St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1881-10-01
A DISPATCH, from Fort Thomas, All.

A DISPATCH, from Fort Thomas, Ari
IONA, 18th, says: A determined and com.
hined movement commences tomorrow OF
the Apaches. Gen Carr will advance will
his command from Apache toward Cibictl:
frice Is ordered to advance from the Yves,
through lonto Basin to the same objective
point; Sanford, with his command proceeds
up The San Carlos River, opening c0mmI,li
cation with Price on the left and Mcclellan.
with two companies of cavalry, on the right.
| The movement will result in concentration Of
different commands around Cibicu, the Lake
and " hl!e River country, Where the hostiicS
are believed to be in force News may he
| expected from that part or the country soon
! The ho>ttes are intreHched in one Of the
most inaccessible portions of Arizonl, sur
rounded by deep rayines, high mountains
and box canyons, which make the fortiIica-
tons for the >aYages Very secure.
GOVERNOR JEROME, of Michigan, has
issued an appeal to the people of the United
Suites for aid for the sufferers blythe recent
disastrous confagI;.tion in that State He
says: THE fire district covers territory
about 800 square miles, about one half Of
which escaped the flames. and the otherhalf
Is Il blackencd waste, the destruction Of
property being pretty evenly distrbut d
over the whole territory. This is an acr.cill-
tural country. with occasionally village or
small business center, 1t which We're -four
ing-lni,lS, saw-milS, stores, churches. etc,
etc. Many Of these places and their midas
tries We're wholly destroyed, and in the
farming portions in the track Of the fire
nothing was left for mans Use BUTT lana.
have visited the burned district aad tray.
ersed large portion thereof driving
through the ruins. The knowledge thus
obtained satisfies me that the former e,ti-
mate that over POO persons pcrishe>t in the |
fires was correct, and that further estimates |
that there are 1S000 OF these sufferers
now dependent upon the generosity |
of the public were not exaggerated. |
They were dependent upon the productions
OF their farms for support. There are few.
if any, manufacturing industries near them
to give employment. The aid extended t.
the unfortunate by those whose Homes were
saved will soon exhaust the surplus of the
latter. What these people require is aid to
procure such necessities as will enable them
TO live until their lands yield They must
have food until the harvests Of 1882 are gath
cred. Anything short of this will fail to &C.
'ompish the undertaking. The first effect
If this disaster was to stupefy and paralyze
he energies of the people. The prompt aid
md encouragement received have stimula-
ed them to help themselves With the bare
and and their labor only left they begin to
'uid anew. The necessity for continued
ssistance to enable the sufferers to 90
through the coming winter and to become
elf-Sustaining is in no wise abated The
generosity of the American neo.
lie has never beer invoked in more meri-
OriOuS cause.'
GEN. HANCOCK will detail a special
curt martial to try Sergeant Mason, who
ttemptedto shoot Guiteau. r.-.. r-t3 3
BEATTY's organ factory, and also that t
the Star Parlor Company, at Washington, E
|. j., have been totally destroyed by fire. t
oss 100000. Four hundred men are a
1roWn out of employment. |