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Show WASHINGTON. Yon May iio to Ilie IIIhcU IUIIm, Hut Look Out (ur Your ftcnlp. That Tall ;irl Must Ort Off l lie Stiver Join, and Lll wil 1 fellow Her Ht-ud. Washington, 10. Governor Bennington Benn-ington and Governor Edmunds of Dakota arrived here yesterday, and with Delegate Kidder, had a conference confer-ence with the president, General Sherman and Secretary Chandler, relative to the recent order closing the Fort Piorre route to the Black Hills. The order has been so far modified at the solicitation of Delegate Kidder, as to procure the issuance of the following follow-ing military instructions: Head an ai ten, army of tho United States, Washington, June 8, 1670. General P. , tJteridan, Chicago, illinois. Jr;dgo Kidder of Dakota represents that there are about one hundred tens of provisions at Fort Pierre ready for the Black Hills; that the commanding officer forbids them going. We have just seen the president presi-dent who consents that theso provisions provi-sions may be hauled out, but that no escort can be given. You may instruct in-struct accordingly. The? commanding command-ing ofbeer should sco that parties igoing out with tho train are armed and prepared to defend the train and to prevent its falling into the hands of hostile Indians. Judgo Kiddor has been very zealous in this matter, in the interest of tho territory. (Signed) W. T. Sherman, Gon. In addition to tho abovo theso gentlemen gen-tlemen say they havo assurances as thoro are people to feed in the Hills responsible parties who undertako to protect themselves will bo allowed tn 1 take in subBistenco over tho Missouri and Fort Pierre road. No military protection, huwover, will be furnished on any route over or through tho Indian reservation. The director of the mint has for somo time past been arranging for an Improvement in the devices on coinage. coin-age. The principal olmngo will bo the substitution of a cianxic head of Liberty in tho place of the sitting figure on tho ohverio sido of silver coins. Among the callers on the president to day was ex-Governor Bullook of Georgia. |