Show I 1 cirii P JUSTICK JUSTICE JUS TICK OF 01 in ajo ujo mcbride Nc Bride formerly congressman from oregon has re tins appointment from the president t asi iu we ire arc i indebted to tho the operator for ill the C 1 following loning fol 11 i 11 i mud springs 1030 p m feb ath 9 1 th the expedition lias has just returned we ove overlook retook tho the indians at the mouth of rush creek fifteen miles below here on tuesday night we camped on the gi 1 I aund and were busy all night in M mr r king preparations by digging rifle pita etc tho the next morning at daybreak indians indian commence commenced a to cross over the platte on the ice below and above we were fully prepared to mee meet tanal and gla them a warm reception we immediate ly corralled and after exe exchanging banging a fe few shots they soon became sick bick and ivere obliged to re cross for four hours we ire had ad a warm time aud and it is ia evident that all til the c hostile indians concentrated and around us yesterday was waa not loss less than abart from 1000 to 1500 1300 warriors we tool the aerens defensive ire at first arst and then thea pressed them back and before night drove them across the liver again la in the nic meantime antime their main body began to move towards the hills bills north of the tha platte for protection at one 0 clock only a few could be seen and they were evidently scouts left to watch our movements at 2 p in we came up the be platte ten miles where our command was stationed part were ordered to fort laramie and the balance to mud springs thence on to open communication with julesberg lesburg Ju which will be done tomor to mor row both both officers and men have con dilated themselves admirably 1500 indians have been punished and driven off with only soldiers with a bloss loss or of only two killed and twelve wounded a few of whom ire arc r wounded seriously while the indian lo loss qs is from forty to fifty killed hille and wounded mud mild springs 1230 feb the expedition left mud aprin sprin springs gs this morelo morning for Ju lesburg to open communication ni with tile the eabe which I 1 think will lie be accomplished by tomorrow to morrow sure we vo sincerely wish theta them success the now new york tribune of december gipps its opinion of liow hoir we ire were saved from 1 I 1 european recognition of the confederacy in the fol loning if we are arc not na misinformed it will in due time thile be suffered ered to transpire that we were saved from a formal E european european recognition tion of the southern Conf confederacy ederner by the timely issue of president lin coans initial proclamation of freedom at ali close of ef McClel lans peninsular campaign the governments of france and england professed to have become satisfied s that independence of tile the confederacy was a fixed fact and were wera concerting concerning conc erting measures inca for according in an early admission of the new power olivcr into tho the family of nations we believe but are arc not sure that our government wes was confidentially apprised of this determination so early as september if not in august 1802 1862 and that the more con condery sery active members of the cabinet if polled to advise adi ise i were fully reconciled to the issue of th the e aforesaid proclamation by their knowledge of that purpose that ahat issue save gave pati paulc c to the powers and when it had been follo followed ived by tl alie I 1 e proclamation of jan 1863 it was found tuat that the public opinion of tho the more intelligent middle class through throughout olli western europe would be shocked by the recognition which would be a virtual it alliance with the slave power the confederate envoys were apprised of the serious obstacles which apprised ba had been interposed to a with their desires and advised to promote mote its rem 0 vall through some form of emancipation but I 1 they did not aidt on og rather could not achieve what was desired bo went on as we hava seca |