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Show NO NEWS IS GOOD NEWS. It is regarded by some as remarkable remark-able that wo have no recent news from either wing of the army operating operat-ing againat the redskins in the north; but in this case it is likely that no news ii good news. Before this time General Crook baa doubtless been reinforced re-inforced by the infantry from Camp Douglas and is prepared to form a junction with General Terry, if that movement has not already taken place. Had another fight occurred news of it would have speedily reached the telegraphic lines, both through Indian and army sources. The absence ab-sence of late news is therefore a favorable favor-able incident, indicating that Sitting Bull's command received more fight than they bargained for on the 2oth ult,, and have retired to a new base of operations greatly demoralized. The difficulty may now be to find the Sioui again concentrated in as favorable favor-able a position for striking them a hard blow as when Custer and Reno attacked their village on the Liltle Horn, and it may require considerable manceuvering to get at tbem at all in force. By this time couriers from General Sheridan have probably reached Crook and Terry, with information infor-mation as lo reinforcements and instructions in-structions in reference to the reorganization reorgan-ization of the campaign, which may delay active operations for some weeks, and the absence of news from the front under these circumstances should not occasion anxiety on the part of thoae who have friends in the army. |