Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1877-02-10

mand fought the hostile tribes of the Chey-
enncs and Ogallala Sioux, under Crazy
Horse, in skirmishes on the LIST, Sd and 9TH
of January, and in q five hours engage
mcnt on the Sth inst Their camp, some
600 lodges, extended three miles along the
valley of Tongue river below Hanging
Woman's creek. They were driven
through the canyons of Wolf or Panther
mountains Their fighting strength out
numbered mine two or three to one, but
by taking advantage of the ground we
had them at disadvantage, for their loss
known to be very severe. Our loss is
three killed and eight wounded. They
fought entirely dismounted, and charged
on loo. to within fifty yards of Captain
Casey's line, but were taken il front and
flank By Captain Butler and Licuten mt
McDonald's companies. They were
whipped at every point and driven from
the iield and pursued as far as my limited
supplies and worn-down animals would
carry my command. The Indians appear
to have plenty of arms and ammunition,
but, otherwise are in IA destitute condition
Some of the prisoners now in our hands
were captured with frozen limbs and were
living on horse meat The weather has
been very severe and the snow from one
to three feet deep. The command is in
good condition.
NELSON A. MILES.
desire to invite the attention of the
Lieut. General to the great vigor and zeal
which have been displayed by General
Niles and his officers and men, with eX-
tromely limited means and under the most
disadvantageOus circumstances.
ALFRED S. TERRY, Brig General.
CHICAGO, Feb. 5.-Gcneral Sheridan has
dred renegade Sioux Indians haye arrived
in the British Possessions near the Mon
tana border; the men are destitute of
clothing, provisions and ammunition, and
their ponies are weak and ragged. The
English officers commanding told them
unless they came for permanent settle
mcnt they would be driven back in the
territory.
The Electoral Commission.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 1.-THE Electoral
Commission, by vote of eight against
seven, have decided that no evidence can
be admitted or considered by them in the
Florida case, except the various electoral
certificates and such evidence as shall be
submitted on the question of the cligibili-
ty of Humphreys us Presidential clector,
The vote stood in favor of the decision
tors Edmunds, Morton and Frelinghuysen,
against Justices Clifford and Field, Sens
tatives Payne, l1unton and Abbott. The
onnpi.si,,, oIirurnnl vnfsl IN
when the proceedings will be in public.
To-day's action of the electoral commits
sion is the universal topic of conversation
tonight. and there are many conflicting
spcculatiOns as to its ultimate results, but
there seems to be no diversity of opinion
among Republicans, and comparatively
little among Democrats, regarding the two
propositions; first, that it secures the vote
Of Florida for Hayes and Wheeler, and,
second, that the Louisiana case will
promptly be decided in the same way.
A considerable number ef Republicans
are apprehcnsive however, that the admis-
sion of evidence regarding the eligibility
of one of the Florida electors foreshad-
ows the establishment of n general princi-
pie which many work to the great disad-
vantage of the party in the Oregon case,
and also in relation to the alleged disabili-
ty of one of the Illinois electors. On
the other hand, attention is called to the
fact that it by no means follows that be-
cause such evidence is admitted it will be
given any weight by the commission in
making up the final decision. and leading
Republicans, like Morton, Blaine and Sar
gent, Furthermore say they do not now
entertain any doubt that the comissions'
action will be declaration that Hayes
and Wheeler have received 1S5 votes and
are elected.
A majority of the Democrats do not, of
course, concede that any such prediction
can properly be based on to-day's vote of
the commission and many express undim-
inished confidence that the commission
will ultimately declare Tilden and Hen
bricks elected, or at least the Presidential
election be thrown into the House of Re
representatives. by the refusal to admit more
than two electoral votes from Oregon, or
by the rejection of one Republican vote
from Florida 1t is nevertheless unmistak-
ably evident that by to-day's proceedings
strong undercurrent of belief is NANTES.
ted among the Democrats that the com
mission will continue to divide until the
end, in exact accordance with the known
political preference of its various members,
or, in other words, that Justice Bradley
will inevitably make Hayes President
The Republicans reply to sneering re-
marks of this kind by observing that even
if the insinuatiOn be true, it is very notice
able that the Democratic members of the
commission seem to vote with equal unani-