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Newspaper Page TextTERMS OF THE TIMES. WY'NNE .V MAHTIN Publisher* ami Proprietor*. It 111. V, from 0< t. Ito April 1.6 m $4 0® “ three mouths ‘2 00 *• oue month ?5 TIIK-WBRKLY* from April Ito Oct. 1.. 200 •• three mouths 1 00 “ oue mouth 40 WREKU. o y<r 2 00 (Shorter terms iu proportion.) - - '■ kit ft* of advertising. Oue Square, oue week $ 2 00 Oue Square, one mouth 5 00 Oue Square, six months 15 00 Transient advertisements SI.OO for tlrst iuser m. and SO cents for each subsequent Insertion. Fifty per cent, additional in Local column. Liberal rates to larger advertisements. Till* FIGHT WITH ItKXO. Tlic •.lory of (lie Ma*arre off ii.l'T and 111 m >ln soldiers' skulls mashed in by HQUAWfI WITH STONE MALLETS. •Special Telegram to the N. Y. llorald.| Iu the way of additional particu lars of the groat Indian battle, I send you thestory of a sootit who was eui oIT from Reno’s command : Bismarck, 1). TANARUS., July 7, 1870. — George HerenUun, a scout sent by Gen. Terry with Gen. Custer’s col umn, relates the following as his ex perience in the reeeut battle. He was sent by Gen. Terry from tiie mouth of the Rosebud, with Gen. Ouster’s command, to curry dis patches from Custer to Terry: STORY OF THE SCOUT. We left the Rosebud on the 22d of June at 12 o’clock ; marched up the Rosebud about twelve miles and en camped for the night. Uu the morn ing of the 23d we broke camp at 5 o’clock and continued up the Rose bud until 9 o’clock, when we struck a large lodge pole trail about ten days old, and followed it along the Rosebud until toward evening, when we went into camp on the trail. On the morning of the 24th wo pulled out at so’clock and followed the trail live or six miles, when we met six Crow Indian scouts, who had been sent out the night previous by Gen. Custer to look for the Indian vil lage. They said they found fresh po ny tracks, and that ten miles ahead the trail was fresher. Gen. Custer had the officers’ call blown and they assembled around him, but I did not hear what he said to them. The scouts were again sent ahead and moved along at a last walk. We moved at 1 o’clock, and, while the officers were eating lunch, the scouts came back and reported that they had found where the village had been quite recently. They moved again, with flankers well out to watch the trail ana see that it did not divide. About 4 o’clock we came to the place where the village had been apparently only a few days be fore, and went into camp two miles below the forks of the road. The scouts all again pushed out to look for the village, and at 11 o’clock at night Custer had everything packed up and followed the scouts up the right hand fork of the Rosebud. THE VILLAGE DISCOVERED. About daylight wo went into camp, made coffee, and soon after it was light the scouts brought Custer word that they had seen the village from i he top of a divide that separates the Rosebud from Little Morn river. We moved up the creek until near its head.Ttnil •concealed ourselves in a ravine. It was about three miles from the head of the creek where we then were to the top of the divide where the Indian scouts said the vil lage could be seen, and, after hiding his command. General Custer, with a few orderlies, galloped forward to look at, the Indian camp. In about an hour Custer returned, and said he could not see the Indian village, but the scouts and a half breed guide, “Nuch Bayer,” said they could dis tinctly see it some fifteen miles off. While General Custer was looking for the Indian village, the scouts came in and reported that he had been discovered, and that news was then on its way to the village that he was coining. Another scout said two Sioux war parties had stolen up and seen the command ; and on looking in a ravine near by, sure enough fresh pony tracks were found. Cus ter had “officers’ call” blown, gave Ids orders, and the command was put in lighting order. The scouts were ordered forward, and the regi ment moved at a walk. After going about three miles the scouts report ed Indians ahead, and the command then took the trail. Our way lay down a little creek, a branch of the Little Horn, and after going some six miles we discovered an Indian lodge ahead, and bore down on it at at a stiff trot. In coming to it we found ourselves in a freshly abandoned Indian camp, ail the lodges of which were gone except the one we saw, and on entering it we found it contained a dead Indian. From this point we could see into the Little Horn Valley, and observed heavy clouds of dust rising about five miles distant. Many thought the In dians were moving away, and I think Gen. Custer believed so. for he sent word to Col. Reno, who was ahead with three companies of the Seventh Regiment, to push on the scouts rap idly and head for the dust. Reno took a steady gallop down the creek bottom three miles to where it emp tied into the Little Horn, and found a natural ford across Little Horn river. He started to cross, when the scouts came back and called out to him to hold on, that the Sioux were coming in large numbers to meet him. He crpssed over, however, and formed bis companies on the prairie in line of battle, and moved forward at a trot, but soon took a gallop. The valley was about, three-fourths of a mile wide. On the left a line of low, round hills, and on the right the river bottom, covered with a growth of cottonwood trees and bushes. After scattering shots were fired front the hills and a few from the river bottom and Reno’s skirmishers had returned the shots, he advanced about a mile from the ford to a line of timber on the right and dismount ed his men to light on foot. The horses were sent into the timber, and the men formed on the prairies arid advanced toward the Indians. The Indians, mounted on ponies, came across the prairies and opened a heavy fire on the soldiers. After skirmishing a few minutes Reno fell liack to his horses in the timber. The Indians moved to his left and rear, evidently with the intention of cut ting him off from the ford. Reno ordered his men to mount and move through the timber. Just as the men got in the saddle the Sioux, who had advanced in the timber, lired at close range and killed one soldier. Reno then commanded the men to dis mount, and they did so, but he soon ordered them to mount again, and moved out to the open prairie. The command headed for the ford, being pressed closely by the Indians in large numbers, and at every moment the rate of speed was increased until it became a dead run for the ford. The Sioux, mounted on their swift ponies, dashed up by the side of the VOL. 2. soldiers and fired at them, killing both men and horses. Little resist ance was offered, and it was A COMPLETE ROUT to the ford. I did pot see the men at the ford, and do not know what took place further than a good many were killed when the command left the timbers. Just as I got out my horse stumbled and fell, and I was dis mounted, the horse running away af ter Reno’s command. I saw several soldiers who were dismounted, their horses having been Killed or having run away. There were also some sol diers mounted who had remained be hind. I should think in all there were as many as thirteen soldiers, and, seeing no chance to get away, 1 called on them to come into the tim ber and we would stand off the Indi ans. Three of the soldiers were wounded, and two of them so badly they could not use their arms. The soldiers wanted to go out, but I said no; we can’t get to the ford, and, be sides, we have wounded men and must stand by them. The soldiers still wanted to go, but I told them I was an old frontiersman, understood Indians, and if they would do as I said, I would get them out of tho scrape, which was no worse than scrapes I had been in before. About half of the men were mounted, and they wanted to keep their horses with them, but I told them to let the horses go and light on foot. We re mained in the bushes about three hours, aud I could hear heavy liriog below in the river, apparently about two miles distant. I did not know who it was, but knew the Indians were fighting some of our men, and learned afterward it was Custer’s command. Nearly all the Indians in tho upper end of the valley drew off down the river, and the tight with Custer lusted about one hour, when the heavy firing ceased. When the shooting below began to die away, I said to tho boys, “Come, now is the time to get out.” Most of them did not go, but waited for night. I told them the Indians would come back, and we bad better be off at once. A NARROW ESCAPE. Eleven of the thirteen said they would go, but two stayed behind. I deployed ttie men as skirmishers and we moved forward on foot toward the river. When we had got. nearly to the river we met five Indians on ponies, aud they fired at us. I re turned the lire aud the Indians broke and we forded the river, the water being breast deep. We finally got over, wounded men and all, and headed for Reno’s command, which I could see drawn up on the bluffs along the river about a mile off. We reached Reno in safety. We had uot been with Reno more than fifteen minutes when 1 saw the Indians coming up the valley from Custer’s fight. Reno was then moving his whole command down the ridge to ward Custer. The Indians crossed the river below Reno and swarmed up the bluff on all sides. After skir mishing with them Reno went back to his old position, which was on one of the highest points along the bluff. It was now about 5 o’clock, and the fight, lusted until it was too dark to shoot. As soon us it was dark Reno took the (lacks and saddles off tho mules and horses and made breast works of them. He also dragged the dead horses and mules on the line aud sheltered the men behind them. Some of the men dug rille [jits with their butcher knives, and all slept on their arms. At the peep of day the Indians opened a heavy fire, and A DESPERATE FIGHT ensued, lasting until 10 o’clock. The Indians charged our position three or four times,, coming up close enough to iiit our men with stones, which they threw by hand. Captain Ben teen saw a iarge mass of Indians gathering on his front to charge, and ordered his men to charge on foot and scatter them. Beuteeu led the charge and was upon the Indians be fore they knew what they were about, and killed a great many. They were evidently much surprised at this of fensive movement, and I think in desperate fighting Benteen is one of the bravest men 1 ever saw in a fight. All the time he was going about through the bullets, encouraging the soldiers to stand up to their work, and not let the Indians whip them. He went among the horses and packmules and drove out the men who were skulking there, compelling them to go into the line and do their duty. He never sheltered his own person once during the battle, and I do not see how ite escaped being killed. The desperate charging and fighting was at about 1 o’clock, but the firing was kept up on both sides until late in the afternoon. SUFFERING OF THE MEN. I forgot to state that about ten o’clock in the forenoon, and soon af ter Benteen made his charge, the men began to clamor for water. Many of them had not tasted water for thirty six hours, and the fighting and hot sun parched their throats. Some had their tongues swollen and others could hardly speak. The men tried to eat crackers and hard tack, but could not raise euougti saliva to moisten them. Several tried grass, but it stuck to their lips, and not one could spit or speak plainly. The wounded were reported dying for want of water, and a good many sol diers volunteered to go to the river and get some or perish in the at tempt. We were fighting on the bluffs, about 700 yards from the river, and a ravine led down from the bat tlefield close to tne water’s edge. The men had to run over an open space of about 100 yards to get into the head of this ravine, and this open space was commanded by the Indians on the bluffs. The soldiers—so strong dashed over the open plateau and en tered the ravine. They rushed down it to the mouth and found it closely guarded by a party or Indians post ed in the timber across the river. The water could be approached to within about 30 feet under cover; but then one had to step out on the river bank and take the Indians’ fire. The boys ran the gauntlet bravely. Some would dash down to the river with camp kettles, fill them, and then take shelter in the bend of the ravine behind the rocks, and whose canteens were filled and carried up the hill. Before all the men and wounded were supplied one man was killed and six or seven wounded in the desperate attempt. One man had the bone of his leg shattered by a ball, and it has since been amputa ted. About 2 o’clock the Indians began drawing off, but kept skirmishing until late in the afternoon, and near dark all drew off. We now got wa ter for the quintals, many of them being almost dead, and they were put out to graze on the hillside. CHANGE OF POSITION. In the evening Col. Reno changed his position and fortified; the new one, it being higher and stronger THE TIMES. COLUMBUS, GA., SATURDAY, JULY 15, 1870. than the old oue. We expected the Indians would renew the attack next duy, but in the morning not one was to be found. Every one felt sure that Crook or Terry was coming to our relief, ami Col. Reno sent out runners. About 10 o’clock the glad intelligence was received that Geu. Terry, with a large bodj’ of troops, was moving up the vallqy, six miles distant, and the head of the col umn soon came in sight. TORTURED AND MUTILATED. I think some of our men were cap tured alive and tortured. I knew the colored scout Isaiah was, for he had small pistol bulls in his legs from the knees down, and I believe they were shot into him while alive. Another man had strips of skin cut out of his body. Hordes of squaws and old, gray-haired Indians were roaming over the battlefield howling like madmen. The squaws had stone mallets, and mashed in the skulls of the dead aud wounded. Many were gashed with knives, and some had their noses and other members out off. The heads of four white soldiers were found in the Sioux camp that had been severed from the trunks, but the bodies could not bo found on the battlefield or in the village. Our men did not kill any squaws, but the Reese Indian scouts did. The bodies of six squaws were found in the little ravine. I think the Indian village must have contained about 6.000 people, folly 3,000 of whom were warriors. The Indians fought Reno first and then went to fight Custer, after which they cuine back to finish Reuo. The same Indians were in all the attacks. I think tho In dians were commanded by Sitting Bull in person. There were eight or nine other chiefs in the field. Hitting Hull'll Kecoril. New York Tribuue.l “The cause of this war. or rather of these war expeditions—for this war with these Indians has been going on for these fifteen or more years - may he summed up in tho words, ‘Sitting Bull and the outlaw Sioux.’ We have never had peace, or even treaty relations with these bands. After the Spirit Lake massacre in Minne sota, all the more turbulent spirits banded together. After Gen. Sibley’s expedition, in 1863, they crossed the Missouri, and endeavored to concen trate for another invasion of Minne sota. But the next year Sully follow ed them across the Missouri, and after several running fights, they re treated across the Bad Lands into the Big Horn country. Sully follow ed them to the Yellowstone and established Fort Buford. Upon this post and outlie steamboats and im migrants to Montana they kept up unceasing war. often keeping the garrison at Buford in a state of siege for weeks at a time, and murdering every straggler who want outside the jiost. An attempt was made to treat with them in 1866, but after ac cepting the presents and securing some ammunition Sitting Bull broke up the council, and the Cotnmisssion ers escaped to the fort across the river. When Red Cloud aud Spotted Tail made peace at Laramie, Sitting Bull stubbornly refused to come in. All that year ho made war on the steamboats aud commerce of the Missouri, raas saereing several small boat-loads of returning miners and capturing large quantities of gold dust, which he traded for arms with the Northern half-breeds. In 1867 lie threatened the Gallatin Valley in Montana, when the Montana Volunteers were raised to meet him. In 1803 he at tacked the settlement of Muscleshell, and suffered defeat, losing 36 warri ors. The settlers having notice of his coming ambuscaded him in a ra viue outside tho town. Although the attack was made by the Sioux on the village, this battle was denoun ced as a massacre by a portion of the Eastern press. After this he lost prestige. During 1869 and 1870 he de voted himself principally to the slaughter of the Crows, tho Monda us, the Rees, the Shohones, and all other tribes friendly to whites, vary ing it by an occasional attack on the Missouri river forts. “In 1870,” continued Mr. McGin nis, "Gen. Hancock, then command ing that department, thought of or ganizing an expedition to bring Sit ting Bull to terms; but as there was a prospect of the extension of the Northern Pacific Railroad, which would simplify operations, he re commended another attempt to buy a peace with him until that road should be pushed into the Big Horn country. On this recommendation, backed by the assurances of the Peace Commissioners, and the Inte rior Department, Congress voted $500,000 to make peace and support him. This was the famous Beton- Bioux appropriation, Sitting Bull himself claiming to be a Seton, though his followers are outlaws and hard customers from all the bands of the Sioux nation. Considerable criticism has been made on the ex penditure of this appropriation. It resulted in bringing to the Fort Peck Agency a portion of his following, but he refused to treat himself. Next, year Gen. Custer went out with the Northern Pacific surveying par ty, and twice defeated Sitting Bull, or at least repulsed his attacks. One of his bands invaded the Gallatin Valley, in 1872, and carried off 500 head of horses after murdering a number of farmers. In 1873 he made a night attack on Col. Baker, but was repulsed and pursued. In 1874 he drove the Crows from their reservation and agohyy and made war on all peacea ble Indians. The Peace Cornmis siqn, finding him intractable, now began to demand that the army should take the offensive, and sub due him, and this request has been frequently repeated by the Peace Commission and the Interior De partment until the War Department has acted on it. Last year some of his followers went down to meet the commission in conference with the Red Cloud Sioux, and came near pre cipitating a massacre of the Commis sion. Sitting Bull himself refused to go in, and spent the summer in attacks on the Crow Agency and on the Montana settlers. He captured a Government wagon-train on the Car roll road, murdered a number of re cruits going to the Montana posts, and captured the stock of the Car roll Stage Company. Such have been his exploits up to the bloody history of the present year. He de fies the Government aud hopes he can get the Sioux Nation to join him. If they will only do this, he promises to drive the whites back into the sea, out of which they came. He utterly disbelieves the reports of Red Cloud and others who have visited the East as to the numbers of the whites they saw. He says their eyes were dazzled by bad medicine f magic,). Tlie Money (Tiawcrr* In New York. Forty-eightof the New York banks have January and July for their divi dend periods. Of these forty paid dividends last January, but, accord ing to the Financial Chronicle’s ta ble, only thirty-three pay this July. Of the seven that have passed their dividends the Continental with $1,500,1X10 capital, is the largest. The capital of all seven of them aggre gates four million dollars. Besides this $4,000,000 of capital, unproduc tive for the past six months,s7,B9o,ooo of banking capital there has paid nothing at all this year, so that alto gether July shows $12,000,000 of capi tal that lias earned nothing. Of the paying banks five, including some of tlie largest in the city, have reduced their rates one or two per cent, for the year. All in all, tho showing is not a cheerful one, especially since the very seven banks that by their actions confess themselves unable to pay dividends report, for March 10th, 1876, undivided profits of a consider able amount; so that the assumption is that they have not, only made no thing, but less than nothing, in the past half year. Of the eighty-five insurance companies, twelve have paid better dividends for 1876 than for 1875, but the list is as yet so far from being complete that it is not possible to make any defi nite statement of the yoar’s busi ness. The Journal of Commerce esti mates the total insurance dividends at $269,000, and those of banks at $2,- 194,875, while it puts down the pay ment of interest on city bonds in New York at $2,374,519. That is, tho six months' interest on the city debt alone paid in New York is, within a trifle, as much as all that the bank ing capital and insurance capital of the metropolis can earn. Compari sons of this kind help to show some thing of what municipal indebted ness has come to, and to suggest one reason why there is not moro pros perity.—Anyusta Chronicle. ——A- * • % not lier Put rut If ill ter Nuiiidlt 1 . The New York Win Id, under the above head, announces that, “an en terprising firm in Marion, Ohio, is sues a circular which seta forth its readiness to transmit, on the receipt of one dollar, a bottle of some sort of secret mucilage, or powerfully con densed hair oil, from which 100 pounds of No. 1 butter may be made without further cost aud without, the slightest intervention on the part, of the cow. In fact, a herd of cows are delineated upon the circular, and represented as standing around a printed placard of the firm, which they are regarding with erect tails and other signs of astonishment. The firm urgues its mysterious mucilage with much zeal, offering chromos and prize packages to its customers, and liberal bets that its butter cannot be distinguished from the authentic preparation by the most expert performer on pancakes. The terms of its manifesto justify the conjecture that some of the ‘sawdust’ operators, whose work has become rather dangerous hero in the metrop olis,have shifted their ground to Ohio and gone intoa new business.” This bears a certain resemblance to the magical “compound” or “extract” that the American Grocer had some thing to say about some time ago. That also was a Ohio production. It would be a reflection on the common sense of our readers to warn them against such articles; the wonder is that anybody can be victimized in this way. American Grocer. “Col. John C. Goodgame, of Ath ens, Texas, refused to allow his daughter to marry Jesse Packard, who was intemperate, but promised to alter his decision if at the end of the year the young man had reform ed. Packard said he would comply with the provisions; but that night the Colonel was shot and killed, by an assassin, who fired through the window. Packard has not been found, and it is of course supposed that, he is tho criminal.” We clip the above from an ex change, which quotes it without in dicating the source from which it is derived, but can entertain little hope that it is not true. Col. Goodgame was former’y from Coosa county, Alabama, entered the service as a Sergeant in tho 12th Alabama Regi ment, and rose to be its Lieutenant- Colonel. He is mentioned in the ex tract from Capt. Park’s Diary, which we published last week.—Mobile Cycle, B lh. A Philosopher’s Question. —When Pyrrhus, king of Epirus, was making preparations to wage war against Romo, Cineas, a wise and good man, asked him what were his expectations as to the result of the career upon which he was about to enter. “To subdue Rome,” unswered the king. “What will you do next, sire ? “I will conquer Italy.” “And what then ?” “1 will subjugate Carthage, the whole of Africa, and Greece.” “And when you have conquered all that you can conquer, what will you do then?” “I will sit down and spend my time in peace and comfort,” “And, sire,” said the sage, “what prevents you from sitting down and spending your time in peace and comfort now?” Georgia Crop Report. Atlanta. July 13.—The June report of Dr. Thomas Janes, Commissioner of Agriculture for Georgia, shows the following facts: Corn three per cent, above an average; corn on bottom lands injured by bud worm and over ilow; cotton an average; rice three per cent, above; sugar cane seven above; sorghum two above; peach crop almost a total failure; apples three-fourths of a crop; pears ha fa crop; wheat yield tweuty-one per cent.: quality eighteen per cent, be low an average; fall sown oats have yielded thirty-three percent, better than spring sown and are twenty three per cent, better in quality; the seasons have been favorable in eighty-three counties; there has been too much rain in some sections; mean temperature for June at Atlanta 76 degrees and at Brunswick 82 degrees. Some weather prophet lately pre dicted that “July and August will be warm ; that the first ten days of Sep tember will be like August; that the coolest days of each montli will bo from the sth to the 11th. and that we are to have a comparatively healthy season—free from any pestilence.” We swelter at the thought of what is before us, if the term between the sth and 11th of July was the coolest that we are to have during the months of July, August and a part of September. COTTON CHOP. ■ REPORT OF SAVANNAH EXCHANGE FOR JUNE. The News has received the follow ing report for the month of June from the Committee on Information and Statistics of the Savannah Cot ton Exchange; Georgia.— There were ninety-nine replies from fifty-seven counties— average date July I. Since our re port of last month the character of the weather has been extremely sea sonable for the growing crop, and generally more so than for the same period last year. No change is re ported in tlie acreage. Stands rep sented to be uncommonly good, the plant forming aud blooming well. The condition on tlie whole is re markably lino, aud, with some very few exceptions, better than last year. The general tenor of the report ex hibits an unpreeedently good pros pect, the crop being very clear of grass and weeds, and the plant vigor ous. Florida.— There were twenty-six replies from fourteen counties—aver age date July 2. The character of the weather has been uncommonly favorable, and in almost all localities more so than last year. No change in acreage. Stands good and the plants forming and blooming hand somely, the condition being far bet ter than last season. The prospect for a large yield is stated, with very few exceptions, to be the best for many years past. Alrohol an a Medicine. There is a large and increasing number of physicians in this coun try wiio entirely discard alcohol from their prescriptions, while there are thousands more who bind them selves by no positive rule. In Eng land the subject has been submitted to the test of experiment. A “Tem perance Hospital” was opened in London in 1873, tho rule iti which is that alcohol is not to he prescribed. Latterly even alcoholic tinctures have been ruled out. At the open ing tlie power of prescribing alcohol as a drug was reserved to the visiting medical stall', but it is stated that only in one instance has this permis sion been used. Up to the end of April tlie number of in-door patients received was 325, of whom 135 were discharged cured, and 121 relieved, and 18 had died. The out-door pa tients numbered 2,906, aud the ratio of cured aud relieved about eighty per cent.—was the same. These data are very imperfect, since the charac ter of the diseases treated is not giv en, and every one knows that there are diseases in which no practitioner would prescribe alcohol in any form. As remarked above, the census of American physicians would show a large majority who practically ex clude alcoholic prescriptions, while they leave themselves discretion to resort to them when necessary. The danger is that one disease may be re placed by another. This danger physician and patient must estimute as best they may. 1 t ■lt- Wauled a Job. He was a stupid nigger; anybody could see thut; and as lie walked inti) tiie grocery store on the Jackson road some of tlie idlers that congregate in that neighborhood determined to play a joke on him. He walked up to the landlord and asked him for work —anything, no matter what it was, so long as it paid a living. The land lord had no work, but referred him to Bill Dobbins, who sat on a chair near by, with li is feet perched on a barrel. Bill had the reputation of being a terrible wag, and, as the nig ger approached him, the boys crowd ed around to see the fun. “Boss, I’m hard up, can’t you give me a job ?” asked the negro. Bill looked up, winked at the boys, and replied, "Yes, I think I can, if you’ll feed yourself and furnish the stock, I’ll get you to do some plough ing for me.” Bill laughed at this witty sally, the boys laughed, aud the landlord roar ed, Bill being one of his best custom ers. The darkey scratched his head, appeared to relleeta minute, and then remarked; “I can’t do that, boss. I had a proposition just like that made to me this morning, and as the other man came first, I think he ought to hub the preference.” “What was it?” inquired Bill. “Weil,” said tlie darkey, “I axed a man for work, and he says, says he, “If you’ll furnish tlie lines and the bait, I’ll give you half the fish you ketch.” Bays Bill, "I believe that puts the drinks on me,” and they drank.— Vicksburg Herald. Tiie country in which Bitting Bull has established his camp is a broken up, mountainous country, among the large affluents of the Yellowstone river, which is itself an immense tributary of tho upper Missouri. The Big Horn, the Little Horn, the Rose bud and tiie Tongue rivers, all of which are mentioned in the news concerning this fight, are tributaries of the Yellowstone and empty into it just north of the 46th parallel of lati tude, and between the 100th und 108th degrees of west longitude, in the Territory of Montana. It is the Big Horn Mountain country, aud part of the Territory reserved to the Bioux by treaty. Hunt In New York. New York, July 11.— Deaths yester day from sunstroke exceeded in num ber those of any previous day for 35 years, except July 2, 1872, when 68 were reported. The peculiarity of yesterday’s death record was that every case of sunstroke reported at the police office, with one or two ex ceptions, terminated fatally. Up to 3 p. m. yesterday the Health Board had issued 222 burial permits, an unusually large number for any one day, while the proportion of in fants who died was alarmingly on the increase. Tlie regular weekly report of the Bureau of Vital Btatistics only will show the true number of deaths from sunstroke yesterday, which is believed by the officials at the Healt h Office to be nearly 60. - —. , The Hloux Indian*. Omaha, July 13.— Recent dispatches from Red Cloud and Spotted Tail agency state that affairs there are very uncertain, owing to the news of Custer’s defeat. The Interior De partment is issuing nothing but corn and flour, having failed on beef en tirely. Bcouting parties have been withdrawn from the road between the agency and the bridge on the Sydney Route. There is still one company at the bridge. The commanding officer at Robinson thinks the neces sities of the case demand a company at the post. It is not pJobable that the Indians will make trouble at the agencies, as that is their only city of refuge in case they are whipped. NO. 124 CONGRESSIONAL. ■ '■(IIIAY, JULY 14TH. SENATE. Washington, July 14. Mr. Sher man from the Conference Committee on the Silver bill, submitted a report. The report was concurred in without division. On motion of Mr. Hamlin, it was , ordered that the Legislative session of the Senate commence at 11 a. m. until further ordered. Tho impeachment trial was then resumed, and thejouruul read. A statement from the Sergeant-at- Arms was read, to tiie effect that one of his officers hud reliable informa tion from Evans, and that lie would probably be in Washington on Tues day next. On motion of Mr. Sherman, the Court, at 1 p. m., adjourned to Mon day, and the legislative business was resumed. Mr. Sherman, from committee on Finance, reported tlie House joint resolution to ameud the act of June 18th, 1874, relative to tlie admission of articles intended for the Interna tional Exhibition of 1886, ami it was passed. Mr. Windom called up tlie bill for the completion of the Washington monument, pending the considera tion of which the morning hour ex pired, und tiie bill went. over. The Senate then resumed the con sideration of tlie River und Harbor appropriation bill. When the State of Virginia was reached, Mr. Withers said he had sus tained the amendments proposed by the committee until tlie Senate hud shown itself opposed by the action of tho committee, uud thut he now asked tlie same measure be meted out. to old Virginia thut hud been meted out to other States. He asked that the several items for Virginia struck out by the committee be re instated and the amendments uou concurred in. The consideration of the bill by paragraphs was resumed. Pending consideration, Mr. Thur man, from the conference commit tees, submitted a report, which was adopted. The consideration of the River and Harbor bill was continued. The amendments of the committee in creasing appropriations wore all ugreed to; those reducing the amount appropriated, and those striking out the clause, were generally disagreed to. The umount reinstated in the bill by the uction of the Senate aggregates something over 650,000 dollars, with about 100,- 000 dollars to be acted on when the Senate adjourned. Without completing the considera tion of the bill, the Senate, on mo tion of Mr. Allison, at 5 ;30 p. m., ad journed. HOUSE. Mr. Kidder, of Dakota, introduced a bill granting aid for tho construc tion of a railroad and telegraph line front Fort Abrahum Lincoln to the Little Missouri river in Dakota—re ferred. Mr. Harris, of Virginia, offered a bill to remove the political disabili ties of George Watson Carr, of Vir ginia-passed. The House then took up the con tested election case of Abbott vs. Frost, from the Fourth Massachu setts District. The majority recom mends the unseating of Frost; the minority recommend his retention. Mr. Baker, of Indiana, spoke in fa vor of the minority report. Mr. Frost then spoke in his own behalf. Mr. Poppletou, of Ohio, followed in favor of the report of tiie majority of the committee. The question wus then taken on tiie report of the minority, declaring Mr. Frost entitled to retain his seat, which was rejected—yeas 79, nays 101. Mr. Abbott (Dem.j was then de clared entitled to the seat. Mr. Btoue, of Mo., introduced a bill to amend tho second section of tlie uot for protection of the sinking fund, und to further provide for the exergeuoies of the government— referred. Tlie House then went into commit tee of the whole on the Private Cal endar, Mr. Blackburn, of Kentucky, in the chair. The only bill tuken up was one to confirm certain land claims in the State of Missouri, but no conclusion was reached. When the committee rose, Mr. Lyude, of Massachusetts, from tho conference committee on the bill to amend the Bankrupt act, submitted a report, which was agreed to, and the House then, at 5 p. m., adjourned. Weather Tu-lluy. Washington, July J4.—For tho South Atlantic and Gulf States, part ty cloudy weather, continued high temperature, southerly to westerly winds, and stationary or slight rise in barometer, with rains and slight change in temperature in the north ern portions of the first numed dis trict. On tiie day when Sitting Bull wae born a buffalo bull sat down on ths ground a short distance from the tent of that warrior. This circumstance named Sitting Bull. We have all heard of that old reliable spring remedy. Dr. J. H. McLean’s Strengthening Cordial and Blood Purifier; take it. It wifi strengthen, invigorate and purify your blood. Dr. J. H. McLean’s office, 314 Chestnut street, St. Louis, Mo. W.INIIINUTOiV NKWS. Washington, July 14. Speaker Kerr iwrites from Rockbridge Alum Springs, Va., that he is slowly but steadily improving in health. Tho Silver bill pnssed by the House enucts that, the trade dollar sliull hereafter be a legal tender, aud pro vides for the issue of fifty millions of subsidiary ooin. The Secretary of tiie Treasury is authorized at his discre tion to use part of the sinking fund to purcliaso.silvor bullion for coinage. The proposition to retire greenbacks as silver coin is issued, and to in crease the legal tender limit of silver coin from five to twenty dollars, was rejected in conference. [A notable triumph for what is facetiously called "soft money.” -Ed.] The Sundry Civil Appropriation bill, as agreed upon by the confer ence committees of botli Houses, appropriates in tlie aggregate $15,- 829,713.19. The bill as originally passed the House appropriated $14,- 857,326.54. Tile Senate added to this amount $5,099,170.45. The Sonute conferees receded to the amount of $4,126,793.90, and the House receded $972,386.56. TF.I.FAIKArNIU M'MMAHA. Richard S. Stewart, oue of the old est and most widely known physi cians of Baltimore, died Wednesday afternoon, iu his 79th year. He was connected with the Murylund Hospi tal for the Insane as Superintendent and otherwise for forty-five years, and severed his connection with that, in stitution ouly a few weeks siuce. While a gang of fifty convicts,trans ferred from Sing Sing, were en route to Auburn, New York, yesteiday, Thomas Edgerlv, a fifteen years man, from New York, leaped througli the ear window while the train was running at the rate of forty miles an hour, and was instantly killed. Among those who safely arrived at Auburn wus Edward Stokes. The Lhndon Times publishes a Berlin dispatch saying the Bourse was depressed yesterday in conse quence of a rumor of financial diffi unities at St.. Petersburg, where one bank was reported to lie embar rassed. Austria and Prussia have ad Jivssed communications to the powers re specting the recent meeting of tiie Czar and the Emperor Francis Joseph at Reichstadt, and its results. l.umuge by Flood*. Cincinnati, July 14. -The coustuut rains during tlie past few days In middle and southern Ohio have caused considerable damage to I tie growing crops, fencing and railroad trucks,iu many instances to livestock. A storm in tlie shape of u water spout, near Londouville, Ohio, de stroyed a number of wheat Helds, carried off 100 bead of sheep, and washed out several hundred feet of railroad track, in some places to the deptli of eight feet. Pittsburg, July 14.—At Freedom, Pa., a rain storm occurred yesterday which did great damage. Crow's run, which empties into the Ohio at this point, was swollen to a river in size, and the houses all along the banks were flooded, and a house owned by Tlios. LighthilUwas swept uway, anil Mrs. Lighthill and her four children who were in the house were all drowned. - • The War in Turkey. Paris, July 14.—The Figaro publishes a special from Semblin, which says tho Ser vian General, Tcheerimyeff, is near Nisch. The Turkish General. Abdul Perim, has made Widdeu his base of operations, and threatens Gen. Tclioernayoffs rear. The latter's headquarters have been moved back to Agodenam. (Constantinople, July 14.—Official ad vices state that tlie Visrehegrad division in Bosnia crossed the Servian frontier yesterday and routed the Servians near the town of Kauterdeman, which was cap tured und burned. Hendricks will Accept. Saratoga, July 13.—Governor Hen dricks was waited upon at the Grand Union Hotel to-day by Maj. O’Con nor, of Tennessee, who presented him a formal notification of his nom ination. Governor Hendricks said he would reply in a few days. It is understood that he will accept. Tlie Next AdinlnUtratlnn. Here is tlie scheme of tlie next admin istration, as outlined by a Washington pa per. President - Tilden. Vice President—Hendricks. Secretary of State—Thoruas F. bayard. Secretary of Treasury—David A. Wells. Secretary of Interior—James O. Broad head. Attorney General—Allen G. Thurman. Secretary of War -W. S. Hancock. Secretary of Navy—Janies E. English. Postmaster General James It. Doolit tle. Minister to England Horatio Seymour. Minister to France Joel Parker. Minister to Russia—John Quincy Adams Minister to Spain—Thomas Ewing. Minister to Germany—Thomas Swann. Should such men be tho chief officials and representations of the next four years tlie country will indeed have reason for honest pride in her public servants. Fly Trap*! Fly Trap*!! The best ever Invented-cheap. For sale by jeotf J. H. Hamilton. LINT OF liIHTKHN. The following in th* lint of letter* remaining iu the poatoftieo at Columbia*, (Ga.,) July 15th. 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