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Tribune, Goth, says: Gen. Buell. reports
from Fort Wingate that on the 18th he had a
council with head chiefs and many sub
chiefs and old men Of the Navajo tribe They
acknowledged that some OF their Young men
had been behaving badly, but denied hlv-
ing had a council with the Utes recently,
and stated that if Capt. Bennett OF the y .Gtl
Cavalry was given them as Agent, they
would endeavor to restrain the young mcn.
No Indian depredatio1s are reported from
/ Southern New Mexico lately. Yictorio's
/ band, evidently in Chihuahua recuperat-
Ing. Gen. Hatch asked permission to follow
him into Mexico, which should be granted
rs only continued chase will subdue Vic
torio, and it is thought no obstacles would
be found from Mexican authorities. Indian
trails are being reported in Grant County.
Capt. Kramer, with $50 men, left Fort
Bowie yesterday to scout in the San Fran
cisco Valley.
! ANDREW PAULsOE, a young black
smith Of Augusta, Kan, went up to Edo
RADIO in company with Henry Clark and two
, Pearson brothers, for the purpose Of having
a good time. On their return home, all Of
the party being somewhat under the inlu-
ence Of liquor, they got into a quarrel which
ended in Paulson's being fatally stabbed.
dying soon after along the roadside. Clark
surrendered himself; one of the Pearsons
was arrested, but the other fled.
The British Government has informed
the United States Government that the sup
plies and stores left in the Arctic regions by
the expedition under Sir George Mares are
At the entire disposal of the American expe-
ditiOn now in those regions.
The Wisconsin Supreme Court has
decided that option contracts, where it can
be proved that there is no intention to de-
liver the goods contracted for, are unlawful,
and fall within the provisions of the Wis
consin Gambling act.
A WASHINGTON special says: The
refusal Of the Mexican authorities to permit
American troops to cross the border in pur-
suit of hostile savages Secretary Ramsey
thinks will not be persisted in when all the
facts are presented to that Government. In
formation from New Mexico shows a very
satisfactory state Of affairs in the Territory.
and that the success Of the expedition against
the hostiIes in the South would stimulate
the prosperity which prevails elsewhere.
As the fugitiyeS in this instance
have taken refuge on Mexican soil,
they will not be pursued, but should they
return and attempt to inaugurate preda-
tory war across the borders, orders viii he
sent to commanding officers to pursue the
hostiles into Mexican territory until killed
or captured, rs was the case in the famous
Mackenzie pursuit. The Mexican Govern
ment, Secretary Eyarts says, has assumed
the responsibility for the future good be-
havior Of Victories band, and will have
The altcTna i've Of compelling them to re-
main within her borders or finding Ameri-
can troops in pursuit Of them until taken.
IN response to a Senate resolution the
Secretary of the Treasury furnished to that
body an elaborate statement showing the
expense of the Government on account Of
the war Of the rebellion from July 1, 1861, to
June so, 1879, inclusive" The statement
exhibits the gross expenditures, the ordi-
nary expenditures, and the expenditures
growing ont Of the war in all the various
branches Of the service, either directly or in
directly affected by the war. The grand to-
tails are as follows: Gross expenditures, &c.
79G, 792, 500: ordinary expenditures, $685.
80, pa; expenditures growing out
Of the war, So ,2l3,3S5 The principal
items Of the war expenses are the following:
Interest on the public debt, =, 764, 256, 1875;
pay Of two and three years volunteers, ST.,
OW, 1O2, 7O2; subsistence Of the Army, $751;
H7.54S: clothing Of the Army, S3l5, 5i3, $50;
Army transportation, 1886. 1913, $50; purchase
of horses, $l26,672, f23; other Quartermastcr
expenditures Tin round numbeTs), 1920, 0O0,-
OO0; Army pensions, S407, 429, 1873; boUnties
Gncluding additional bounties under act Of
1860, $40 PSI, IFS, and, in round num-
bers, the following: Refunded to States
for war expenses, $4,000, 200; purchase
of arms for volunteers and regulars, SO,
0J0, 900; ordnance supplies, $50, 900, 600; eX-
penses of assessing and collecting internal
revenue, S113,OO0,0OO; expenses of national
loans and currency, SOL, 523,00); premiums.
SJ9, 73S, 900. The war expenditures for the
Navy Gncluding about $74, 100000 for pay
and S6,5OO,O0O for Navy penSions) aggregate
about S412 100000. Among the other detailed
items Of expenditures growing out Of the
war are s., 243, 034 for National cemeteries;
IS, 546, 1856 for support Of National Home for
Disabled Volunteers, and SSs, 900 for the
purchase of Ford's Theater, the scene ofPres-
ident LincOln's assassination.