General George Cio<*k, tn a private
tetter, April 17. ftuiu Wilcox, Arizona,
to a grutlemau in this city, concludes:
“I have Just returned from Mexico and
mid up to my eyes in business, so you
must excuse the brevity and haste of
this letter. Please reinember me to all
my friends in the dipirtment of the
Platte, and say that I do not forget
them. I shall always be delighted to
hear from yourself or any other friends
who may favor me with a line. Captain
Buutke sends his regards.”
The services of General Crook in the
department of the Platte are written
over all the face of the vast empiie he
opened up to the cattle kings, princes,
dukes, &c , in cow ponies’ tracks and
cattle trails, in farms and ranches, and
mines and homes of thrifty men, where,
before bis coming, white men feared to
go-
Kot Over Yet,
Wyoming’s great storm hangs on
with a grip which is as disagreeable as
it is tenancious. The three days alloted
for one kind of weather have expired,
weather regulitors have assured
us that the snow and wind would now
cease, the barometer rose to its normal
height, but In the face of all these
convincing proofs that its force is
spent. Hie storm king has the audacity
to linger aiouud, giving pedestrians an
occasional slap in the face and oc
casionally whirling a skift of snow
through cracks and crannies, while Hie
the mercury lingers lovingly around
the fret zing ;>oint. Yesterday the
barometer, after rising to a considerable
height, began to fall. While the wind
veered around to the southwest, from
which at midnight it was blowing a
small sized gale.
