The Sunday herald. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1866-1887, 1882-10-22

DEN NEIbpMENT oF THE UNITED STATES.
ny SIMON STRHSE, of the New York Tar. Cas-
sell, Peter, Galpin Co., New York, London. and
rarls. For sale by W. II. Morrison.
In admitting the difficulties of the task
which MIR. Sternc set himself, we shall give him the
best praise In saying that he has success
To compress Wow of tho Federal Constitution. Of
the causes which produced 1t and the consequences
which have followed Its adoption, of the state con-
stltuOns modelled after II, and of the current qucs
tiOns likely to produce changes In all within the COM
pass Of ono handy-vOlumc, aud Ia maintain an easy,
popular tone throughout, might well scem To oner
almost lnsupcrable difficulties. The work does Indeed
fall short In respects. There are lapscs Into the
dry and Ieune style Of the legal treatise AMI the haste
the events OF almost yesterday has left undesirable
traces. Immigration is constantly spoken OF as
emigation;'' 1t Is remarked that the
District of Columbia ''is now governed
directly hy - committee Of CongreSS:'' and
At page I3o the bumptons expression 'mo-
papers ~ seems 10 he meant. In speaking OF the
chief Justice presiding when the President OF the
United States is mpeachod before the Senate p. So
IL would have been easy to add or Vice PRESIDENT.
Mr. Serne Is not master Of graceful Englsl nor Is
his book, which necessarily omts all authorities, val
liable as one Of reference, but we think the general
reader Will poruse It's pages with interest aud learn
many valuable points therofrom. table of refer
ence To more extended reading IN the same subjects,
such tho FcIcraliS BanCrOft'S History, and the
like might have been valuable addition. Tho views
on contemporary subjects are sound and well-ox-
pressed. Witness the following;
''rhe evil Of the abOmlnable 'snois system In the
United States Is not much the incOmpeency Of the
onicers-as the Americans ilaptiyencss enables him
quickly to learn the routine duties of an oncenor In
the waste Of public moneys, tbecausc In community
50 rich In productive power as that of tho United
States, the amount which pecuaton can take from IL
Is burden easy to be borne; but the main evil Is that
tho 'spuls system demorazes both parties. and
makes contests which Should be for principle, mainly
for plnnder. and Induces parties, In the hope OF an
accession Of strength sufficient To obtain political
power, not only To lower but absolutely to abandon
their principles. and to make tEeir platform conform
To what they suppose viii more rapidly win popular
success and thus makes Of the quadrennIa presiden
tal contests mere scrambles for ulcc.n Cp.23O 23i.
THE RODLEY GRANDCHLDREN AND THEIR
JOURNEY IN HOLLAND. by HORACE Il.
SCUDDER, author of the Bodlcy Books. Boston:
IIOughtOn, Miiliin Go.
To the boy of the last generation, if he was
boy fond OF reading, there few things
ing than the wonderful Increase of books for boys How
different now from the time when almost any book
esteemed prize, and read and reread Perhaps 1t Is
not all gain having many more books, and at least
the task Of selection from the eycr-ncreasing mass be-
year by year more dicult II all were AS good
this iOdley Books, however, no one could find fault
with their number. Mr.. Scudder has the Of convey
Ing solid historical and geographical Information In
most entertaining way. The Idea Of taking the grand
children Of original Dutch settlers In New Amsterdam
back To visit their farsbrland affords opportunity
give fascinating glimpse at old New York wcil
as at the Holland Of tho seventeenth Century.
We are indebted to Lieut.. Gsn. Sheridan
for a. Record OF Engagements with Hostile Indians
within the Military Division Of tho Missouri from
1868 to lss2.n This pamphlet, compiled from official
records is OF absorbing interest and permanent value.
1t consists OF plain aud cOOrless statement 0f facts
without word Of argument but It contains by inevl
table deduction from these facts Of record the most
powerful aTraignment possible Of tho wretGhed dual
control OF indian affairs by which the nOmlnaly
peaceful savages managed by the Interior Depart
ment, while tho subugatlon OF hOstes and the pro-
lection Of settlers belong TO tho War Department.
Few persons read this record OF Indian Outragos
and murders Of peaceful settlers and retain any lndig
nation at the frontier maxim that 80 tho only good
Indians are dead Indians" After a narrative of the
battle Of the Little Big Horn June % and 20, 1870
the record proceeds rs foliOwH
During this period the bands which had broken
oil from the main body uf hOsticg, and tho young
warriors from tie agencies, continued their old we'll
known methods Of warfare, stealing horses the
frontier and killing small parties Gf Citfons, while
the constant communications of the hOsLlts with
Indians at the agencies made II evident that sap
plies OF fool aud ammunition were sim being drawn
from thOse PLACES, 10 prevent this II had been
daeul0i necessary that tho military should control The
agencies, and on May 20 the Interior department
had been requested 10 80 cooperate with the military
10 enable the latter To carry Out tho policy Of ar
resting, dlsarming, and dislnOpnting such OF tho
hUsiles made their appearance NJ these agencies,
ON July Is this request was again earnestly renewed
by Lieutenant General sheridan, aud on tho I'D the
honorable Secretary OF the Interior authorized the
military 10 assume control Of all tho agencies la tho
sioux country but II WAS too late Extensive trading
with enemy had been going on, and large supplies
Of ammunition had thus been obtained by tho hostiles
to ggTTy IN the war. However, the commanding
OniCeTs at Camp GllnsOn and sheridan WeTo at once
ordered to take possession at led Clouds and spotted
Tal's agencies, and Colonel Mackenzie Fourth Cay
airy WAS sent Red Cloud agency with force to ar
rest any hoses who came In aud 10 count and enroll
tho Indians A carefulcOunt was madeby September
!, and II was found that those AT Rcd Cloud mum
hernd only fOAr thousand sngtn hundred and siIty,
nearly one half loss than had hoen reported by tho
agent. Tho eouut at spotted laira agency de-
yeloped loss than hye thousand, whereas noafly
lguLiu that ululhnT presumed To lB al
tAslr agency aud wurB Osteusibly Issued To, Troops
weTn asO s6nt ~ tho Missouri River agenciu, To
GumpliBh those same purposes, and tle number uf
Indians actually present WAS found 10 bo from Ouc-
third to Ouo.haf loss than reported present fOr Issues
IL thon easy 10 where the small bands uIi-
giuay out aud upon whom the war was brinE
waged, obtained their strength aud suppIes.
Thl lltean years of Gen, Sheridan command, tho
hlatuIy II which is barely outlined IN these ono
hundred and twenty pages aro popululy spoken of
as years Of peace. Yet they have been years of ale
most lucessant warfare Ia tho troops the frontier
The soldiers OF Hannibal, Alexander Cesar mover
buro wltll funiludu greater hardship nor exhibited
more unliuchiug courage against foe often as for
midAba 10 their slender columns aB tho laTthiauB
Who destroyed Crasss and his legiOns. Their history
1, m.rkod by countless deeds ~ daring; yet tho
glory aud reward. which ought 10 bO thors not
several Of tho single campaigns were greater than
that which has given wu5cley quarter u a mil.
lion dollars and o peoTage, iot the Republic has
not eN an said, " Thank YOU brave boys.
Tho Lieutenant General deserves the thanks Of tho
Army ana o country fOr putting the military history
OF these iifteen years intC lnporlshablo form, We
invite attention 10 tho following words from his
cOnClusiOn
In connection wiih tho operations OF the Amy
within the Military Division OF tho Missouri many
lmpO tant changes have taken place during the hftaeu
year, embraced by tho foregoing narrative Much Ot
tho country which. at tho beginning Of that period
was ulOnOpOzsd by tho buffalo aud the indian
has now beon opened 10 tho settler, 10 the railroad
and 10 civilization. Huh iOss % tue irD0ps OI
mare thdH a thousand DNeeTs d,.d men kNIeJ ant
,ODUHded, aud partly the result Of than four
hundred sLirmlshes, cDnDats, aud batlos-nOt iH-
Guiding many pursuits aud surfeud0rs Of Indians,