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Show Another Card. The public should remembtr lhat the Provo Manufacturing company have already on hand some Sixty Thousand Dvliars worth of woolen goals, which they wUh to exchange for cash, wool and other ' produce. Merchants and others should remember remem-ber this and favor us with their patron pat-ron ace. The company intend soon to1 lend their agents to every lown and county in the territory to tke orders from merchants and others for their fall and winter supplies. Orders by mail promptly ittlendt-d to A tiOeral discount aHvic- il (0 the trade. a8 Tames Dl-nn, Sup't. THE RETREAT OF CROOK-A TERRIBLE STORY. Crook's expedition in camp no Heart River, Dakota, September 5, via Bismarck, Dakota, September 8. Since August 2-Hh this command has been employed in niarehiiu lo Powder river and across the country over O'Fallons, Cabin, and Bi-avlt creeks, lo the Little Missouri river, which we crossed on yesterday. This camp is about Iweuty-six miles eastward east-ward from that stream. Wet weather has caused much sickness and suffering suffer-ing among tho men. Excellent pas In rage has somewhat restored our horses, but many of them aro in a deplorable condition and must inevit ably break down. Crook followed the Indian trail all the wny, and is now convinced that lliu redskins have broken up, some heading towards the British possessions, but THE main lloby moving toward the Bluck Hills and tho agencies. At this point we are uhont 160 miles from Deadwood in tho hills, and have only two aud a h.II days' rations left. Fort Lincoln is nearly the same distance from us, so General Crook has decided to march on Deadwood at once. We hopu to find rations at that point. Otherwise wo must nut our spare mules in order tu net in. Winter already begins to show itself in this region, aud cold drouching rains harrass us continually. Nut a man : 'ol UiK command is prepared for bad weather, ao that should eold overtake us THE SUFFERING WILL BE IB TENSE. It will take us at least eight days lo make Dead wood. To-day Colonel Stantou and somo of the scouts came upon a email party of Sioux, but the littler tot away without loss. As a matter of (act this column is in an unserviceable condition, utterly unfit to do more than act as infantry. Tho horses are too poor and broken down for actiyo pursuit ot the enemy. Gen. Terry's column is living in comparative compara-tive luxury, while wo have marched almost continuously for a mouth on the I'OOKEST KISD OF RATIONS, and without so much as a shelter-lent shelter-lent to keep the men dry during this rainy season. This may be Bona-partean Bona-partean policy, but there is a vast deal ot difference between campaigning campaign-ing minus shelter in Italy and doing tha same in Montana or Dakota. Dysentery, rheumaliem, and fever Bro spreading among the eoldiers, and the sick bavo to be borne all the way Irom here to the railroad post, a Jifrtancu of about 500 miles, iu mule litters. All we need is a few snow-ilorin-j to make this column parallel, an a small scale, with niE HORRIBLE RETREAT I 'ROM MOSCOW. We have all else to make us as miserable miser-able as wt-re the French short ra-.ions, ra-.ions, used-up horses, a vast wilderness wilder-ness and a discouraged soldiery. As for the Indians, we have no chance .o make them fight unless they wish t. Marching on Fort Lincoln would lardly improve our condition, and alight tie us up there all winter. No ' uoro news can be had from Crook's jriadc until it passes the Black Uiils. Special to the Chicago Times. |