New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1876-08-30

well known character OF performing wha
he promised. should alone, and apart frou
other considerations, secure his triumph
ant election. 1t did seem strange tina
while We read of 60 many colored peopl
that are hurt, no record is made of tn
death or manning of any white persons
The latter have among them men who, sale
the speaker, fought with you for four years
and have the use of telegraph wires, rail
roads, steamboats, and arms. Whereas tn.
colored people are ignorant of the arts O
war, and do not possess the arms wherewitl
to defend themselves, for the reason tina
they have been taken away from them by
selvesl Positively nothing. Only ore thine
can help them, and that is for you to elecl
General Harrison as Governor by Is, 900 ma
jority. Loud applause.
Mr.. Pinchback thanked the North for tht
liberation Of his race and for the establish
ment of the ballot box in the South, and
concluding speech Of an hours duration
in which he clearly defined the duty of the
North toward the South, said:
| Though surrounded by difficulties, and
often amid the great dangers, the colored
people of the South have never faltered
in their support Of the Republican party
In their adhesion to it they have pre-
sented the greatest illustration of graft
tude and devotion ever witnessed in the
| world. Under the conviction that it is still
| the party of liberty, justice and equality
| and that through its agencies every great
interest of the country can and will be best
fostered and advanced, they are preparing
| to 60 forward with their lives in their hands
and with their trust in God in support Of
Hayes and Wheeler. Loud applause.
Whether they shall succeed, whether loyal
element shall exist in the South, whether
| the constitution and the laws shall be re-
speoted, and whether this Union, one and
inseparable, shall be perpetuated, largely
depends upon the result Of your October
election. Roll up fifteen or twenty thou.
sand majority for General Harrison and the
entire Republican ticket, and the country
will be saved.
The honorable gentleman resumed his
seat amid loud demonstrations of applause.
The Indian Campaign at an End.
A Aspecial to the Chicago Times from the
Yellowstone expedition, on the steamer
Josephine, near the mouth of the Yellow.
stone, August, via Bismarck, August 25,
says:
Since the junction of Crook and Terry it
is hoped to overtake and force tight with
the Sioux. The command moved west to
the Big Horn mountains, where, on the
fourteenth, a trail five or six days old and
two miles wide, being the heaviest ever seen
on the prairies, was discovered. The trail
finally separated and the Indians found to
be in full retreat, one band heading north
probable intention Of crossing the line and
the other going south along the Little Mis-
souri, Tor the purpose of crossing the Mis-
souri, river above Fort Berthold.
There is every indication that the hos
tiles have been heavily reinforced by
agency Indians. They have their families,
and evidently intend remaining North this
winter. The army has Q difficult pro-
gramme, ahd it will be almost miraculous
mounted. The supplies are exhausted, and
the soldiers will have to return to the sup
ply camp.
General Miles. commanding the Fifth In
fantry, returned to camp on the Rosebud
on the twelfth instant, instructed to patrol
the river north to Fort Buford, and inter-
cept any bands attempting to cross the
Yellowstone moving north. Also, to CON-
struct winter quarters at the mouth of
The steamers Far West, Josephine, Carroll
and Yellowstone have been placed at his
disposal, and supplies for the command
are being rapidly shipped up the river
from ButOrd. The steamers Carroll and
Far West will be employed in patr0ling
the river. General Miles command has
been reinforced by two companies of the
Seventeenth Infantry and other troops,
giving him total of about 700 men.
A later dispatch dated August %, near
the mouth OF Powder river, says the practi-
cal failure of the campaign thus far has
caused change in the plan of preparation,
and the government will now continue the
war until the Indians are eubdued or re-
turn to their reservations. 1t is almost as
sured that the scout now making by the
combined forces of Crook or Terry will be
unsuccessful, and the troops will return to
the mouth of the Tongue river ON the
twenty fifth instant. The command will
then reft for another dash, which, it is
hoped, will be more successful.
General Miles winter quarters will &C
cOmmOdate 1900 men, and if the troops do
not have successful engagement with the
Indians before the fifteenth of September,
that Dumber will probably be left On the
Yellowstone for the winter. The Fifth In
fantry, under General Miles, and the Fifth
Cavalry, under General Merritt, two of the
finest regiments in the service, will remain
in winter quarters, and, if necessary, addi-
tional numbers will be kept in Quarters.
Thus the campai gn will be extended late in
the season, and, IT necessary, resumed early
in the spring.
Il, is thought sufficient supplies can be
forwsr ded for the troops before the winter
se.s in. The fall campaign will be full of
hardshi pa, but not 80 dangerous as another
seasons murder0us work. There are evi
dences Of Indians along the Yellowstone,
but every precaution is being taken to keep
advised of their movements, and fight Is
not improbable. The troops will occupy
quarters on the Tongue river by Septem-
Der 20.
A still later dispatch dated August @, via
Bismarck, says Crook and Terry, after fol-
lowing the trail discovered on the twelfth,
moved thirty-six miles down the Rosebud
The northern trail was abandoned on the
fourteenth, and the command pursued the
southern trail, crossed the Tongue to Goose
creek, thence returned to Powder river, fol-
lowed it to it's mouth, which they reached
on the night of the eighteenth, where they
went into camp and will remain until the
twenty fourth. The wagon train and all
supplies at the mouth of the Tongue are
being shipped to the mouth of Powder
river, and it is expected the wagon train
will reach there tomorrow evening.
The Indian trail diverged from the east
bank of Powder river, about twenty miles
from it's mouth, south again toward the
Little Missouri, whence the command will
follow speedily. The entire command is
short Of supplies, and unless otherwise or
dered, Terry will march such a. are not
needed over to Fort Abraham Lincoln.
Crooks command will scout toward the
Black Hills and via Fetterman home,
Crook and Terry both think it too late
for extended field operations. Indians of
the southern trail are believed to be NOV
ing toward the a0Anoioa and Torpv wil) if