The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1877-11-01
pEISCELLARERTS

Gen. IOngstreet Is hard at work upon
a report Of The Gettysburg battle for the
Philadelphia Times. He expects to throw a
good deal of light upon the subject.
AS a result of the cigarmaker5' strike,
manufacturers are negotiating TO get the
business of cigar making away from New
York entirely and transfer it to Cincinnati
and New Haven. These two cities are said
to be foremost in the business.
The necessary appliances for the con-
structiOn of the FIVE locks at Muscle shoals
were shipped from Chicago last week, and
work viii be began Immediately upon their
arrival. 4 gentleman from Chicago viii ac-
company the tools and appliances and will
remain on the work.
Ex>Gov. Abner COburn, of Maine,
owns $4,000 acres of land, divided as fol-
| lows: Maine, 10000 acres; Canada, l3 .,
900; Wisconsin, 5000; Dakota, $4,000
Michigan, 10000; Minnesota, $4,000. His
latest purchase is that of a tract in Dakota,
and was taken of the Northern Pacific rails
road in lieu Of stock, in which road he in.
vested some $4,000.
Gen. Sherman, who has just returned
| tos Washington from his ten.thousand-mile
tour Of inspection of the from ,ier service. ex-
/ presses his opinion OF tae Indian troubles as
| follows: " For time, at least, our troubles
! with the Indians are at an end, but the final
| adjustment OF difficulties with the natives
will not be made until the army is of suffi.
| cient size and strength to hold them IN awe.
| There are sufficient officers, but not enough
/ troops on the frontier. l am not in favor of
| increasing the army" said Gen. Sherman,
| "but-I am in favor of increasing the number
of regular troops. I can make the army fifty
| per cent stronger at an additional cost OF
/ five per cent, by giving to each company its
| complete quota of one hundred men. At
| least ten per cent of this number, by reason
of details at headquarters, are kept from ac>
| tive duty"
The following is given by Gen. Crook
! under date OF the 24th: All arrangements
1 as far as possible, are completed for the re
moval of the Sioux at Spotted Tail and Red
| Cloud agencies to their temporary locations
/ Capt. Vessels, with two companies of the
Thirdscavalry, and ali the Indians of Red
Cloud agency viii leave 5ufsday for place
on the White river iu .JaSota, about forty
miles from the Missouri river. Capt. DaW.
! son, with two companies of the same regi
ment, and the Indians at Spotted Tail agency
| will leave there the same day for the Ponce
| reservation in the northern part of Nebraska
at the mouth ofthe Nebraska river, where
I they Will remain until spring. The Arrapa
hoes, who srs TO move to the vicinity of the
| ShoShone reservation, are expected to star
the same day. Gen. Crook anticipates NJ
trouble whatever. He says with regard tt
the abandonment of the frontier posts, tha
Camps Robinson and Sheridan are the only
posts to be abandoned this fall. He think
the boys will be retained at most of the post
on the Union Pacific Forts Laramie Fetter
man, Mckinney and Camps Brown and Stan
baugh, for many years.
A special from the Sitting Bull commits
sion, Fort Worth, British northwest terri
tory, saws the commission has met Sitting
Bull, and has utterly failed to obtain an,
satisfaction or terms of settlement from him
4 fter detailing the difficulties through whicl
the commission passed before reaching tn,
Indian band, and the reluctance of the In
dians in yielding to the persuasions Of tn
Canadians, and allowing an interview to taxi
place, they fearing some trap was about to b.
. sprung on them, the correspondent describe
Sitting-Bull as a swarthy, Black-haired
beardless, pure-bloOded savage, with an si
Of judicial gravity and intelligence. He con
: tiuually fears tTeaeheTy on the part of tn
/ Americans and distFUsts his own fTibe yvbe1
they are near. He refused to shake hand
: with the commissioners, and said he wautet
: them to sit out In full view not behind thl
: table. They complied, General Terry aI
. dressed them, stating the object of the visit
namely that the president wished hostilitie
to cease forever, Tor the sake of all nsrfies
If the Indians would retuln and = frsi,
from hostile acts against the United States
government a free pardon would be gireI
( to all past acts, no attempt would be mad
to punish them, and the past would be for
gotten. This the president promised. II
went on 10 say hat ali other hostile Indian
had now surrendered to the United State,
T authorities end had received no punishment
S whatever, but had been received as friend.
They had received or would receive the prc
> ceeus of the sales of their horses and arm,
. and had been presented with cows, and ha
e otherwise received honorable and Just tTea
s ment the same terms were offered Sittin.
Bulls people. The savage warrior smile
broadly at the mention OF surrender tn
speech produced no effect, tie offer Of peae
= was rejected, the council broke up and III
commissioners turned their faces honewarC