The New Orleans Democrat., 1876-07-08

Iieut. Harrington. These were. with
Custer. Reno lost Lieut.. Hodgson,
Lieut.. Mcintosh and DIR. DeWolf.
GEN. Terry's Account.
WASHINGTON. July There Is yet no
official report OF the battle. Gen. Iefry
gives detailed account OF events pc
fore the fight and operations a1ter .ne
gsth Of June, which were NANNY con
fined to bringing off the wounded.
Mourning ut the Agencies.
OMAHA. July 7.=Jnformation from the
Red Cloud Agency, dated the 4th, Is that
a great deal Of mourning and uneaslhess
| IL exhibited at the agencies. rms woulo
seem to confirm the reports OF severe
| loss by the Indians in recent engage
ments. y.,.,
SAT- LAKE. July AT q public meet
| ing held here this evening IL was re-
| solved to offer the Government regi
ment of 1900 men, from this territory. IN
ten dnys. to avenge the death OF Custer,
and for the determination OF the o'ooA
GENERAL TALK.
sncrmpu aud sheridan a-r interviewed
They Did what Thsy Gould.
PHILADELPHIA, July Cen. Sherman
| in an interview yesterday In answer to
| n question by a reporter as to the reasons
| of the Indian campaign, said: We are
| doing this at the special request OF the
| Indian Department: IL does not originate
with the War Department at all: You
will see on the map where tho Indian
reservation Is.
| Our purpose Is to drive these Indians,
who are of tho very Widest and most
savage sort, down on the reservation
| A xxs,t tpi fln oF
| Territories. It IL settled by an intelli.
gent people, among whom ale many old
soldiers, and it Is the richest and most
promising of our settlements. These
Indians have been annoying the settlers,
and we are TO drive them down on the
reservation. You can say that we viii
do now or exterminate them.
Gen. Sheridan said to the same re-
porter: ! have sent every man could
spare into that region, even taking
troops from Laramie end Salt Lake.
The Government, in its wisdom, directs
the doing of certain things in these
regions. It directs an expedition like
this of Terry's- an expedition for the
development Of the country. Wsdo the
best we can with our material, but we
are i'm no condition to do the work re-
auired Of us.
Congressional Proceedings.
SENATE.
Resolution to obtain Information Com
cerning the sioux War.
A bill extending the present appro-
prations an additional ten days was In
froduced. Mr.. Morrill, made his speech
on appropriation. A spirited debate en-
sued. in which many Senators partici-
pated. A new conference committee was
appointed. consisting or Messrs. Win.
don. Allison and Bayard. On motion OF
Mr.. Windon, the Senate insisted on its
! amendments to the sundry civil appro-
priation bill. and O conference commit
tee was appointed.
| 4 bill removing the disabilities OF
Gen. Beauregard was passed.
Mr.. ingalls, submitted a resolution
calling upon the President for informa-
tIon In regard to the trouble with the
Sioux Indians, which was agreed TO.
Mr.. Paddock introduced q joint reso-
luton authorizing the President to ac-
oept the services Of volunteers to oper-
ate against the Indians. It was laid
over.
Impeachment was then resumed.
various Hills passcd-COnference Conn
mittee Appointed.
WASHINGTON, July THE Senate bill
giving the Paymaster General the rank
OF Brigadier General passed.
The bill forbidding the employment
Of civil engineers In the navy and mus
tering out those now in passed.
The bill establishing a sinking func
for the Union Pacific road was taker
up, and after long discussion was
, passed by vote OF 1853 to 3.
A conference committee on the sundry
civil appropriations bill was appointed
A Bunch Of News.
, WASHINGTON, July THE Secretary
of War has returned from Pennsylvania
Gen. Sherman is expected this evening
He telegraphs Secretary Cameron thai
26I we're buried on the field and s.
wounded brought to the steamboat or
Big Horn.
The Governor of Maine has rendered
the vacancy in the Senate, caused by
the resignation Of Morrill,, to Mr.. Blaine
and it is believed he will accept.
/, Senator Morrill,, after denouncing the
! appropriation bills as unwise, impoliti'
and Unprecedented in the Senate, quail
Z fed as Secretary Of the Treasury.
The new conference committee on the
diplomatic appropriation bill is making
progress.
New YORK, July THE Supreme
Conclave Of the Order Of Heptasophs
, or s. w. NJ, reassembled here to-day
and concluded its session.
New Orleans is fixed upon as the mex
? place of meeting, and the time for as
sembling arranged 50 as to take place IL
, the Mardi Gras festivities. T.. Holdings
fielder, of Louisiana, was elected Su
preme Chancellor.
THE EAST.
Gen. TchcrnayoT Effects n Junction
RumOrs Of n Turkish victory.
, LONDON, July THE Paris CORE
spondent OF the Ne,cs says; Advice'
! from Belgrade assert that Gen. Tcher
nayoff has effected junction with thu
Bulgarian insurgents at Perot.
!, There is trouble in Athens and stat,