The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1878-06-24
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EASTERN DISPATCHES
The Black HUI. Expedition.

CAMP ON BELLtF1URCHE, June %
VIA DEADwuoD. Jsue 3D.
General Bradley expedition reach ID
BE iefoarcae river Tuesday evening,
18Th inst. aud vent into camp, rem 4in-
ing in camp on the 18Th, making
preparations for, fordlng the river,
which Is at its high stage. Owing TO
the high water and oself Nv it was
Necessary 10 cotduroy the approach TO
the river On the night of the 18Th
tne.Iiver rose fourteen Inches and Was
still rising ON the 2Uth. Should this
coutiIue twill be Impossible to cross
Tor several days. Heavy rams and
conse qnent bad roads have doue much.
to delay The movement OF the eomnand
s1nee starting, aud the Little. Missouri
river will bot be reached until the latter
end OF the mouth, Instead OF the 18th.
as Was expected.
Passengers Robbed on ~ Railwa y,
OMAHA (Neb. J, June %.
The sleeping'car on the Chicago ADD
Rock island train, which arrives here
tLis morning from Chicago, was robbed
night before last by two thieves during
the run tom Wilton junction. to Des
Molnes, Iowa. Ihe robbery Was not
discovered untilabout dayllgnt. The
thieves entered the Cars 1t .W,lson
at 40, and left it ut Des Moines. after
midnight! Anoug the passens.rs rob
bed Was Mr.. Neign, Of Ns.y YORK. Oh
route to Can orula, WHO lost 5 zoU md
Ills tickets and baggage Checks. Two
Harvard Cotle3e students, ell route
hume to Cliltornla, lost 500. and
Lieutenant Bourk, aid-de camp on
General crooks .Seaff, lost S4O. These
were the principal losses, some OF the
Other passengers being piucked only
Tor small amounts. Pocket. books We're
iitied OF theirs contents aud throw
BACK Into the bertas,
Progress OF Potter, the Peas.trlam,
COUNCIL BLUFFS Iowa, Jaue 70.
Al. rotter, Tue wheeioarluw pedey-
trlabr enroute trom Albany. New Yorls.
to San Francisco, arri icd 10 this CITY at
.'f.Is.
pany, with his travelling com panion.
He"~iii remaln here over sunday, and
on Monday viii leave Tor The West, to
compiete The last half OF nis journey.
Hell about fifteen days ahead of time.
tie Is Ia excellent spirits. and expects
&. arrive at his destination on time.
3lacksnzis'. Expedition k.turm.-
From Mexico.
SAN ANTONIO, Jone %.
Reliable informatlou Is received that
Mackeuzle's expedition has returned to
this side Of the river. lie had 40 fight,
but recovered four hundred, head ut
sock. lie chased the res nsar Mex,can
troops, under ColoneL. Pedro Valdez,
twice. bat could not overtake them.
Open Letter from Henry HatIer-
AOsI- 40 Abr.Ia -. neweLt.
NEW YORK, June 23.,
Henry Watterson, editor uf the
Louisville Courier. Journal, publishes
IN tie SUI OF this mornIug al open let.
ter to Abran 5. Hewett, ia which he
says: You know AMI I know that
Mr.. Tilden disproved the Electoral buh,
Yon sno~ and | know that you spent
Sunday, January l4th, III New York.
End that he made his objections ,sufii-
ciently known to you. On Monday
evening, January 10Th. meeting of
theAonmittee OF Advisenens evls VI.
cred the terms OF the bill submitted to
II; that at that meeting opposed them
that you were dunno AZ All oyster as TO
MIR. T,lden's opiulons; that tiuaily We
all sgreed to support the measure
most Of US believing i. al emisa-
tiOn of our Chief. have CHARGED
aud do charge that. your failure
to deal frankly With US on
that OCCASION ) COR. failure to Tell
us what Mr.. Ildrp had said to You
the day betore-Was a practical sap.
preston OF his moro saYacious Councils,