Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1876-06-24
EASTERN 0ISPATC HE'S.
Ely Overland Telegraph.
ESPECIAL. TO THE DAILY sENTINEL..l
Speculation About n st. Louis
COnventiOn-Ghe Blaine Investi.
CATION, etc.

strength at st. Louis as follows: Til
den, pol; Hendricks, 10; Bayard, %;
Allen, "A; Parker, g.; unknown, IL.
The Times, of st. Louis, %intitnafes
that Tilden is ont of the ace, and it is
thought that Payne. of Ohio, is the
most available candidate.
The Times Washington special says:
Judge Pierrepont has been subpRned
BY the Judiciary Committee to appear
on Tuesday to testify in regard to the
Mulligan letters. At his own request
he was excused from coming TO Wash
ington, on the suggestion from him
that he would answer in New York
i~nterrogations sent to him in writing
and return sworn answer to the com
mittee. A list of questions have there
fore been sent to him to-day. 1t eein
that Pierrepont was called into connsel
with Carpenter and Black. over the
Mulligan letters, and it is alleged he
refused to sign the opinion which the
other eminent Ounsel gave to Blaine.
The interrogatorirs are intended to dis
cover whether this allegation is true
and whether the letters as read when
in the House and given to the public
contained all that was really written
in them or whether certain parts have
been suppressed. Pierrepont's testi-
mony, ii he answer the questions, can
not fail to he of considerable impor-
ta1ce in this inquiry.
The Ttibune's Washington special
SAYS: Merrill will not accept the Treas
ury till the appropriation bills are
passed. According TO law, only ten
days are allowed. There continues to
be a better prospect that both houses
will harmonic their differences touch-
ing the appropriation bills.
The President to-day sent TO the SEN.
ate the name of Geo. p. Fisher for u.
). Attorney for Delaware. This is the
same Judge Fisher who was District
Attorney here for several years, and
whose standing was not of the best.
One of his assistants while District
Attorney, his own son, is now on trial
for embezz.ing papers from the office
and settling indictments with Grim.
mails, and another assistant, Richard
Harrington, il now "A fugitive from
Justice hiding in a foreign land. He
escaped trial on indictment for safe
burglary aud for bribery.
A Battle with the Sioux-List Of the
Casualties.
CHEYENNE, June %.
As intimated in the last dispatch,
Crooks command left camp on the
morning of the 10Th instant with four
DAYS rAtionS and struck across 10 Rose.
bud, a branch of the Yellowstone, in
Montana. Following this creek The
next morning. about five miles down,
the Snake aud Crow scouts brought
word from the front that the Sioux
wei i'm force in the hills, and by halt
past s o'clock the command was in po
sition and an extensive fire inaugurated
among the bluffs to the north of the
creek. The enemy, who had began the
attack, and showing thereby their con
fdence in their ability to whip the com
mand, retiring as the soldiers and al
lies advanced. The Sioux were all
we'll mounted and well armed, and
swarmed in numbers. AT times they
were prodigal i'm the uso of alnmuni-
ton. The fight lasted our hours, when
the enemy retired out of sight at every
point. The casualties are as follows:
Third Cavalry, Company +, Sergeant
Marshall and private Roe, killed; pri
Yates Broders0n and Feathersby,
wounded; Company l., privates Allen
and Flynn, killed; Sergeant Enoch,
Corporal Cartz, and privates Smith,
Steward, O'Brien and LOssey bOsky
wounded; Company l., Sergeant New
kirken, privates Bennett, Potts, Con.
nors and Mitchell. killed; ~Sergeants
Cook, Edwards, Snow n Craruer,
wounded. Second Cavalry, Captain
Henry, wounded; Company ID, Ser
geant O'Donnell, wounded; Company
b, private Steiner, wounded. The lat
ter are likely to recover. One Snake
scout was killed, three wounded; four
Crows were also wounded. The dead
bodies of thirteen Sioux were found on
the field, and it is certain a number
more were killed, with usual proper
lion of wounded. Several Sioux pom.
les were killed, and General Crooks
horse shot under him. The fight Oc
Cured fifty miles from the wagon and
pack trains, and owing to the want OF
rations, and that the wounded might
he cared for, it was necessary to return
thither. The officers and soldiers all
disrlayed marked gal .anlry. The na-
ture of the ground making infantry ad.
vantageous, General Crooks has or.
dered five companies to join him al
once, the cavalry meantime continuing
operations on the plains and in the
hills. The Crows have returned to
their homes. The Snakes will remain.
The rich game country of the Big Horn
affords an ample comlnissary depart.
ment for the Sioux.
The Banking Law.
WASHINGTON, June %.
A delegation of the Bankers Con-
ventiOn, in session here. has appeared
before the Committee or Banking this
morning. The committee listened tn
An ok planatiou as how banks were in-
juriou>ly affected by the present axes
on capital and deposits. The delega-
ton recommended a uniform tax on
the par value of stocks throughout the
United States, and that surplus capital
should he exempt from taxation as
surplus invites confidence and
strengthens the banks.
Kerr and Blaine.
WASHINGTON, June %.
Speaker Kerr is better and has gone
into the country. Blaine is worse and
confined to his bed. Surgeon General
Barnes thoroughly examined his case
this evening and finds him suffering
from extreme nervous exhaustion and
from severe malarial poisoning. These
| features of his case are complicated