Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1876-07-14

United States, and have been complied
with by the great mass of the Indians,
some of whom, however, have never rec
ognized the binding force of the treaty,
but have treated it with contempt, and
have continued TO roam at pleasure, at
taeking scattered settlements in Nebraska,
Wyoming, Montana and Dakota, stealing
stock and numbering peaceful inhabitants.
In February last the Secretary Of the Int
rior notified the Secretary of War that the
time previously given Sitting Bull and his
men to return to an agency had expired,
and that he and his forces still refused to
comply with the directions of the Indian
Commissioners, and that therefore the In
dians were turned over TO the War Depart
ment to be dealt with by the army. Sec'y
Cameron says the discovery of gold on
the western border Of the sioux reserva-
tion, and the intrusion of our people there
on, have not caused this war. The young
warriors love war, and frequently escape
their agencies TO go on the hunt or war
path, their only idea of the object of life.
In dispatch to Gen. Sherman on the
9Th Gen. Sheridan expressed the opinion
that there was no occasion to call for vol
unteer cavalry for the campaign against
Sitting Bull. With the six companies Of
the Twenty second Infantry, Gen. Sheri-
dan says Terry's forces will number about
1000 men, and Crook, when joined by
Merritt, will have about the same force,
which it is left to be implied
will be sufficient for the move
ment against the Sioux. Gen. Terry's
official report of the Little Big Horn
fight confirms the previous reports of the
disaster, and estimates the fighting force
of the Indians at $500. A later dispatch
from Terry, received on the sth, indicates
that the Indians had retreated, dividing
into two parties, one of which was going
toward the Big Horn Mountains and the
other eastward.
A FULL State ticket has been nominated
by the Prohibitionists of Massachusetts.
John l. Barker is the candidate for Gov
ernor and DIR. d. G.. Eddy for Lieutenant
Governor. The resolutions adopted by
the Convention declare the license system
a continuous and confessed failure, and
advocate the giving of the ballot to
women, to be used for their own pro-
lection against the wrongs of the liquor
traffic.
The Centennial Fourth of July was
celebrated in London by grand dinner,
under the auspices of the American Le-
cation. At Dublin, about &c, 900 persons
assembled and adopted an address to the
President. The demonstration closed
with fireworks and a torchlight pro-
cession. In Paris, the journals con-
tanned leaders appropriate to the
day, and there were numerous private eel
ebrations by American residents. The
Legation was decorated with flags and
| bunting, and the American colors abound.
ed in the principal streets. Similar dem.
onstrations and displays characterized the
day at Berlin, Frankfort and Rome.
A CoNsTANTINoPLE dispatch of the 10TH
reports that great battle had been fought
at Pirot on that day. The Turkish army
had been Withdrawn from Sailschar, hav,
ing failed to force the position and theil
flanks being threatened.
A GERMAN squadron left Salonica or
the 10th with sealed orders to be opened
at sea.
NEWS was received at Milwaukee, or
the 10th, that the propeller st, Clair had
been burned on Lake Superior the nigh
before, and that twenty-six lives were lost
Two wELL-KNowN citizens of Omaha
returned to that city on the 10th from
DeadwOod in the Black Hills, bringing
with them gold dust to the amount of owe
$500.
AN unusually large and brilliant meteo
passed over Chicago on the evening of thu
7th, and was observed in several othe
localities The Tribune says it lighted VI
the ground ten or twelve times more thar
it is illuminated by the full moon, and lef
a very bright track, which was visible TO
fully four minutes.