res
pect to the memory of deceased, the
Senate adjourned.
Platt offered a resolution for a select
committee to investigate .Hewitt's
charge that the New York postoflice
had tempered with his letters. Platt
had read at the clerks desk Postmaster
James unqualified denial of lIewitt's
statement.
Willis introduced a bill providing
that the fleet of the navy, until safety
demands an increase, shall consist of
thirty sea-going war vessels, distributed
among the respective squadrons.
Springer's motion, instructing the
investigating committee in New York,
of which Cox is chairman, to investi-
gate the charge made against the New
York postofice by Hewitt pnssed.
Watkins introduced a bill, which was
referred, providing against any naval
or military officer collecting or having
troops at or near election polls on the
day Of election or ten days prior to or
subsequent thereto.
The speaker presented a telegram
from Morrison, transmitting records of
the proceedings before the investigating
committee in the case of Barnes, tele-
graph manager at the New Orleans
office.
Knott submitted a resolution direct
ing that Barnes be arrested and brought
before the House for contempt.
Adopted.
A bill authorizing the use of certain
treasury funds belonging to the Usage
Indians for their benefit, passed.
Hatcher presented memorials for
action concerning the g%rasshopper
plague.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1876-12-22
NIGHT REPORT.
SITTING BULL.
The Lost Chief Found.

The Lost Chief Found.
st. Paul, Dec. 21.-The following
was received at headquarters Depart
ment of Dakota, to-day:
Fort PECK, NJ IT., Dec. 8.
Yesterday, with q force of one hun
dred men of the Fifth Infantry, I fol-
lowed and drove Sitting Bulls camp of
100 lodges south cross the Missouri
river, near the mouth of Bark creek.
He resisted my crossing for a short
time, and then retreated to the had
lands.
Sitting Bull is in camp on Bark
creek with over 5000 warriors.
[Signedl FRANK D.. BALDWIN,
Lieut.. 9th Infantry, Comd'g.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1876-12-22
NEW YORK.
The Election Investigation.

The Election Investigation.
New York, Dec. 21.-The special
Congressional committee on election
frauds resumed their investigation to-
day.
Leonard Mitchell, a Republican of
East New York, testified that the vote
was 300 in excess of any ever cast be-
fore. He saw many voters who had
not been in the country six months.
Dudley Gregory, of Jersey City, said
the registration was 200 more than at
the spring election. He saw patches of
Germans led to the polls and tickets
given them which they were forced to
vote.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1876-12-22
SOUTH CAROLINA.
White WIuqed Peace.


Columbia, Dec. 2l.-Ths legislature
viii adjourn sine die tomorrow, having
passed the necessary appropriation bills.
The so-called Democratic house will
probably adjourn sine die. The claim
of simpson DEM for recognition as
lieutenant governor, has not been ne
ported back from the senate judiciary
committee, but will rest in statu quo
Until the next meeting of the .legisla-
ture.
"a Bad Blunder."
The Democratic leaders have sent
dispatches from here to the effect that
the election of Hamburg massacre
Butler to the senate by the Democratic
legislature was a bad b~lunder, and
will array against Wade Hampton
many who were inclined to favor his
side.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1876-12-22
FOREIGN.
HON. Matters Stand.

Vienna Dec. 21.-A semi-oficial tel
egram from st. Petersburg announces
that the conference will meet Dec. 23d.
One of its first tasks will be to secure a
prolongation of the armistice. The re-
ports that such prolongation is already
agreed upon are untrue, but neithenRus-
STA nor Turkey object. Some slight diff
ference may arise as to the length of
time for which the armistice shall be
extended, but in Russia's present on-
ciliatory disposition it don't seem prob
able that she will make any great diff
culties.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1876-12-22

tabalated statements furnished by the
returning boards that polls have been
rejected In 22 parishes, the labor neees-
sary to determine the fairness OF the
election in these alone would be very
great. IL was finally agreed to proceed
with Ouaehita parish.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1876-12-22
ARKANSAS.

Another Fire at Little Rock.
Little Rock, Dec. 2l.-A fire broke
out tonight on the corner of Louisiana
and Fifth streets, which threatens to
destroy 800, 900 worth of property. 1t
was incendiary in origin. A paper
warehouse, bakery, grocery, store and
other buildings have already burned.
This is the sixth fire in six days here.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1876-12-22

Terrible Suferinqs.

Terrible Suferings.
Baltimore, Dec. 21.-The crew Of an
oyster fleet which, during the recent
storm, sought refuge in the Magothy
river, have suffered terribly from expo
sure. Several of the boats are ashore
and the crews are frost bitten. One
boat went ashore last Friday night and
four of the crew lie dead in the cabin.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1876-12-22
COLORADO.

Miners Smothered to Death.
Georgetown, Dec. 21.-Three Italians
were sniothered to death in the Dives
mine yesterday, caused by the shaft
house taking fire above where they were
mining.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1876-12-22
CITY ELECTION.

Notice is hereby given that an cleo
tion will be held in the city o. Ghey-
enne on Monday, December 25th,
1876, in the City Hall building,
for the purpose of eIecting two Trus-
tees, for the term of two years each, ia
place of L. Il. Bresnahen and John
Gealon, retiring members Of the Board.
The following named persons have
been appointed judges of election, viz.
j. ii. Nichols, p. j. McNainars and j.
Z. Tuttle.
BY order Of the Board of Trustees.
l.. r. BREsNAHER,
President andex-oficio Mayor.
Attest:
d17-dtd !.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1876-12-22

A collision on the New York Eleva-
ted railway, injured several persons
Wednesday afternoon; none seriously.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1876-06-30
Two Glasses Of COnversers.

Around and above all other distinc-
tons, there are two great classes of con.
versers those who make you feel that
you are of some account in the world,
and those who have subtle way of con.
vincing you that you have no right to
exist. The latter class is small in mum.
Der, but what they lack in quantity they
make up in sting. Sometimes they are
gifted with a sharp tongue and an uner-
ring faculty of saying the most grinding
things. Sometimes they are apparently
srave and considerate in manner and
phrase. But, in either case, you go
away from them with feeling that the
world is stuffed with sawdust, that you
yourself are an imbecile and an impos-
tor. 1t may take days for you to re-
cover your proper standing with your
SELF. Then, If You ask your soul what
fatal gift has the tormentor, which car
ries with it this power of making his
fellow mortals miserable, You discover
that it is the gift Of selfshness. The
person TO, whom you have been talking is
-ungenerous. A generous man, a gener-
Gus woman--you cannot come near such
an one without receiving something
that makes amends for your own disap-
pointment with, your own i'll opinion of,
Yourself An ungenereus person adds
the weight of another to your side of
the scales, and down you go!-7ne Old
Cabinet; Scribnev for July.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1876-06-30
A Terrible Adventure.

Friday night special dance was in
progress at Brunson's ranch, in the
lower end of the county, and after the
dancing had got well under way two
young men, named Tom Adams and Joe
Russian, started out, intending to visit
neighboring saloon for the purpose of
procuring cigars. The night was I'M
unusually dark-absolutely nothing be-
ing discernible foot distant. Conse-
quently the two men proceeded slowly,
trusting to their knowledge of the locali-
ty to carry them in the direction they
wished TO take. Suddenly, and without
the least warning whatever, their feet
slipped from under them, and the next
instant they felt themselves plunged
downward neck deep in slum and water.
They had fallen into an old shaft, drop
ping at least forty feet from the edge.
Fortunately, both landed on their feet,
and the mud at the bottom prevented
them from being bruised in the fall. A
new danger, however, Immediately pre-
sented itself, namely, in the quicksand.
Both made desperate efforts to keep
their heads above the water, but in do
ing so nearly suffocated from immersion.
Adams at last caught hold of O projection
on the side of the shaft, and, although
possessing but one arm, succeeded in
holding on until Russian climbed over
him and reached the mouth of the shaft.
Russian then called for help, and the
party at Brunson's was soon on the spot.
No ropes were procurable, and something
had to be done Immediately to save
Adams from death in the bottom of the
pit. Men think very rapidly in cases OF
imminent danger, and one of the crowd
around the top of the shaft proposed
that the most muscular form themselves
into a chain and drop into the shaft.
This was acted upon at once. The
heaviest man was held by one arm by
several men at the mouth of the shaft,
and second man sliding into the shaft
clnging to his waist. A third man did
likewise. grasping the second mans
waist, and each successive link in the
human chain did likewise until the bot
tom was reached, and Adams dragged
from his awful predicament. Through
the mutual assistance of Adams himself
and his friends he managed to reach the
top, completely exhausted, as were his
brave rescuers. 1t was indeed narrow
escape for both young men from horri-
BILE death, and creditable action on the
part of those who undertook in this
novel and dangerous manner to rescue
Adams.--Sonoma (Cal.) Democrat
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1876-06-30
Washington Knocked Down.

In 1854, Washington, then in COM
mand of the Virginia Rangers at Alex
andria, awaiting the arrival of Gen.
Braddock's troops, supported Mr.. Fair
fax in an election contest for the House
of Burgesses, against Mr., afterward
Colonel, William Payne of the Cont
mental army. This seems to have been
one OF those rare occasions when Wash
ington's hot blood got the better of his
peerless judgment. Fierce words passed
between the two gentlemen in the mar
ket square of Alexandria, ending by an
outburst OF rage from Payne, in which
he felled Washington to the earth. The
rangers rushed from their barracks and
surrounded Payne, but Washington,
with calm dignity, dispersed them. A
duel seemed inevitable. On the follow
ing day, however, Washington sent for
Payne, and, extending his hand, said,
with gentle courtesy that touched the
other to the heart: "Mr. Payne, to err
is human. was wrong yesterday; but
if you have had sufficient satisfaction,
let us be friends" Until the day Of his
death Col. Payne retained for Washing
ton devoted and unbroken regard
"a Little Centennial Lady," Scribner
for .J,,Iu sa. Otf