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Show THS 3LAC2 HILLS. Phil. Sheridan's letter to the mil-iiary mil-iiary committee of the house of re--' nroseutatives, published on the first page of the Herald this morning, w'll serve to stimulate the excitement in regard to the Black Hills country, ' and ircrease the already larje tide of immigration to the new El Dorado. The general is very positive in his .'.atcment, but hi testimony as to he wealth of the country is con-irmed con-irmed by all intelligent prospectors vho have visited it, to contradict which there baa been littlo or no reliable re-liable evidence, and setline; aside the mirveloua stDrics as to the mineral deposits, there seems to be no reasonable rea-sonable doubt that the region is a i;ood one (or agricultural pursuits, and that it ia well watered and tim- . berixl. Gen. Snenuan predicts tiiat northern Wyoming will be generally settled by towns and villages within the next five or six years, and in order to facilitate the settlement of the country he proposes to remove I the Sioux Indians to the Missouri river and establish two military posts on the Yellowstone river to protect the immigrants. This looks liko business, and if the government actively cooperates with the army the ruah to the Black Hiils this sea- i ' son is likely to equal, if not exceed, i . that of the exodus to California in It 19 50. Tills movement cannot fail to benefit oil tho surrounding terri-J terri-J torics, a3 in time many of tho immi grants will be likely to drift into Utah, Colorado, Montana and Idaho. |