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The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-07-18

NO TRUTH IN THE REPORT OF HoRAT1o sEY-
MoUR, JR.' s, CONNECTION WITH THE LoUI-
sIANA POLITICAL WAR.
BY TELEGRAPH TO TIE HERALD
UREA, NJ Y, July IL, 1877.
Nothing is known among politicians here Of tho al
legged connection OF Horatio Seymour, Jr, with the
prosecution OF tho Louisiana Returning Board. Mr.
Seymour himself is at present out Of town. HERALD
reporter called on his iaher however who makes the
following statement:-'rhe assertion, attributed 10
Major Burke, that son OF Ex-Governor Seymour Of
New York, went to New Orleans in any business re-
ating TO the electoral returns from Vernon or any
where else is sheer nonsense, and it is not
probable he made any such statement
In tho first place Ex-Governor seymour has
no Horati0 Seymour, Jr., Is son
Of John =. Seymour brother Of the Ex-Governor; In
the second place, Horatio seymour, JE, Is civil
engineer ana such attended as delegate ut
vcntion OF civil engineers held at New Orleans last
spring. This tho tirst and only visit he made
10 Louisiana his visit had reference TO political
movements VI any description In this connection IL
may bc well to state that John y. seymour was with
his son during his stay In LOUISIANA so that he would
certainly know what movements, political other
wise, his may have been engaged
GENERAL M'ouADE's LArGH
A HERALD reporter incidentally asked General James
MrQuadc what he thought OF Burkes statement, and
the General laughed at It as an excellent joke.
Der Nordstern. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1874-1931, 1877-08-23

S1tttSI0 1VU3 19VtSt tJHttC1
ct. Glouo, Minneiota,
Ser 9crbitermin bon Is @o1sn Diro Den
81. Iuguit beginner.
uatcrridt frci fir Solde, melde ii@ per>
pTibten, 3wei Sabrc ais gebrcr gu unterrid.
ten.
SilouaasiduIe, often fir bic 3oeIinsc aucr
&lalen. 8e;abluns $500 per 2ermin i'm
3orauS.
Dic @ormaIiduTc fir Gables, inter Ser
gnfiiAt bon Mrs. s. s. Gates, nod Dem
Blame bsuslider Mitpirtuna in Der S0arailic,
miro CUR acuobnlidcn Belt er0Hnet wrrbcn.
Sir @ireulare wenoe man ii1 an Sc.rn
81 .. =. &icble, &ettor.
Der Nordstern. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1874-1931, 1877-08-23

MieScrmif'6
6arre r. unb@ NJ
Maldinerien prp 1877:
Ser McGormid 0arpclter, lehr per<
bc1ert in SaipeI, Ylattform unb Dibiber,
1T bic einfoditc, %ifirfite Mnb Ieidtbemce-
lidfte Maidine, Del@e gum Scrfauf aus.
ectellt mirb.
Der NtYance &eaper II. Mpwer.
Cine boltcmmcnc @ros. unb @etrcibc-
Mdbmaihinc init GaIabIagc. 9icic Ma>
fdine lit Der bette iclbitredenbc &caper unb
ais folder lang g%cfannt unb beliebt in bic,
fer Section.
Oieberbciicrte EreiS.Gras.M a +.
mai&inc lit Die %itdrfite. porSigliditc Ma.
{tine bicicr glrt uno mirb bon ftincr anbc.
I n in Marftc ibcrtrofcn.
@eW @eliabIe. 6R SUP Sdnitt. 3u.
ia%insnengcicbtcr 9roppcr NIB Motper.
uur inter Der betanntcn @araniic b~crfauft :
vS~cafarbiae Satisfaetion ODER tcin @crfauf."
Sergebt nidt, oab mir in ct. Glouo tets
nit b~olNtanoieen &eparatur- @escn,
It dnben bericbcn iinb ulb bic elbcn ;u ga.
brittre1fen, obnc bic 0rad)t an%3urcdncn, Der.
taufen.
3sbere Iusfunft crtbeilt:
Gcc. u. Ireutcnrci1,
General, N9ent.
!. 81. 0i1mam, Ngcnt fir Stcarns.
II. 2ebb COUNTY unb &cparatur. N9cnt
fir Sauf. Gentrc.
Jce. 3cis, gscnt in ct. Gloub.
Der Nordstern. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1874-1931, 1877-08-23

mas einem braben SoI.
boten Mles pailiren tann. Sic q. q.
Mns. 3ts. i6reibt Sn oieier 3eit Der
{dwersn Motb. Der strites u. Der lau-
rem @urten. paiiirt uua man@mal mas
gum 2a@en, ME folsenoes 9iit0rden,
beiIeu 1eIo Elm bieoerer oeuti4er ga.
t~ionalsaroiit 1T, beueiien miro. Mls
enolia unlere braucn oeutl9en Soloa=
ten am Samitas mad mebrtdaisem
@@wibbab uno maserer Soft gu Mut-
tern ab9eriidt poren uno @ot6am i'm
%tiefiten Trieoen lag, madten lid in Der
Nadt beg p%er9an9enen Sonntass, als
es 3u0lfe idlus, spei Mitslieoer BON
G%ompagnie - &eeiment, nod elmer
&unoreile ourd perldieoene Stomm.
tneipen Sen Spab. Sur6 einen 8oten
bes Oitrifts= ScIesrapbcn einem ibrer
oieniteifriseu &ameraoen, bem Muste-
tier Carl 3d.. Die ansebli9 BON
ieinem Gapitdn untersei9netc Orore gu
ienben, ii9 Yuntt 2 ubr Morsens nit
felomdBie sepadtem 5orniitsr in Der
Mrmorp ju meloen, nm iofort mad Dem
Rriessi9auplab absuriden. &aum
bate Der aus Dem iiBeiten @6lafe &C.
tlopfte tapfere 9anoioIoat bic Drore
9elelen uno I'D BON Der eriten 8eFlr=
5uns erbolt, als er aud tooesmutbis
ben Sorniiter padte, @eib unb @inb
tb%rdnenoen Nu9cs umarmte, bas &C.
,uebr idulterte uao I'M @sidwinbi4ritt,
tros @emitteriturm uno &essn, mad
Der Nrmorp an elmer nidt n~nbttannten
Ode abridte. Sod oas @ebduoe, in
Dem er &ric9esldrm nermutbcte, Lao
ounfel Mnb itiQ ba. unjer @olbat
elite Johann, in Dem @lauben, iein &e.
9imsnt lei idon abmaridirt, unb UNI
fd su persewil srn, pobin, ;u @ene=
ral-- welder ni6t tpenis erl9redt,
UNI 2 llbr Morsens benz &uf Der Saus-
elode folseno, bic SbIr Oifnete uno ben
Soloaten nit sepadtem 5orniiter uno
6ar4 uno ourd nap Dor li@ itcben fab,
ibn fraSte, mas gum Oonncr,pctter er
oenn eigentliA in oieiem 9uubcuetter
NOBLE. Sic teIesrapbii1e Sepelde
p~or,ci9eno, frus i'm Der erIdrodene
Mili5mann, Oh lein @esiment j4on
abmari4irt lei unb mobin? Ser lie
bensluiroi9e General, benz mandmal Der
S4alt butter Dem O5r jist, rictb ibn,
su ieinem Gapitdn gu seben uno oiclen
UNI Instunft uno ueitere Orore su fra
gen. Jalt auf bic 9aut ourdmdbt, fam
Der Mann ocnn aud Morsens 3 l1br
Dor bell en- Sbiir, uno ba CT Den &linsel=
aug in Der 0unfelbeit nidt ieben tonnte,
ftieB er 10 LANCE nit Dem Golben seeen
bic 5Dire, bis Der Gapitdn erpa1te
uno IN DEM @abne, Die Gpmmuniten
ftirmtcn uno icin lettss @tiinblein
babe sel9lagen, bleih,n unb perltorten
Mntllbes uno nit 3itternber 9anb bic
Sbiire 0fnete. @er matte ieoo9 5ein
Grltaunen, ais er leinen llntersebenen,
NIT Sad uno Yad un0 beim befti9en
@e,uitterrcsen Dor leiner 5bIre iteben
Nebt uno bic einsebdnoiste Sepeids
lielt. Sci quite Gopitdn beoroerte mo-
tiirIid ben &ameraocn j9nuritrads mad
9aule 81 sebcn, iid bel MIttern gu
meloen uno Damn Dor alien Singen.
ols probatcs Mittel sesen Sdnupfen,
einen 5ii9tigen binter 8inoe gu sieBen.
Srei Migionen Donneruertter flu9eno,
troate lid unler 6elo mad 1auie, tpo
er jeBt Die S6wibtur sebrau9t uno
&a9e britet.
Der Nordstern. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1874-1931, 1877-08-23
2ambperfauf.

1876 Nder sutcs 2anb, 9 WeiIcn oilid BON
GourthauS al ct. Glouo, arcnsenb an ben
Miiiiiippi> Glub, tOnncn inter iebr aiiniiacn
8ebinaunaen ansefauft tuerben. Das 2anb
III t%bcilmeiic @ol;>, @ieien- uub VraincIanb.
Cine ausac,eidncte @elesenbcit, elm Wtil&ae.
idaft au bctreibcn, inbcm Der Warft nabe6ei
1T. GirJen uuo Sdulen in g~erinser Gntfcr,
nuns.
Judge McKelvey.
Der Nordstern. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1874-1931, 1877-08-23
ct. paul @ams!

Bort- sfrabe, meben Der Stem,
GbaS. Taber, Gisentbimer,
ct. Saul, @inneiota.
Siefes 9otcl 1T aui's Bette einscridtct nnb
bictet Maum fir 80 Yerionen. Sir CUTE
speiiem uno freunolide 8.oieuun9 lit Gorge
setrasen. Sas bcte Bier unb quite 2iqueure,
ionic bic %fcinitcn Gisarren itcts an 9anb.
Suite Stauun9 bcim 9auje. 3N-l6
Der Nordstern. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1874-1931, 1877-08-23
Mamntarkeit
2Sie Serloren umb wieSer eewouuen.

Cine Atbaneluns nter be rabtsate seituss sou
Snanie unb Seltltbe1eduns.
= (,o@R Sreben beraueseseten, cine ueue
~M$6NNIfaN gusBate rpn DR.. Gulperireu's
~ Gcrleiuns uter bic ratifale Sci.
%HB~ lung ron rperS a,rens
~ fdrahe, aeiffise nab t6rperli&e
GhpaGe, 4;nberni{e gum 6ets
satEn: e: tsrrsrsebraat eur3 seltnt.!sd uns unb
gen hieies Eaters limb in bieier berabmten Brochure
CUR snarnuns Der Susens NIT m@'eiiter14att sei4iI::
.rcldcm cine pcuitanSise 9elluns. obnc Zen @etras&
sefabr'i&er tnnerlider W'essinen, er5ielt rperhen iaua.
aue, alt unb jung, ,relde an Merreni&ma&e, Rie.
tcrseidlascntcit, Smsc:ens cher Ncnutipnen, unb
hen tauieuS ~traurisen. Solsen sei8le4ti@er Nus
Eireitlnsen le'ecn, fcnten bieie Sdrift NIT ecrsfait
Guhiren.
I'm itr Bic reitm6sli6fe Tertrettans Az peri@afs
fen, tpire tieicltc bel Grnpfans ron 6 Gents In Cots
ftaniYS pcitfrei mad alien 1belen ber Ueretuistsu
etaatcn %ccrfanbt.
Wtun a~brciire:
The cuIyerxen Medical Company,
II Ann St., New York. Post Box 1885
The Benton record., 1877-09-28
From the RECORD Extra.
INDIAN NEWS.
Soldiers and Volunteers at
Fort Clagetttt.
The Trail Of the Nez Perces
Discovered.
The Enemy Moving in the
Direction Of Cow Island.
An Engagement Probable.

FoRT BENTON, Sept. 24.-Aessengers
who left Fort CIagett at o'clock this
morning arrived here this evening with
letters from the command.
Major Hges with fifty citizen volunteers
arrived at Clagett on the I'd, and the
mackiraw arrived SIX hours ahead.
Major Ilges and the volunteers were to
leave at Daylight for Cow Island, aud the
boat was to start for the Island tvo hours
later. Captain KirtIand,s Company, on
duty At DauPhin' rapids, will join Lieut..
Hardin's party.
Two reIiable scouts sent out from Clag-
eft on Saturday returned last eveaing, and
reported that 1T the mouth Of Big Spring
Creek they discovered traces Of a camp Of
Is lodges, and the trail Of more than 1000
horses leading in the direction Of Dog
Greek and Cow Island. The scouts fol-
lowed the trail about eight miles, when
they found four abandoned horses, one Of
which had been shot ia the hoof Gousid-
cradle rain having fallen the night
previous, the trail vas well defined, and
the scouts are confident the tracks we're
not more than twelve hours cid, and that
the Indians intend to cross at Cow Island
or at some point below.
By hard riding, Major nges and party
may reach Cow Island about noon to-day,
and the macIlinaw party and Kirtlasd $
company will probably arrive about the
same time. Il the indians left Big Spring
Creek on Saturday, and are going to cross
It Cow Island, they will have about 10
miles Of rough country to travel over and
can hardly reach the Island before tonight
or tomorrow. SO there is some proba.
bility that the volunteers and soldiers will
have an opportunity TO engage these In
dians, and if they can catch them crossing
the river encountered with the women and
children, will undoubtedly give them a
serious check.
The Benton record., 1877-09-28
our FORT WALSH LETTER,
FoRr NzLsH, Sept. %, 1877.

FoRT Walsh, Sept. % IoI =.
10 the Editor of the Record:
Sitting Bull and camp, 250 lodges, are
len miles Northwest of Police lookout
post, at Pinto Horse Butte, At least 6'
miles North Of the line. Medicine Bear
and Yaukton camp, 600 lodges, are On
MIX River at mouth Of White Ma FW'
hundred and fifty lodges Of Assinabolns
and Crees are in camp at this place await
ing treaty, which takes place tomorrow,
Yours in haste,
le,xyTaI1
The Benton record., 1877-09-28
THE FIGHT,

At p n. The fight was opened by The
Indians firing light folley down the val.
Iev from above. Everybody was soon Ia
Ills assigned position, and the rattle hi
rife shots continued With short ihterraP.
lion an4il about 2 n The Indians bad
taken The high bluffs On the right, and
rom taase patRfs sept ap 81 llieeSszst hF
mon the exposed man btloa BEaalev
uas killed y aae os tls sharPs1.oateFs
stsfionetl bslis4a ais reS. Pug men
s8oH eat proper fansa af tlsi gas
aa presented I'll Ifliaas fsaa do
sallre mischief ali S e'1ezailF aa ie1ss
diaa .ho nas moss ANNOYING aaa shaes.
The Benton record., 1877-09-28
'Eo Citizens Seriously
Wounded.

BEsTog, Sept. 25-Tbe Nez Perees.
crossed At Gov Island Oh the the 233aa.-
They attempted Is approach the rife pits
ii friendly manner, hut we're ordered
off by the detachment in charge of the
freight. They attacked the rifle pits at
suadown, making seven charges, and con-
tinaed the fight until Ten . clock the next
morning. They then drew of, and are
now probably On Milk river,
The Indians burned the freight pile on
Sunday ni4ht. There vere 30 tons of
Government aud 30 tons Of private freight
destroyed
Col Clendenoin and citizens Weimer 3
Walter we're at the Island and took part
in he fight. Neimer and Walter we're
seriously wounded. All the trains, as far
IL heard from, are safe.
The Denton parties arrived At the Il.
land on the 18th al 6 p. IA,
The Benton record., 1877-09-28
THANKS &c TIE VolllaTEE7s.
HEADqUA srEEs, FoET BEsros. A. Z.

Tr4DoT- sg-r-rs. ForT BFSTog.
santanber. "a 1877
Messrs J. s. DoHnellz. John E. Evans,
Epb Woalsev, and others Of the Ben.
ton Volunteers.
GasrEssfES- Allow me, on behalf of
the Government ofthe United States, to
thank each and every one OF You for the
important services voa have rendered the
The Benton record., 1877-09-28
LETTER LEST,

Letters remaining at the Benton Post Office, sept
rY 1a-z
The Benton record., 1877-09-28
Old Harness 6. Saddles made
as good as new.
Bring On your old traps iand have them
fixed up il good shape.

nmH q Greas chance ID rake money. goN
Hn#sa cant gdt gold, III csll ct gIeehaacSs so.
RNaHa s swe need q person III every town e ffse
g,scIfptoas for the largest cheapest and best illus
tg.4ta. FAMILY tiea II g!le world. Aay a9e caa
become successful agent Tie mast e8egaaf Nefks
81 art eiya fras t subscribers The price y 70 low
that almost everybody snhseti9ea. Orc agNaf reports
InaiEis1e vassf5a fla Wsek. faaY agsa reports al-
ing sgsr 4a subscribers ia tan Gays % N1o easags
nalSa money sf Yen eaT derofe a yanr tifae 70 tie
business ar onfs g0nF spare time aou naea fis4 he
atgav from home over night YeH ean do ifa we'll Is
sell as others Full si sars difsefl9ns ad 5Insa
tFsa. If you Waat profitable work, sena ua y9er ae-
dress it once III casts aoAing ta tay tbs usiaess 2
ore who engages fgils b make great nay. Aa1Iess
S ito Peoples Journal paagla2d. Mama.
The Benton record., 1877-09-28

f0 Nhon1 II may concern
Sotlee il hereby giFen that TIE anders
5igaea has purchased from Ars. Anna
Afflsir ag all right and titta III the prop.
rts kna#n as Arlnstran8s stage sfati0n
situated 81 Tie LeaF34es Ct Sun River.
ER Al3R.(gf
The Benton record., 1877-09-28
THE VOLUNTEERS.
Return Of the Benton
Party.
A Fight With the Nez
Peroes in Cow
Greek.
One Citizen Killed
The Indians Re
pulsed.
4 Indian lIurders---
Sketch Of the Cam
paign,


nq7CT7
The Benton volunteers under command
OF Major Guido hges' who et'f""n on u,
2lstlnstant' upon tha sad ien cal ,of' neg
r~m Mr. James Wells y f"f' o."s1e'.'
returned bone u n'on .. l'5 1''' '''s'"', !.
1aF''s 'raSe. 90 aooo, % i''iSS anu '''
.lsFs'ne various .'af"SL,'s "h' o"'-s'S.
,'e'e - one q ~ ,"' S".,''"' ,''''1 D''.'
missing oof Ea' b'@e'ss' ~ S'es7' :"
peace F" o"'F7. '',.' :" ~ -" e'gs
saa:1.,: u H. aas...tn II IT, it,.
hraya a,an fag y III ,iis.ba~g. of ii.
dntv Tba rest of oor y tarnea volunteers
looi, we'll ~ j hearty And ,h4v are unal-
=, ,ns in f,a an ni,, tb4t with sniff lien
orce thev would have been able to strike
.be daafb blow 70 the escas,;ng Npz Per
ces Vewt.l no. eadeavor = aive
ra1rr HISTORY or ruE EIGHT DAYS CAM
p.lcs
IN " Incidents il related u ia by one Of
f1a ,.rtv.
elnt o. -Na;or TIoes 7tb Infantry.
o,a enlisted men Of Co. n" same regi.
,nant gnd "a mounted citizens. left town
- ;, - and travelled 81 miles. 10 springs
Loraod tba Mar;as river who're they ca-
..,,,..1 i o.oloolz tba fallow;ng morning.
T.a., I..doa ,vitb TX enlisted men and
,,,o.nt,; y. .hoy.,tzor. 1aft the same day an
> :, - nor ~, ,c1,inaw for III Cyaggett.
- The na rtv broke camp at daylight,
travelled al, dav and arrived At Claeget
- 5.2a - ~ distance 56 miles. Lieut..
rTarlo, lad arrived II the forenoon
yotb;,,, nav " REGARD 10 lie movements
,ftba T.z psroos had ba4n ascerta.ned
w ~ ,b;s time but
Two SCOUTS WE'RE sESr or
il The direction Of Moecasin Mountain to
find the direction the Indians had taken
i vi VI +ltS L'SGtI w II AN4t4tiS-t
had been placed on the hoasetops to protect
the sharpshooters, and everything was in
readiness To repulse q sudden attack,
z3a.-lhe maek1naW ana moaheea
parties renamed AZ oay a. the lofS a#al
ing 'ne return 2. 'he seoa's' Inc 'lae
was spent - c'eanins r11les' PFftec''ts
camp equip" . F" o'sS0ssi's 'He sis'a
eoo' lo@"[os evening .'e So'll'""Aa @@
s'rsai9 ''9'1e' oy 'ie ''''i'.i = - ll'oAs
volunteers 'foa' DFh1oa'
z4'n.TA' : eloeh Z 2, 'o5 Sooa's
''''' - ''''o - - '''''' - 90
STRUCK TIE TRAIL
leading e 5he direction q loW ls'and.
l.,h. 49,, .13 III ~ - so'''alia ~. !. = n.y.
.,...I:.. MI. 1,..,. NJ ,q.-Yg.: .
=
The Benton record., 1877-09-28

Major zth TnfantrF Commanding Posi-.
The Benton record., 1877-09-28
Natfce o9 dissolution.

J0EE ". POWER, Postmaster.
The Benton record., 1877-09-28
RtFLs PIT, Al Cow ISLAND,
Sci tembar %, 1877, 10 a, m.

Col.:-alirf Joserh il here, d says he viii surrei-
der for two hundred bags Of sugar lold him 10 sur
render without tie sugar. He took the sugar and ~i
at surrender. what shall du?
MICHAEL FOLEY
The names Of the galsan. little bad arc
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1877-02-17

Washington, Feb. 16.-The electoral
commissions decision of the Louisiana
case is almost universally conceded as
equivalent to the Inauguration of Hayes
and Wheeler, unless they should die
before the 4th of March, or the House
should filibuster to delay the final count
beyond that date. The postponement
of action by the House till Monday,
which now seems probable, will be
based upon two motives, first, desire
to make more effectual protest for fu-
ture political effect, and secondly, the
visionary hope that Conkling and suf-
ficient number of other Republican
Senators may unite with the Democrats
in voting tomorrow to overrule the
commissions decision. 1t need hardly
be said, that there is no tangible reason
to expect any such coalition in the Sem
ate, and on the other hand there is no
probability that any considerable num-
ber of Democrats will consent to en-
gage in revolutionary attempt to de-
feat the operation Of the electoral act
by factious delays or filibustering. The
Presidential contest, therefore, can now
be regarded as practically settled in ia
vor of the Republicans.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1877-02-17
ELECTION INVESTIGATORS.
Louisiana.

Washington, Feb. 16.-D. M. Gift
ford, of Chicago, was before the Senate
committee. to-day and testified that
Spearing and Littlefield, in converse
tion with witness in New Orleans, stat
ed that they had been approached by
prominent Democrats, among them
Gov. Palmer, 4of Illinois, to tell for
money what they knew about the re-
turning board. Littlefield said he had
been approached by Palmer, and could
get ten thousand for squealing. Little
field having alluded to frauds in Vernon
parish, witness asked him if he had any
evidence to support his statement. He
replied that he had, and produced pa
per which he said was copy of the
Vernon parish returns. On remarking
that he did not think the paper amount
ed to much, Little6eld said the Demo
Gratis would give $50, 900, and Spearing
said, S100, 200, for it. Littlefield said
it was necessary to act that night, hav-
ing been summoned before committee
in New Orleans, and he meant to run
away. He said if witness did not GO
into the scheme, he had an arrange
mept pending with Democratic friend
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1877-02-17
LOUISIANA FOR HAYES.

That's What the Tripartite Tribunal
70 ti Says. 'r tl s'nl
Washington, Feb. 16.-The electoral
commission have decided that no evil
dence can be received in the Louisiana
case except the electoral certificates, the
vote being 8 against Z. Thecommission
then sent for counsel. u.tl3ss
Commissioner Payne moved that one
hours time be allowed counsel on each
side for further argument, but the
counsel of both parties indicated no de-
sire to occupy any further time,
and the commission thereupon went
into secret session with a view toreach-
ing final decision. s1 ..t -l... .....s.
Washington, Feb. 16.-1op. m.-The
electoral commission, in secret session
this evening, by a vote of 8 against Z,
adopted the resolutions submitted by
Morton, declaring that the eight Hayes
and Wheeler electoral votes of Louis
lana should be counted. .',..
A report embodying this decision will
be presented to Congress tomorrow
morning. "l. s.a a4 |r .-.'ttf
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1877-02-17
CONGRESSIONAL.


Washington, Feb. 1G.-Logan'S bill
for the issne of silver coin, and to make
the silver dollar legal tender, intro
duced in August last, was made the
special order for Monday.
sular appropriation bill were concurred
in and the bill passed.
After the morning hour the Pacific
railroad bill was taken up.
Booths amendment to the second
section of the bill reported by the COM
mittee on railroads was rejected.
After a recess the bill appropriating
800, 900 to supply the deficiencyfor the
purchase Of official stamps for the treas
ury department was passed.
After lengthy debate on the bill,
and the introduction and passage of
several amendments, the Senate went
into executive session and soon after
took recess until tomorrow.
HOUSE.
Washington, Feb. 16.-At II the
House, in committee of the whole, con-
sidered the bill fixing the rates of trans
portation across the Omaha bridge, on
the Union Pacific railroad, but without
disposing of the bill rose, and a new leg
islative day began.
Eden reported bill making appropria-
tion for the payment of certain claims
allowed by the commissioners of claims.
Made the special order for Tuesday.
Private bills were then presented. At
ter several had passed, the House went
into committee of the whole on the pri-
vate calendar. fs
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ScHoFIELD'S LETTER.
In Vindlcation of Gen. Ewing,

New York, Feb. 16.-An interesting
letter relative to the famous. Missouri
order of 1868 will be published here to-
morrow. The following is a synopsis:
Major General Schofeld, now in charge
of the military academy at West Point,
has written a letter to Gen. Thomas
Ewing, for the purpose of vindicating
the military order issued by Gen. Ewing
in 1868, depopulating part of the west
ern border of Missouri. Gen. Scho-
field says, in substance, that he took
command of the Department of Mis-
souri, in May, 1868, and assigned Gen.
Ewing to command the district of the
border. A savage guerrilla warfare
had ragged there two years, which near
ly depopulated the farming districts ON
the Missouri side, and all the farmers
who remained, whether they sympa-
thized with the guerrillas or not, were
the furnishers of supplies to these out
laws. Civilization and humanity alike
demanded the prompt suppression of
these outrages on the border by what
ever means might be necessary. There
were only two methods of doing this,
one to largely increase the military
force in the district, which was found
to be impracticable because of the ne
cessity Of sending reinforcements to
Grants army at Vicksburg; the other
to remove the few remaining farmers
from the Missouri borders whose crops
and stores furnished the guerrillas with
subsistence. The fiendish massacre al
Lawrence in August, 1868, by Quan.
trel and his band made immediate ac.
tion absolutely imperative. 1t is who'll
ly mistake to charge that the order
was issued in revenge for that mas.
sacre, as its issuance was contemplated
and discussed at the time the massacre
occurred. The order was wise ant
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one Of humanity, by which hundreds
of lives were saved, disgraceful and
barbarous warfare brought to a sum-
mary close; not a life was sacrificed,
nor any great discomfort inflicted in
executing it; the necessities of the poor
people were provided for and nowhere
permitted to suffer. Schofield went to
the border and, after personal observa-
tion, approved of the act and sent his
approval to President Lincoln. That
humane President never uttered word
of dissent as to the wisdom, justice or
humanity of that policy. He says he
does not write to vindicate this con-
duct or to shift the responsibility, but
that it is only justice to Gen. Ewing.
who has been censured for issuing this
order, to say that the responsibility for
its execution belongs to President Lin
coin, to himself and to Gen. Ewing, in
proportion to their respective work and
authority.