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THE HORllY NEWS,
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Cvci'Y Saturday Moriiiug.
T W. BBATY, Editor.
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Professional & Business Cards
I>. JOHNSON'. J. M. JOllNHON
C. I*. qi ATTI.KH-VL U.
JOHNSONS. QUATTLEBAUM,
ATTORNEYS and COUNSELORS AT LAW
Conwayboro, S. c.
J OS. T. WA1JSH,
Attorn oy at Law and
SOLICITOR JX EQUITY,
Will practice lii the courts of Mai ion, Horry
and ticorgetown.
OtlUo ai CON WAYHORO, S. O.
Nov 13. lS70-tf.
rj^ t\ OILLEBl'lK,
Attorney and Counsellor at Law
Will give prompt attention to all busines
entrusted to his care.
CON WAY llOltO, S. C.
June, 2, 1811.
r^\ KO. Ji. COX(*I)ON,
General Commission Merchant,
HOYCK'S WHAHF,
C HAUL EST ON, 8. 0.
Nival Store,?, llicc, Cotton, ami Oenoral
Produce. ^
(IT" My friends in Horry can depend upon
gel tiny the best prices fur Sacul Stores and
all Produce shipped to me for sale. In this
market
apt* 15, "id. tf
rpOLAU & HABT,
Commission Merchants,
162 FRONT STREET,
NEW Y< KK.
Liberal advances made on consignments
Naval Stores, Cotton, Ac.
Orders receive Prornot Attention.
Unexceptionable references given North and
South.
j. K. Tol.AU j. II. 11 AltT.
of N. C. of S. C
J J.\ WILLIAMS,
DKALKKH IX l
GENERAL MERCHANDIZE,
manufacturer of naval stores
COMMISSION MERCHANT.
FORWARDING AGENT.
017" Special attention given to the buying
and selling of Ton Timber.
HULL CHEEK, 8. C.
?7. t:~ boozeu
WITH
EDMONS T.BROWN.
WHOLESALE DUA I.Kit IX
MEN AND ROYS'
llats, UapK A Straw Good*,
also
Ladies Misses and Children's Hats,
No. 43 Haynk St.
charleston. 3. c.
Opposite Charleston Hotel.
nov 13. tf.
$30,511,638.60.
Liverpool & London & Globe
Insurance Co.
Total Assets $30,511,638,60
J. M. JOHNSON,
Agent., Marion, S. C.
C..l\ QUATTLEUAUM,
Ast. Agent, (Jonwayboio, S. C.
Enco!irae;e Home People and
Home Enterprise.
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\G-eo. S. Hacker,
> CHARLESTON\ S. C.
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* ' The onlv door, sash and blind
Factory owned and managed by a Carolinian
in this City. All work guaranteed. Terms
Cash.
Always on hand a large Stock of Doors,
Sr J#AHnds. Mouldings, Brackets, Scroll and
Tn^y Work of every description. Class,
White Leads, and Builders' Hardware. Dressed
Lumber and Flooring delivered in any "
portion of this State,
march 11-ly.
OLD HUNDRED!
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Better Days to Come.
The heart may bend with weight of wo,
A' 1 all lt?e world look drear,
o'er its careworn path we go
h nothing bright to cheer;
Yei, in the bosom aver dwells,
Though all things else are dumb,
A low sweet voice, that whispering tells
Of better days to come.
Though mortal Ills may to us cling;
Foul wrong may silence right;
Within the soul be festering
Some hurt it hides from eight;
Still, lit by a celestial spark
That glows through gloom profonifd,
Hope's signal guides us in the daik
Till brighter scenes are found.
There is no evil that can slay
The faltli beyond the grave;
Thctc Is no might to bar its way
The spirit dare not brave;
And couio what will to stay its wings,
That seek a better home,
Within its depths tho sweet voice sings
O! deathless days to come.
OUR RADIX LETTER.
I
TIIB FORBIDDEN SUBJECT? KKTHAOUDIN
A It Y STATE OFTIIINGA-- PRINCE OSCAR
OVER WII ELM I NO PATRIOTISM
YOUTHFUL BPARTAN8?MATTBUS AT
PHILADELPHIA?A CENTENNIAL REMINISCE
? HU88I A AND TUNIS?A CURIOUS
ANTIQUITY?FLAGS, BELLS AND
"AMERICA."
[Fioui Our Own Correspondent.]
New York, July 8, 1870.
Had I known what was in store for
us in the immediate future, I should
postponed my lust week's remarks on
temperature to the present time.
Though tho subject can hardly be said
to be exhausted (as ire nil are), a vari
ety loving public will hardly tolerate
repeated recurrences to one topic even
though it be all absorbing one; and 1
am thus debarred from telling you
what a time we are having in the embraces
ol old Sol, whose excessive familiarity
is breeding universal contempt
among the tribes ot Manhattan.
VVlWH if llrtf Iai* ! It u t I t*?ll
how the air flames and the asphalt
pavementH turn to~m<?re bogs into
which the feet of pe&struins sink at
every step; how the street vendors ot
cheap drinkables are trying to decide
whether they will invest their growing
wealth in brown stone fronts or
United States bonds; how fat men
waddle around in linwn coats that look
as if their owners had just come out
from under the town pump, and collars
that betray utter discouragement
in every crease; how suffering citizens
with dripping but determined countenances
go round hunting for "Old
Prob." with shot guns; how
the theuiometers are bursting on every
hand like the popping of tnyraid
champagne corks; how cheerfully and
promptly people will give the wholesidewalk
to a small uog who acts as
though he were warm and in a hurry;
how every case of "drunk" at the p.
lice court pleads sunstroke, etc., etc.
All this and much more of a like valuable
and interesting character I could
tell you il I felt at liberty to bring up
the weather question again, but that,
of course, is not to be thought of, and
I turn to other matters.
But right here another diflieiilty
presents itself. "Other matters" I find
to be a good deal like?pardon the
simile?like the Irishman's flea, who,
when he nut his finger on htm, wasn't
there. Never was their a scantier crop
of local events within the memory of
your correspondent. What with the
heat and the second great political
convention most people have steadily i
refused to do more than fan themselves
and watch developments.
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i ne exceptions nave been tew and
those moBliy of a festival character,
The Swedish crown prince Oscar who
is hero on a tour of Centennial and i
general exploration was in town for a
lew days this week and was the recipient
of a glorious serenade by the va- j
rious Scandinavian musical societies ot i
the city, whose singing was as much 1
ol a pleasure as it was an honor. <
The Nation Board of Trade, which i
is now holding here its annual session,
was on the evening of the 20th tendered
a complimentary banquet at Del- I
monico's. The roll of guests included
many oi the most prominent names in *
the business and political circles of the
country, and theae were as many good
things said as there are good things
oa?en. In its deliberations this year
the Board h?? laid nut !<-??
..* ?? X/<1 V av/i Minv>?IOn|i;il
twenty four ol the various weighty
anestiona now before the country, but
tnne far have disponed of a lew only. ,
Their exprctwcd view* on the silver
question arc strongly opposed to make
ing it legal tender in any large huiiu. <
On the evening upon which the re- j
suit of the St. Louis Convention was i
made known wo were treated to a fore
taste of next Tuesday by the class who i
either were politically pleased or hud
won bete on the nomination. Cannon
boomed, and rockete, crackers, torpe- i
does and the like made night hideous
with their noise. A large proportion
of our population are to brim full of i
y \ w.V
M* Y
TVn Indopor
ivayboro. s. c.. sa
"celebrate" ttii.H Centennial year iliat
they break out easily, ami having got
started ou Wednesday evening will
doubtless keep it up lor a straight
week.
The preparations for the celebration
of our 100th birthday are on a large
scale, considering that public interest
will centre more particularly on Philadelphia.
Although there is a sort of
corner in pv rotechnic* this season,
with higher prices than usual, the
sales are tremendous. In tire
cruekeri especially, the rising generation
rule the icost, and in spite of all
remonstrances on the part ot their elders
on grounds oi danger and annoyance,
tho boys stand an firm in defending
their rights and liberties as did
iiicir forefathers in the causa wliioh
gav? rise to 11)i*? annual racket. Many
is the Paterfamilias I've seen within
the last day or two traversing the
streets with suspicious looking handles
in his hands, the contents of which
he evidently regarded with mingled
(ear and disgust, but as evidently
standing in greatei awe of the youthful
wrath to come should he venture
to return home empty handed.
I doubt whether the oldest inhabitant
has over seen the (lag lever luge
as violently as at present. Never before
did the stars and stripes attain so
wide a cumulation. In all si/.es and materials
from paper to silk and from
three inches to thirty feet the national
emblem sticks out o! pockets, and
door ways, and windows, and waves
over coal carts and dizzy flagsiatls
alike. Nor is the fervor of this allembracing
patriotism satisfied with
displaying our own banner only; and
this to me is the curious part of it.
.lust why the present ot all times j
should he selected to make a iniscell ineons
display of hunting is a coiiuu
drum which is too many for me, hut (
the popular impression is that its a flag,
no matter what it represents or whether
it means anything at all, and that *
consequently the more flag the more
patriotism. The result is a rather
heterogeneous but withal gorgeous
display, and I presume it answers
every purpose.
Pfin.ADKi.riiiA, July I. 1
I don't believe it, was as hot. as this 1
1
a century ago this time. In fact 1 am ,
morrally certain that it was not. With (
the themomctcr hanging round the i
Centepnial figure Thomas Jefferson
never could have stopped fanning 4
himself and drinking lemonade long 1
enough to evolve the Declaration from
his inner consciousness; nor could the '
devoted hand whose autographs a p. 1
pear in that connection have worked I
themselves up to the pitch of reckless 1
patriotism necessary to make them 1
run their necks into King George's '
noose by putting their names to that
incendiary document, unless, indeed, I
they were so hot and miserable as to "
be perfectly willing to die. While '
then we, their degenerate sons, are
"weeping at every pore" we are somewhat
inclined to envy our venerable
predecessors their meierological condition
until we reflect that they at that
lime had never so much as thought ol
a grand Exposition, and then we at
once realize that we have got decidedly
the best of it.
As this letter -will probably not
reach your readers until alter the
great festival I will not occupy your
space with the. published municipal
and private programmes of the day.
Their character can as well be imagined
as described.
At the Lxmhitioti grounds the dai- "
ly proceedings go on as usual, the I'
bristling attractions ol the place con- k
tinning to bewitch and bewilder old 81
and new coiners alike. Last week I }i
spoke of some of the beauties of the Kl
liusdan metal work. Only a lilt lu I. s? t>:
admirable is the display of malachite
and J tpiw lazuli, of which there is a '
rich and beautiful exhibit, including ol
mantles, tables, clocks, vases, caskets, I'1
and a great variety of mantle orna- l<
ments. The fabrics of silver and gold "I
thread, heavily embroidered with
green leaves and vines in silk, surpass d<
anything ot the kind exhibited by the K
Oriental nations that excel in this sort Jtl
ol work. With regard to these Utter
articles, I do not praise them Iroiu a 1,1
merely male and consequently uuintel- 0
ligently standpoint. Standing near ?|
tne cases containing them I think I *v
heard a trifle more oA-iug and ahing
over them from the lair sex than over w
anything else in the place. Hacked up ( '
hu i)ii>ku ??x ftri'hsioiiM ol an. tl
probation, therefore, I can boldly as- t<
Kel t I he superiority of the cl?>ths in _a
question. ''
The Tunisian Section also con- ul
tains some beautiful work in heavy p
gold embroidery upon green ar.d orim- *
son velvet, in the forms of saddle. vv
cloths, cushions, table covers, slippers,
etc., tP.igree jewelry, jewel hilled dag? t!
gersj inlaid weapons, cloth of gold and ^
silver, curiously carved and painted
furniture, and a variety of garments "
and utensils, all glittering with a bar- ''
baric prolusion oi color and ornament. '
Here, loo, is ihown a large piece of ll
mosaic taken from the floor o 1 the "
Temple of Diana in the ruins Carthage, in
It represents a lion seizing his prey, 01
and ia for tale lor $5,000, gold. Con- ci
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n i:
lderit J onrnal.
TUllDAY, JULY 15,
sidering the (iniquity of thin piece as i ]
well as us intrinsic merit, the price is |
far from exorbitant; ami considering J
the scarcity of such object* in our |
finest museums this mosaic outfit not
to he allowed to leave lite country. ' *
Three times each day--:it sunrise, i
noon ami sunset?are the grounds en* |
livened hy tlie music of t he chime of bells ;
in the northeastern tower ol .Machinery
Halt. Those are the regular hours, but , :
the hells are also heard at other times j
according to the inclination of ihc j <
ringer. These hells, thirteen in mini* j
bor, one lor each of the original states, j i
weigh hi the aggregate 2 I ,n<)() pounds, , '
their individual ''belt" ranging Iron', i <
350 to 3,000 pounds. On the Fourth <
this noble chime with "America" on
Its iron tongues, will join the great :
new Independenee hell iu those tri- i
umphal picans which will roll sky- i
ward from the whole United States, i
None need to be urged to lend their i
voices and "Hod l?lesa our Native i
Land," Ironi the mouths and hearts ol
our forty millions will surge up to
Heaven blending with deeper meaning i
and truer fervor than ever before since 1
the glorious old anthem was written.
So mouglil it be. Next week I shall ;
write lrotn within t'?e second century I
of our national existence. !
1 i A 1 ?I V I 1
?*Kir|A|
UOVKKNOKTII.ITEN MAKES a M'KEL'II. \
11
lie Reviews tie Situation?Reform the !
Urout Principle luvolvcd in Jlte .Canvass.
Governor Tilden was serenaded at J
Albany on Thursday night by the
Iacksonian". Kive thousand citizens
uirmundcd the Kxeeulive mansion.
M;my private buildings ai.d the Argus
nilding was illuminated and decorated j
Ivilit Hag and Chinese lanterns. Large
lu in tiers entered the mansion to congratulate
the Governor. As soon as !l
ie could release hiinseli from tltese, he I
<tepped Out on the porch and add res. j
ted tiie concourse as follows: ,
(rcntlemen of the Jack*on Corps: I
ordially thank you tor tliis manifestn- '
ion ol your kindness. I do not forget 2
Lhut last year you enrolled me among 1
you as an honorary member. 1 regard (
with ant isia/U ion mwl v
? jM mv. j \;u f A Ul' I
iviit discipline and training us a mi It- *
airy !>?.>* 1 y. 1 recognize, tu yon many
representatives of tho workiugmen of i:
Albany, ami when I say workiugmen I I
tu Jim lorget thai in our country the 1
lumber who live upon the income of 1
what they have accumulated or inicrited
is extremely small, ami that a
early every citizen ol our vast Ue- J?
tiblic lives on the produce ol his daily
.oil. Ill America we are nearly ull 11
vorkingmen, Therefore the inieiest v[
md prosperity ol that class may almost *
je said to bo I lie interest and pros>erily
of all. No country which the J'
in it shines upon has had so many
ilessiugs as our own. St retching trorn l'
he Atlantic to the 1'acitie, and from :kl
he great lakes of the North to the
lull ol Mexico with a genial climate, .
vith fertile soil, with every natural
aid artificial facility for travel and u<
transportation, with all the arts and S(
ndustries of old civilization planted
ud flourishing amid the h uiudless ll"
uitural wealth of a virgin continent, <:4,
re ought to l?c to-day the most proseiutiM,
the most happy and contented ''
eople in the world. Hut what is our lM
dual condition? All business de. 1,1
ressed, every industry languishing, w
ibur without employment and the :l
roll at the door ol nearly every home
i the land, gaunt and hungry. [ Aplattsej
What is the matter? We
now tloit for the last eleven years, /,'j
nee the peau", ihe earnings ol labor
ml income of capital have been con
lined or wasted in governmental
xpetidilures. Tho taxes drawn from
ic people ol the United States have c
cen larger than the entire net savings
I the whole 44,000,000. These taxes J
live increased within a short per'od '
> four-fold, and its influence is fell '
pon every business and every home
iroughoui our broad land. What next lj,
0 we find in the public administrations
verywhere abuses peculations, frauds a>
nd corruption until we are almost th
L'ooming ashamed of tho institutions vi
1 our country, and instead of holding n(]
tern up as examples for imitation of
( pressed people of other countries,
e arc confessing them as a scandal in
u? eyes of mankind. What else do na
e find? We find ilit- office.holding fo
laws have become so numerous, power ho
it and unscrupulous, tliat tfiey assume w?
> control election*; and il the people ll<
re indifferent or at all equally divided
iey are able to exert a corrupt inttu- w<
nee sufficient to perpetuate their own tli
ower. At last we are reaching the nn
orst condition ol the countries of the
orld. The government no longer <*<>
xists lor thw people. The people
xisi only for the government. Our
'eiilcnnial produce is evils, license l*i
ml wrongs, to escape" which our ?'
neestors abandoned their homes in 24
u-Old World and planted themselves on
i a wilderness. Now, I ask, what is >>e
io remedy for these public evils, lor on
its private distress, lor this disorder mi
i Itchiness, which earrit s suffering iiti n I hi
.cry household? j A voice in the to
owd: '"The election of TtUienl" i
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1870. NO. 27.
| Applame. |
It is comprise I in one word?"re.
lorm"?rt'lnvm ol the public admin'strillion.
[Cheers.] I'pou this subject
I hen* is ;i diltercnco ol opinion. One
class say elect the nominees of the
party under which these evils have ;
grown up hy means ot the otKcc-hold.
ing class, which is interested in perpetuating
these abuses and wrongs,
adopt negatives on whom all the ownlending
factions could agree without
danger ol hat in to any or to the system
hy which they latum on the suUertngs
nl tlu' people. That is one opinion, j
There is another opinion it demands a
change of men lor the sake of reform
in the adininist rat ion.
Fellow-citizens, 1 don't intend to
argue the <|i:e?Uoih 1 intend to simply
mate it and leave it to your judgment
and to the judgment ol the people. I
inn heartily with you in sympathy and .
action; I am happy to meet you touighl.
1 trust 1 shall have uti oppor
In 111 < t>l sec4ng you J-ie.1 caller. jj_A
voice, next No\ember. Cheers. J Again
I hanking yon lor your kiml attention,
I In.l you good evening.
The bund ibeu flayed several airs,
uid the d atksohiiiiis, alter tiling past
die (fovei'ttoi and, shaking hands with '
liin, It'll the grounds, ltui the crowd !
einained nereally an hour alter, and
i constant, stream ol citizens passed
die Governor, paying their respects to
liin.
r.STKKVS JTO.VAIAM) ANNIHILATED '
IIY SltH X I.MII ANS
Irar# Figtlng of No Avail Against Heavy
Odds juid Ilrute Furoe.
Sai.t Tj.vkk, I'iaii, .Iuly 0.?A spec- |
al dispatch Ironi Still Water, Montana, ,
latcd duly 2, says: Muggins Taylor, (
i serou-t lor General Gibbons, arrived '
he previous night from Little Horn
iiver, ami reports that lieneral Gus
ar found an Indian camp ol 2,000
otlges on the Little Horn and inuncdiiiely
attacked it? 11 o charged tlie *
hickest part ol the camp .with live j
tompanies. Nothing i- known ol the
tperalions ol ltiin detachment except
heir eourst: an traced by tlm dead. <
Major liono, commanding seven s
tin r companies, attacked the lower
uirlol the Indian camp, 'l'he Indiana !
toured a murderous lire into our '
rpops Iritin all directions. General i
'i.ster. hia two hrothers, his nephew 1
ud It?k brother-in-law were killed; not I
ne ol his detachment escaped. Two c
umlred ami seven won were buried \
i one place. The number ol killed is t
siimated at three hundred and the I
'oumled at thirty-one. The Indians
irrounded lie no's command held s
iciu one lay in the hills until Gib- n
ons command came in sight, when o
te Indians broke camp in the night v
id leit. The Seventh Ilegiineut o
night like tigers and were overcome v
y mere brute loree. I
Tiie Indians loss cannot be cstimat- d
I; they got all the arms ol the kihed fi
tidier*. Seventeen commissioned S
lit ers were killed. 'I ho wholj Cus? a
r family died at the head ot their h
tin in n. The Indians actually pulled d
en oil* their horses in some iiitances. f
lie above report is continued by ro- tl
>rts Irom oilier .sources. The Indians It
imiocixmi iroin v2,.r)u0 lo 4,0(h), ami l
lieu they Ict'i the tiehl it looked like a
sloughlcr pen. ?.
cl)stklt's last iia l l'l-k. j
ull riisroitr of tur tracw ll
CAJiVAlOX JS MR SIOUX CO ux u
r 11 y. V
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Try's March and Custer's li.ittlo ? News
vvlilc Torrjr (\>ul<l no1 Blieve ?A l>c- ;i
ceptive, Claud ?f Smukc?The. Scene of i;
Barrel*?Bead in their War-I'aint? ol
Unntcr Slain in] the Midst nr.'liisjonicers. 1
Chicago, July 7.?-The following are ^
e latest particular# jegnrding ('us- ^
r's defeat, received from ukj mouth ol 1(
e IJig Horn, under date ol July 1st,, tl
a ivikmarck Dacota, July Olli. At P
>on on the 22d ol June, General vv
inter at the head of his tine regiment tj
twelve veteran companion, left the t<
nip at the mouth ol (ho Host hud, to tl
llow the trail of a very large hand ol G
lot I in skl/kll V iaaiki I ?t/? . . i... ? 1
nvin/ kiiwu At irniiiu^ tij? i I if I 1 VCI"| 7111(1 tl
fttwat k in the direction of tin? l?ig C
urn. A
The nigon indicate that the Indiana al
ire making for the eastern brunch of C
e Inat named river, nmk-d in the l1
ip an the Little liig lL?rb. At the fl
me time General Terry, with Gil>- 0
11*8 command of five companion ol L
iantry, lour of artilcry and the A
tiling battery, Btarted to urtceml the g<
g Horn, aiming to isaail the enemy
the rear. On the evening of the Si
tli, Gibrton'rt command wim landed I*
the rtouth side of the Yellow Stone, !>'
ar tlve month of the Jlig Horn, ami Nl
the 25lh wftH pushed twenty-three ol
les over a country eo rugged that w
i? endurance of the men was tanked fit
the utmortt. At
The infantry then halted for the 4x
ADVERT!.SUM JkJNTS
ItiM-itml :if fJ.O\> per Mjiurt' fbr that, ?i*t
|i iv cents Itirr.ieh snmc pient insertion.
<)|:e inch spjrte ?V III iMIJltitUti* .1 sqUa**
whether in k?rM icr or .lispD.v ies-? than
AH IWill lli' vll.ll^fil |i?| iw a S jWAIO.
Marriage notices free.
Deaths and Funeral notices free.
Religious notices of one square live,
A liberal discount will be liliiV to tlovj
whoso advertisements jure to be kept in lor
tin en months OI longer.
night, but tho department com it m In ,
with tho cavolry, advanced twelve
milea further to tho luouih of Iattlc
ltig Horn, niavolting until midnight
in the hope of opening communication
with Ouster. Gen. Terry had I-eon
very uneasy about Ouster, uh ho notitied
him ho would bo at tho -mouth of
<tho JAltlo Horn ou the 20th, and v. on v I
expect couriers front him. jS'o com vr
iiroiu*l'uHtor hud conic up to at ai y
ttoon on tho 27th ult. There were n
tugnsof disasler, l>ut Btgnsof an .Inds m
village near. The morning of tho '.'tjNi
brought intelligence by three badly
brightened crow scoutc ef<the battle of
the previous day and us results*.
The story w-s not credited, o At
w:vs uot-Citpeotwd that an attack \\.? II
he made earlier.than tlic27th ult . . i l
chiefly becausemo onti brln-vo
that such a force could havo nu t < <i ranter.
All day long the toils..i ,3
inarch was plied, auihevory -eye i>> . r.
upon a cloud ot sin*<kn resting on 11r 1
hill, which was hailed as 11 sign Mloct
duster was successful, ami 'had thu d
the village. It was only when uiigUtwas
lulling that the weaiy troops via/
down upon their arms. The infantry
had marched twenty-nino miles. The
march the next morning revealed, .it
every step, some evidence of tho conflict
which had taken place the day
before,
We were suddenly startled by a
messenger sent by I.ieutonrut Bradley,
who said that, while mavdliing np 'tho
left t.snk ol>the river, ho had come
upon the dead bod us* of 100 cavalrymen,
ami that there was no dotfbt -that
many more were in tho hills dose by.
It was an awful blow. The command
immediately halted,and (General Terry
and Gibbon withdrew for consultation.
When we resumed our march weenmo
upon the remains ol nn immense Indian
village, which seemed to have been
abandoned in great haste. Soon w ?
saw wounded Indian ponies; >thon dead
cavalry horses; then saw the head of a
white 111:111, ami next ft cavalry soldier,
with his head crushed nod an anew
sticking in hit* back.
We eatno to two Indian lodges mid
inside found dead warriors in full war
costume. Tho evidence continued to
thicken of a great battle having theou
fought. Tho ground was strewn evrywhere
with carcasseH of horses and
cavalry onuipmcnts, besides bull'alo
robes, packages ot diiod meat, and
weapons and utensils belonging to the
Indians. On this pail ol the .field
a as found tho clothing of Lieu tuna :itu
Slurgis and Porter, covered with
Millets, and the blood-stained gtointless
lelonging loJCulonul Vutes. .In it her
>n were .found bodies, among w bi^ti
vero recognized Lieutenant Mcintosh,
be interpreter from Foil lliee, and
Icynolds the guide.
Soon Lieutenant Jceobs, of Cifoboii-H
ta"fT, came spurring down like a mad
nan, for ho had iound licno fortified
n a iiill three or four miles oft, with
vhat remained of tho seven companies
f the Seventh, licno could uol fell
rhere Custar was. \Yrn passed r?vur
teno's battle field, and among <tho
ead men and horses. It was a arcadjI
place. Cdl. licno was soon found,
onto men actually shed tears over our
rrival. Col. lieno would have moved
ours before., as ho felt suro the I11ians
had gone, and thr.t relief <was
oniing, hut did not wish to subject
lie wounded u> itwo removals. The
ircc niarlied down .tho ridge t??
luster's baitle-tiold4in '-the inoniMig,,
bout five miles and a half. This
ra* the most terrible <>1 all scenes
et witnessed. On a spot of loss ithan
fty acres, one hundred and filtet'n
ivalrynien lay dead. On a knoll .in
ic centre <>l the plateau, and near t'U)
)p lay the body ol the gallant Gejvral
Custer, and near by linn, dlcvou
cad ollicers. Captain Miles Kcogh
n the right, and a brother, Captain
homas Custer, on the lcit, and ne:u?
fair boy, the General'* nephew,,
leed. A JittJe way off was the bo hy
I Iloston Custer, another brolhou.
he brothers b id falbin within a .f.-vr
let of each wt her.
On the skirmish line was the 1i?\y
I the General's brother-in-law, Linnmat
"Calhoun. Here was also found
10 body the Herald's special .conesondent,
1\el'ogg. Some of tlie bodies
rere horribly mutillated, though Genrul
Ouster's body was spared, il't .w
lougUt, tbu' uui a single man of Can's
forces cscaiK'd. The remains *\f
icjlollowing officers were reoogtwr.ed,
leo. A. Custer, general; Miles Kong It,
iplain; Geo. Vates, captain; \V'm.
hokc, first lieutenant and adjutant;
Jgomun Smith, first lieutenant; J)o Id
Mcintosh, first lieutenant; James
alhoun, lit hi lieutenant; Janus F.
otter, first lieutenant; Jienj. II.
tadgeeen, second lieutenant; JoJm J.
ritlciidcn, second lieutenant; JL>u.
Old first lieute-uant, United -Sta! h
rmy; JJcwali, acting assistant maiuon.
\V a?min?tok, July .7.?-Captain
imth, A. I). (J. to General Terry, sci.t
y him to J&isinark, confirms the rents
of .the scout from Fort Elite,
lontana. Two hundred and sixty-ouo
E the dead are buried, and titty
ounded have been carried from the
aid to tho steamboat in the Yellowone,
near which Generals Terry and
ibboa are.
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