New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1876-12-27
NEW YORK.


NEW YORK.
From the Indian Country.
NEW YORK. Deco mber 90 dispatch
dated Camp Nor h Fork OF Belle FOurche
December 81, ssye:
General Crook announced at council
with our Indian scouts here that the expe
ditiOn would start homewacd in the morn
ing.
We h I'VE rations for twelve days and hall
forage for q week Neither tbs Indians sent
to locate Crszs Horses village, nor any OF
those sent to Red Cloud to bring out more
Indisn soldiers, have j,ined Ms yet, and our
present meagre stock of SUPP lee, with
limited amount Of transportation at
the posts which are nearest rs, will not
permit further prosecution of the present
campaign. Since our fight in Big Horn
mountain small bands of In dams have
been wandering about the country in our
vicinity and keeping close watch on all of
our movements, : fact which ts1ds to make
. surprise of the hostile Sioux by our troops
matter of extreme difficulty, if not wholly
impossible, even If our stock was in better
condition and supplies for men and animals
more plentiful. .-...-
We are about four days march from Fort
Reno, and shall probably be back 1t Fort
Eettermaa about the twenty-ninth instant
The steamer Labrador, which arrived
here Yesterday, reports thst abeut 40 miles
of the Irish o0ast, ON the twelfth instsnt.
she spoke dismasted vessel of about $50
toms burden. over which the sea was
making . clean sweep. Above ten men
we're seen on deck. The Labrador would
have underworld to take them of, but they
signsled that it was dangerous, and the yes
sells had better part, consequently tho Lab
fadOr continued on her voyage.
After detention Of seventeen hours the
wind WAS favorable to the vessel. Her
stern WAS broken, but the letters "Swsn
r" were made ont. She sho we'd NO flag Of
nationality.
The ship Riclurksn (Norweeian), from
London for New York, went ashore on tho
jersey cosst, ut Ocean Grove, last night,
during . fog. She lies brosdside up. The
wind 10 blowing halt . gale, and the sea 10
breaking completely over her. Her main
mast and foremost have been carried away.
She will probably be total loss unless the
weather moderstee. All hands saved.
Nothing II 1t.
The postofice investigation developes
nothing new.
Christmas Rowdyism.
A number of rOw6ies attacked the occu
pants of two sleighs last night ON the
Hackensack plank road, near WeehswkeD
oil docks. After snOw. bslliDg them fight
ensued, in which three of the party were
stabbed and two of the ladies were badly
kicked and otherwise misused.
The Celtic brought 100000 and the
Labrador $4,000 in specie.
Excifement In q Theatre.
During IN entertainment ct the Newark
Opera House lest night . youngster mis-.
took . sudden concentration Of calcium
lights on the scene for Q blaze of IRE, and
shouted "Fir, fire!" A stampede took
place. The audience was finally quietsd
and the performance proceeded. A woman
and boy were badly crushed, but not f.
tally. fiA sr-l'f - az
The TcIesrsph-Prssident Orton asd
Chairman Msrrtsss Their CSrre. ,
sDssdesce:
The following correspondence is fur.
Company:
w''s'rn g SsS Yo ailef:ps Ss@R,n ls1s
Hon. william B. Morrison, Chairman, New Or.
S1R-Accompanying this Sand you .
communication made by me this day to the
Sneeker of the House Of Representatives in
respect to . paper served upon me, and
which requires the sergoant-atarms of the
House of Representatives 10 summon me to
appear before your committee. ct New
ber. l do not suppose it 10 thought
that possess any personal knowledge con-
corning any of the matters to be lnvesti
gated by that committee. l am but now
recovering from long aud serious illness.
and my health 10 in such . state that l
could not, without great Inconvenience and
risks, as we'll a. unnecessary expense to the
government, make such 2 long journey as
that to New Orleans. l trust, therefore,
that l may be relieved frou personal At
tendance, and that such report az you may
think proper to make to the Speaker of the
House m AZ not involve me in q cOnte npt
from failure to appear personally. Ipos-
cess no knowledge in respect to any matter
confded to you tor investigation. or in re-
spect to the papers which you seek, which
would be OF any value to you 1t were there
WILLIAM ORION.
E1CUrIvR OFFICE,
Western Nv ion Telegraph COMPANY, :
New York, Decembe Is, lS76. }
Hon Samuel J. Randall Speaker OF the House Of
representatives. Washington:
S1R-On the nineteenth day of Decem-
ber q paper, copy Of which 10 hereto an
O0xoO, W00 uNuOtu W IOO ~ w oSutUKVOUs
addressed to John g. Thompson, Esq SER
geant- 1t arms, or his special messenger,
and signed by yOu Is Speaker, by which
papers the said Thompson or his special
messenger is commanded to produce ut
New orleans before the special committee
of the House Of Representatives, of which
Hon. Wiilism II Morrison is chairman. all
telegrsms in his OssessiOn or under his
control, r. ceived or sent hy William E
Chandler, ZAck Chandler, Don COmerOn,
j. NJ Edmunds, james Casey, j q Pit
kin, III. C.. Dibble, H. C WarmOth, Geo ge
w. Carter and G. neral Augur, from and ~
New Orleans. Louisiana, Washington City,
District of Columbus; New York City. New
York, since the first day OF Sept m her last
Said paper also appears to require said
Thompson to summon me to appear before
a select committee, at the same time and
place then and there to testify touching
matters of inquiry committed to said com
mittee. Assuming that said paper is err
fopeOuely supposed to contain some COM
maud addressed to me, requiring me to
produce before said committee kilograms Of
like description in my possession or under |
nv contr.l, beg leave respectfully to H.
form you that il any such messages have |
ever ex,steu, Of which have d" knowl |
edge, have never had, either personally |
or official any possession of them; that l
have n yer had any control over fhen. rx-
sept ia an az. mt OF the Western Union leie
graph COMPANY through and nv the co
operation 4 subordinate agents; tnst The
Union Telegraph Company has,