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Show EFDGIXJ TIIEJ1 IS. I T:oops riociilii"; to the Kct-iie ol Emiiiiti l rouble n. San rranciseo, 12. A Boise cilj dispatch eys General Howard arrived this morii.ug. He eooo learned tne -ituaiion and came to the conclusion that be will tLiass his troops at Sheep ranch e, on the A innemucca ruai', tnke the field himself and make his: heauqjrl;-iS temporarily at ll.e: ranche, where he can uae tbete!e-i graph. C'ionel Whipple, in command com-mand of" iwo companies of cavalry, now this Bide of 1'ayette, will be turned on the Middleton road, crow Canon ferry on the Boia" river, and French John's ferry on Snake river, ! and then over French John's rnnd to; Camp Ljoun, and thence (o Sneep r.njolje. ' jor Downey and Captain Miur :"r, with one company ot infantry in-fantry auj one of ca'.,ry from Camp Harney, are expected at Snake river to-morrow, and will keep um tbt-soutn tbt-soutn side of the river and take the Sucker ciudk rnad lo Sheep raucbe. Major Stewait, in command of eighi companies o. infuntry, nombeiiLig about 2-30 men, nn-.y vat tin thirteen mileB ol Baker ci-y, will cn up tho nurto side c-f Sntt r.v r jnti fulluw MejorDowuty and MtG.i'gui'e trail, unless the situation change? and other orders fullow before they arrive. Gen. Gruver will go to Bty Camas prairie witb Cap'aiu Bend ire V company, which will prooabiy arrive here to-morrow. He will meet U. 1 Snford snd Sumner with two cm panics of cavalry there, and trill Frnut the country. The commandi: g utbeer at Fort Hall has been requested tu seud a force this way dinct, to :meet Gen. G rover on Big C-imas Colonel Bernard is on his wiy lu mucca road. Orders have aiao been sent to officers at McDermit and other points to furnish guards lor itagp, and as far as Doss'ble protect travelers and settlers. A Winuemucca dispatch says par ties who arrived bere thii evening from Paradise valley farming district, i thirty miles northeast of trim place, : report that armed ranchers are assembled as-sembled at K-emler's store, anticipating antici-pating an attack by Indians to-ntuht or tomorrow. Another military company ia being organized here tonight to-night to take the field as soon a-arms a-arms and ammunition can be re ceived from the state authorities. |