Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1876-08-09

100 nedNy anu ulScfaTEeU u part Oh n6T
cargo, principally grain, about 20 miles
from Buford. On her return for the
balance of the cargo the Indians were
found to have destroyed most Of the
grain, and at this point the Indians at
tackled the Far West. She had on
board Colonel Moor with Ghree COM
panies of soldfes. The Indians stood
on both banks of the river. and with
Oaths dared the Colonel with his troops
to leave the boat and land. A few
shells were fired from a II. pounder,
which scattered the Indians, and they
Disappeared from the south bank.
Dave Campbell, pilot of tie Far West,
with two scouts, then landed, and
went out to r~econnoiter, but found
that the Indians were endeavoring to
cut them off from the boat. Then be-
gan an exciting race for the boat. The
horse of II scout Jagged and was shot
and his rider was soon after Killed by
the same Sioux who shot the horse.
Dave Campbell and companion turned
to rescue him from the ~scalping knife,
which they did by killing the Indian.
Finally, Grant Marsh, Captain of the
Far West, with is soldiers, despite
the orders of Colonel Moore, went tn
assist the party. Moore, threatened to
court martial these men but did not
do so. His conduct is denounced as
cowardly.
General Terry has fallen back so
miles from his camp on the Big Horn,
and is now near the mouth of the
Rosebud. Prairie fires envelop the
surrounding country for miles and
Terry finds grazing scarce. A scout
from General Crook got there on Au-
gust I'd in q destitute condition. Crook
was seventy-five miles away then and
the Indians were harrassing him. AS
he attempted to reach Terry the In
dams picked off his men, stole his
stock and kept his march down to
about six miles per day. The men in
both commands are reported much
disheartened. The Yellowstone is
falling rapidly. ~
Proposed Amendments TO h Con.
stitutiOn.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 7.
The substitute offered by Sargent to-
day for the non-sectarian school
amendment to the constitution, pro-
posed by the House of Representatives,
is as follows:
Article l6. There shall be maintained
in each State and Territory a system of
free common schools, but neither the
United States, moi any State, Territory,
county nor municipal corporation shall
aid in the support of a school wherein
the peculiar tenets of any religious de-
nomination are taught.
SECTION 2S. Congress shall have
power to enforce this article by appro-
priative legislation.
FreliDghuysen's proposition, also
submitted as a substitute, is in the fol-
terms: mo State shall make
any law respecting an establishment of
religion or prohibiting the free exercise
thereof. No public property, and no
money raised by taxation in any State
or Territory, or district, or derived from
public lands or other public source,
shall be appropriated to a school, edu-
cational or other institution hat is un-
der the control of any religious sect or
denomination; and no such appropri
alton shall be made to any religious
sect or denomination or to promote it,
interest, nor shall any public moneys
land or property be divided between
religious sects."
Tie substitute. proposed by Senator
Christiancy is as follows: mo State
shall make any law respecting the es-
tablishment OF religion or prohibiting
the free exercise thereof, nor shall
Congress, nor any State, raise by taxa
ton, donate or appropriate any money
or property for the support of any
church or religious society, nor for the
support or aid of any theological school
or seminary, or any school or seminary
teaching peculiar religious doctrines,
or subject in any respect to the control
or direction of any church, religious
society, sect or denomination, and no
special or denominational system of
religion or religious belief shall, in any
State or Territory, or in the District of
Columbia, constitute any part or
course of study or instruction in any
school OF learning supported wholly or
in part by taxation and by donation of
any money or property by any State
or by the United States.
The Railroad Suit Against Tilden
ana Others.
m New York, Aug. S.
In the suit in equity begun some
time ago by the st. Louis and Alton
aud Terre Haute railroad against Chas.
Butler and others, in which Samuel j.
itNCh 10 oIlC VI VIC dCtCiibhtitsy a pal
tial answer has been filed by counsel
for Gov. Tilden. The answer shows
that the company vas immensely ben
Gifted by the accession of Tilden and
his friends to its control. The transac-
tions in stock were individual acts, and
not those of trustees, and the amounts
paid Tilden for legal services were for
specific work done by him.
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A Notable Murder.
CHICAGO, Aug. 8.
The murder of Francis Hanford,
principal of the Northside school, by
Alex. Sullivan, secretary of the Board
of Public Works, for traducing his
(~Sullivan's) wife in a letter to the Board
of Education, creates the profoundest
excitement here. The letter charged
that Mrs. Sullivan, who is a Catholic,
had used improper influences with
Mayor Calvin to get the appointment