Lexington weekly intelligencer., 1879-10-25


This is the way Phil. Sheridan looks
at it, and the way he expressed himself
to Gen. Sherman in telegram from
Chicago, Friday Of last week: Gen.
Merritt says in dispatch just received
that he intends to march In pursuit OF
the hostile Indians to Grand river on the
18th, and from there to the Uncompah-
gre agency, where he requests supplies
to be sent. Subsequently your dispatch
of Oct. 18th was sent to him with orders
to obey the directions therein given. and
1 presume that this will stop him. Gen.
Merritt and Gen. Crook, the department
commander, are at loss to know what
to do, and SO am l. There are fifteen
or sixteen hundred men at White river.
Uncompabgre agency is over the main
range of the Rocky mountains and il
very bad. and the danger of being
caught by winter snow should be ssri-
ously entertained. We went to the
White river agency at the solicitation OF
the Indian bureau, whose agent was
murdered and our men killed and wound
cd. and now we are left in the heart of
the mountains with our hands tied. and
the danger of being showed in staring
US in the face. 1 am not easily disceur-
aged, but it looks as though we had
been pretty badly sold out in this busi-
ness. 1t is folly to say that the murder
of the agent and Col. Thornburgh must
be punished. How are they to be pun
lshsd? Who Is going to punish them.
and how long are the troops to wait at
the agency for tito be doneP l will d.
rect Crook 10 throw into tho agency all
the supplies he possibly can. as the only
course left open." Secretary sohurz
said, so St. Louis Republican reporter.
after reading the dispatch, that he saw
nothing in it which reflected on the In
terror department. He might rs we'll
have said that the message was not
written in English; and It looks very
much ~ If Sheridan was righi in this
instance. There is q great deal moro
red tape and theory In the sscretary's
department than sound common sense.
and the result is the unnecessary expos
ure of many valuable lives.
1t is not true that Missouri receives
no immigration. That she does not
get as much as Texas and Kansas is
perfectly natural. These states have
millions of acres of government land
still for sale at nominal prices; Missouri
has none. Itcannot offer the tempta-
ton Of land for bit or q dollar per
acre. But to men who can buy I'M
provsments. it offers lands which are
cheaper than in either of the states men,
toned, because the improvements alone
are worth the purchase money for land |
and all. Immigrants are not exactly
fools who can be brought here or there
by immigration agents, unless the con-
ditions are somewhat equal, and the
class of immigrants which Missouri
needs is not the class which is going
farther west. Not that these are not
worthy people, but that they have not
money enough to buy and cultivate our
lands. Let everything be done to secure
and among other things
let the false cry that no one is coming
to Missouri, which IS the most discoura-
aging thing that can be said TO those
who desire to come, be stopped.
A Mr.. Isidore Bush, of st. Louis, writes
an ill-tempered and foolish open letter
to Gov. Phelps, iustructing him IS to
his duty regarding immigration. He
as secretary of the old board
of immigration, that the governor did
not reply to his letters. II he wrote in
the style OF bis open letter. the governor
could not we'll do anything but put his
letters IN the stove. The trouble seems
to be that Mr.. Bush was mot appointed
on the new board. As the old one, of
whloh he was member, was never
heard of west of Fourth street, In St.
Louis, the people OF tho state will con-
clude that Gov. Phelps knows his busi-
ness as we'll as Mr.. Bush.
1t seems to our limited vision that it |
would look very much better for demo-
Gratis to endeavor to harnonize the DEM
ocracy OF the entire country than to be
ssernslly setting the democrats of the |
west and east by the ears. Tho demo-
cratic party cannot succeed without
the east. and there would be no dsmoe-
racy without the south and west. Nsi.
thsr part of the country should dictate
to the other, bat If there are differences
let them be resoncilsd rather than be
widened into irreparable breashes.
...
The following details have been re-
ceived of the attack on the camp at Ali
Rheyt by the Afghans on the 14th: Four
hundred Atghans made desperate at
tack upon the British camp. but were re-
pulsed at this point by the bayonet, leav.
ing on the field forty killed and two hun
dred wounded and two standards. The
British pursued them two miles. British
loss. two killed and fourteen wounded.
Latest intelligence is to the effect that
the combined frontier tribes are re-
treating.
Missouri has had steady flow of
immigration for the past few years,
which has filled up, more or less, all
the counties as it has done Lafayette,
where, only short time ago. vast guam
titles Of land were idle. used as common
stock range, whereas now the whole
county is fenced up and In cultivation.
Pleasant Hill Review :-"Some of the
papers of our state are suggesting the
propriety of Auditor holladay making