Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, October 19, 1875, Page 1

Che dhicago Dailp Tribune. VOLUME 29, CHICAGO, TUESDAY BILKS. PICTURESQUE WIRLD, SCANES TN TANY LANDS, Walt and sea this interesting and without exception he most sumptuous epecimon of” buokmaking in America, This beautiful work, now beiug_ publistiod in parfs, has been in active preparation for the past two yoars, It will be lluntrated with one hundred graviog on ateel, and ovor aix_ hundrea wood en; ings, by the most eminent European and Ame; artists,” Firat-clasa men can ascure tereitocy by apply- g to . J. IFFITO8, 126 and 123 Dearborn-st. (ESTES & LAURIAT, Doston.) Bret Harte’s Novel, “G:ABRIEL CONROY," Dogine in Bonraxsn's MowriLy ron Novewnen, The opening {a said by the critica to Lo very powerful, it Iu a terrible picture of & starving camp, This ts tho anthor's firat novel, and it {8 expected to attract wids sttention both in th{s country and fu'Enropo. Tho sdie ton of Noveunen Sontonxn will be 73,000 copies, to bo Issued Oct, 10, Tield, Leuter & Co. 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Full lines in stock of our own manufacture. ‘Wo are propared to make Shirts to order in ocight hours, when necessary. LSON BROS, MEN'S FURNISHERS, 67 & 69 Washington-st., Chicago. Pikes Overn Uonse. Cincinnatl, o bave full Unea of Dent's, Trcfousse, and Cour- ILLINOIS TRUST Savings Bank, 122 and 124 South Clark-st. OAPTTAL AND S8URELUS - - - §526,000 Pays 4 per cent interest on Trust an& O per cent on Savings Dopos- MONEY T0 LOAN Ou Ch roy improved and nnimproved, fn ario or st .;.?i'nn;".l;} Coreent rtee, . D HAR ortage Loans, e e togon-at. SWELT CIDER. EXTRA CHOICE Sweet Cider, Barrols and Half Barrels, by the car-load = or'-fin:la package, for aale by HAGER & SPIES, Recont advantagoous purchases aablo thom to ofior UNUBUAL, 101 South Water-st. BARGAINS in theso dopartments. In Low and Medium Prico DRESS GOODS! THEY DEFY COMPERITION ! Lgh'. sasortment now is MOST EXOBL- NT, in prices ranging from 12X0 to 60a. Early Examination Roquestod. ~ JCEAN NAVIGATION. 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(opposite new Sbnasn oy 3 o Y DIRECT LINE T0 FRANCE, egoralTransatlantio Company's Mall Bteamships Minven N \’{En 5d Havro. e plondid veass:s on route far 1ho Uontinent (bein L3 arory wore southor. i Z‘F‘...:.'.'" other), will sail from Pler No, " NortnRiver, | both of Chicago, they will hereafter uo s general hards ¢ woad lumber buniness under the firm naweof Georgs. [f +Batardar, Oot. 18 | £ 'Whito & Co., at the old stand, 00 North Sangamone Nov 3 | at, where tuey be pleased to sse thelr old cus- tomers and friends, a8 herotofore. il ncluding win socordlog (0 acoowmodas Yards 122 to 132’ North Bsngamon-t.: aleo tha ::mcr 1, Totura tokots ot rednsed block bounded by Bangamon, dlergan, Carroll, and Blear; superior m mods| Kinzie-sts, .n":d.r.‘:.'.';:';: TAthout extrs sharee, Sfoaine: CRIoA00, Oct, 1, 1875, @Eo. E, e RO G R N 8 o borgmay, N.Y. | EAtabliahiod 183 FIED, T, ADANS, DYEING AND CLEANING, DYEING. 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Public Notdce is heroby P08t on the lat of Novembor next, the M?’:x:n tho salo of 1874 will be raised (ormerly Mrs, Ggdea and German Boarding dies and Obidren, with calisthenics, T hth-at,, New York, Reopens (v ba i - ia by latiar or rarso No, 17 West Bort.fl. A ont, andon all certificates iasned " ::"!n Presont sale 5 por cent per month will J & E. ATKINP?(},YEWO %ed until further notice. e ANOTIN, i -‘TH KP a D Oul (IHN K. R WATK! . B, — | Jij . erge, oet p, ;5 HAYES, Comptroller, phize uumhffigug:&r:. Pallis, _— - . - 1ENNA, CORDOV o ¥ . FRAGTIONAL OO R, oY g:x:fi“h.ys-\un ) Brvt-class dodlers ibrough J. & B, ATKINSON, 8 0ld Bond et., London. F“’Vfl‘%:. i New York—ARNOLD & M LIEoRAS0 guaranteed by TRADE BETOTET TR, L L oL IS $6.00 Packages PRACTIONAL CORRENCY IN EXORANGE YOR Bls of Natipnal Currene, SHIRTS, A Good Bhirt, 1.50 A Good Bhirt, §1,75 A Good 8hirt, $23,00 TRIBUNE OFFICE R | and Day Bcbool for Yonog La- INDIAN AFFAIRS, Synopsis of the Report of the Red Cloud Investigat- ing Commission, - The Charges of Incompetency Against Agent Saville . Sustained. They Recommend the Government to Put a Better Man in Hiis Place, No Frauds Discovered in Con- nection with the Beef Contracts, But the Pork and Flour Men Have Swindled Govern- ment and Indians, Ex-Secretary Delano and Commissioner Smith Let Oft Easily. The Latter Alicged to Iave Been Neglectful in Some Instances. Sweeping Changes Recommended in the Management of Indian Affairs. A SHORT SYNOPSIS, TOL RBED CLOUD COMMISSIONERS' REFOMY IN BMALL COMPASS. Speciat Dispatch to The Clacaao Tribune, Wasmxaroy, D, C., Oct, 18.—Tha report of the Red Oloud Invostigating Committea i3 pon- derous dooument which would ill twenty col- umpa of this paper, aud the ovidenco accom- pauring it is contained in 8 volume of 800 pages. Tue charges of Prof, Marsh as to Agent avillo arosustained, and bis immediato dismissal reo- ommended. Hois charged with an unpsrdona-~ ble disrogard of tho moneyed interest of tho Governmeat. The omployos st Red Cloud are characterizod as ‘incompotont, wortbless, and drunken, The Commissloners aro in donbt whether tho ocoumeration of ths In. disns s correct. The system of koep- iog acconnts is loose and dofoctive. The provision of Art. 10 of tho treaty of 1868, which provides that an army ofticer shall superintend the delivery of annuity goods, hae boon utterly distogarded. The Commissioner uf Indian Affairs even avowed his ignorsace of any such provision. The Commission approve many foaturos of the distribution of anuuity goode. ‘The Commission fiud that the beef contractor, Boslor, waa honest aud not a Aliof, &8 charged by Prof. Mareh. The olalm 18 mado that tho beof for Indians {s obtained at & rato much be- low that for the srmy. The Commussioners mako tho following BECOMMENDATION : ** Wo would earncstly recommend that, from army officers atationed at tho nearest military camp who are already under the pay of tho Gov- eramant, who aro, genotally, mon of education, integrity, and compotent skgl, with no arduous duties to perform In tim& of peaco, an officer should bo from time to time dotailed at each Agency, and under the direction of the Com- missary-General of the Armv. toinspect and aocept or roject all beof offered by coutractors, aod report bis doings ; that tho Ageat beal- lowed to recoive none except ow biw certificato, and that 0o voucher be paid that does not boar the Ioapector's slgnature 1n its approval. As reonrity for his integrity we have the known high sonse of honor among military ofticera and the court-martinl for sll delinquents. A BPECUMEN FOAUD IN PORE wan by a contractor named lavens. On thoday when ho purchased ‘extra primo’ in Chicago for 817 per barre), the prico of measin tha sano market was $24.37%¢, o differonce of €787, snd on the t+0 days whon he made prrchases at $15, the prico of moss was 819,373¢ and $10.50, reapectively, s difforenco of $4.37%¢ and €4.50. It ‘appears, thorefore, that, if “wo- tako &5 por barrel as a fair average difforenco of tho vaiuo botween the two grades of pork, the Gov- orument ought to recoive at least £H00 moro in valua than has yet been rofunded.” A% TO TUE FLOUN, the Commisaionors charge Hed Cloud with do- celving Prof. Marb, They sav of tho flour: **It was of a peculiar touch, ag to give at once the mdprouiunlhst it probably tad been adul- terated by Red Cloud with the fine wbito sandy clay which largoly composes the soil araund the Agoncy, This * fmpresslon is contirmed by & clemlcal ~ analysis which wo rocured, and which rovealod, besides Lo usual jngredionts of wheat flour, eand, fron 28 oxide, unfirsulphurln acid. the sand amount- ingto8 por cent of the whole eample. The presenco of so largo a percentage of foreign substances scoms conclus| \-el{ to prove adultera- tion, and in the absence of all ovidence of any other flour at the Agenoy contaning such sub- 8tauces, wa were forced to the conclusion that Red Cloud s usqonnlulo for tho imposture piacticed upon the learned?Profossor.” TUE CALUMET, Greator caro In the soloction of tobacco ie recommondod. . FREIGHT CONTRACTS. ‘It Ia racommended that D. J. McCaon, of Omaba, be forbidden futuro contracts from the Goverumont.,” ‘Tho Commisaionors say it 18 certain that, during a portiomot the time before sho removal of tha Agenoy from Platte, McCanu transported freight over the new route, which is univorsally couceded not to be more than %) miles, and yet charged and received pay from tho Government at the rato of 143 miles, Chis {8 not tho only act of McCanu which hea sttractod our atfention, 1o (s slgo chargod with haviug roceived $14,375 for trannporling of goods wheu he should have had but §5,117, 'hoy add: **Tho charge for the service rendored is a0 exorbitant and uorea- gonable as to shock the moral sensn of auny man who looka into (ke trausaction, ‘The papors iu evidence befora us bear upon their fuce such un- mistakable evidoces of fraud that we recom- mend tho reference of this subject to the De- pariment of Justice that measurcs mav bo taken to inve restored to the Qovernmant what seems to bave been #0 unjustly and fraudulently takon fromt." The Commissioners say of TUE WILD 8IOUX d ** Thev should becompelied ta go to thair reser- vatlons at ouce, nal alone becsuse they are bound b treaty to do ko, but because it i for their good. ‘I'he older men among the Bioux realizatbe lnability of their tribe to war succous- fully against the whites, bat they bave been o~ casiomed to be humored in their reasonable ca- rices, and bired by presente to do even what is yar their sole good. "The youug men sesall this, aud, bolieving that they are niore numerous tban tho whites, attribute the muniticence of tho Covorument to fear on its part. ‘We suggest that a dwplav of forco suflicient to correct all theso false Impresrions in the mivds of the young mon—to carry the conviction hamao to them that the tima for their arrogant dictation of the lplu:u where lhey will be fed upon the bounty of the Goveinment has Passed—would prove a measure of ecouomy."” A HARD FINISH. ‘The Commissioners flnd Beciel nocent and iguorant of fisud. U Delano lo- y severely criticize the looseness of wiministration of the Comminsioner of Indian Afairs, and o pose the tranefer of tha management of the Il::dlln»to tha War Department. They recommend the employ of a lawser 1o protect Indinus in overy Btato and Territory whoro there aro Indinus. e SAVILLE'S ADMINISTRATION, INCOMPETEN Y, Wisnixotoy, I, €., Oct, 18.—Tha followlng is 20 analysis of the report just made by the Com- mission composed of Mousrs, Flotctier, Harrs, Faulkner, and Athierton, appointed to fuvosti- Rato and repart on tho chargoes of mismanago- meot and fraud at tho Ited Cloud Agoncy made by Prof. Maruh: The Joint Commiasion for tho investigation of affairs &t tho Ned Cloud Agency lave closed their labors, and submitted a report to the Prea- ident and to the Board of Indian Commissiou- ors, by whom they wore appointod, Adoptiug Prof.” Marsl's letter o tho Prevident, set- ting forth charges of fraud and misnanago. ment in Indian afairs, s their startiog. point, the Commisnion take np hia allenations Aeriatim, exaunniug all availablo kotircon of ovie donce, aud ecrutinizing rocords aud docu- montary proof which might, in their judgment, throw any ight upon the aubject. Tho priuted teatimony 5o taken comprises mors than %00 oc- tavo pages. Tho Commission mustsin the clargos of H OFFICIAL INCOMPETENCY Dieferred against J. J. Bavillo, Iudian Agont at Red Cloud Agency, and recommend hia removal, but cxonerates Lim frow unputations of dia- bonenty, and point to bim 88 one Iudian Agent who gaon out of office a poorer man thau when Le entored, With roferonco to tho charge that tho number of Indians &t the Ked Cloud Agency have been grectiy overestima.ed for the purposcs of frand, the Commiwstouers notico tho fuct that army ofhicors coucur with T'rof. Marali in lus bollof, and that there wero not 0 wany thero s had been represented, but i support of the chargo opiniou merely has boen oftered, Tho cuumeratiou of tho Iudiana was attended with great dittiouitios and delays, such as their dotormined opposition to bising counted, and tho fact that the northern or wild Indisns woro liablo to visit the Agency and dowaud zoods and raticns, Tho consus of last year showa that thore wero 15,423 st the Red Cioud Ageney. Thoe result was believed by the Com- mussioners to Lave been obtained by the bear means within the command of the Agent. ACCOUNTS. Tho Commiesion tind that the system of kecpiog sccounts at the Agenoy was exce;:tion- aily louns nud defective, and for this tho Lodian Oulice fa jusily cousurablo, Thoy aluo obscrved thiat tho pravision of tho treaty of 1863, reqar- iug the presence of an army officor at alf issues of goods, Liad beeu utteily disregarded, but could not concludo from that, in the absenco of uther proof, that fraud had been practiced, Tho apecific allogation that, on tho 12th of Novem- ber, 1874, tho Indiany wero charged with thirty- soven tales of blankets, while only tivents-five sere issuod to them, is ) ronoannced to bo wholly without foundation. . i BEEF CONTRACTS. PROY, MARSI'S CHAROES INVESIIOATED. The question of boef formsa vrincipal part of thoe report. Tho annual expenditure for its sup- ply 18 latge, and the frauds cbarged in connee- tion with tho contracis are commousurate with “the magnitude of tho sumn jnvolved. In taking up thin subject, the Commission rocapitulate J'rof, Marsh's chsrges that tho cattlo had been very loferior, owing to systematio frauds prac- ticed byA gonts and contiactora ; thot, u conze- quenco of fraud and mismanagoment, tho lodinos suffered groatly cfiu(ug tho a8t wintcr for food; that Agent ville withliold fiom them provisions which ho chiarged agamst tho Goverument as baviog boen 185u0d to thom ; that trauds in weights aro consuminated by direct collusion betwoen tho Agent aud the contractor, and tuat oqual ras- cality in&mtiem in regard to the mumber of cattlo; that anothor fruitful sourco of fraud 18 TUE BYSTEM OF STAMFEDING, and $hat theso franda have boen gigantic and long, and systomatically oconutioued. Prof. Marsh's pamphlot partakes rather of tho natare of mnarcument than n pure presentation of facts, and 10 roviewing thoso sevoral charges the Commiesion flnd thnt uo Las based his con- clueions more uvon hearsay evideocs than on peraonal knowlodge Bad well established facts, ‘I'ho charge that Agout J. J. Haville and J. W. Bouler, with hus assistants, combioed to defraud the Governmont 44 found tobo eutirely nusup- orted by facts. In support of hia charge Prof, [arsh atludon to tho contract for the [sst tlscal year, and argues that it was tainted with ¥RAUD YUOX ITd INCEPTION. Tho contract, it apnears, was awarded to J. D. Foreman, who was the lowest bidder, and who complied with all the published roquirements. Bubsequootly, for buuiness reasons, it was as- a'guod to W. A. Paxton in order that a combina- tion might be formoa to carzy ot eo largo o con- tract. Alr, Boelor furnished the cayital and pur- cbased the cattln in the name of Paxton. To oxocute such a contract at ao low s rate with success aud profit required capital, skill, and businens capacity, and, in cousideration of those, whuch Bosler coutributed, ho was eutitled to re- ceive the greator share of tho profits, The Com- onesion failed to discover in all the facts noy evidouco of fraua in tho matter. In the samo conuection Prof. Marsh speaks of Mr. Boslor as notorious for Irands in previous coutracts, and for thia reason shiould bo oxcluded from furihior participation in Govornment con- tractu. In oxamining the facts bearingon thls alloga. tlon it was found that Alr. Hosler has himself at various times had contracts with the War aod Indian Dopartments, and that e nover was re- fused a contract when his bid outitled him to it, but has always boen awarded a contract for which Lo was the Jowoat bidder. It Lias not been shown or attompted to bo shown that bo Lins vio- lated any provious contract or been s party to sny frauds upon tho Government. Mareover, ho has bean awarded n cuntract with the Indian Ollice thoe presont year, The Comuission BAy thoy flud this charge WIOLLY UNSUFPORTED, and nowhere bas anything occuried to warrant them in ragarding Mr. Loslor as other than an houeet mau lu all his buainess trunsuctions, His pasticipation in the contract of Soth Maury, for tho eupply of beef to tho Bioux Agepcics for this yoar, is shown to bo a .m\llmflnn @ment. to that proviously men- tionod, 4 -uder =hich he purohased 33,000 hesd of beef cattlo, which aro now beiug deliv- cred Lo the Agencios by Bosler in Mabry'a name, and as his agant, ‘I'ho circumstancos which led Prof. Marsh to tho supposition that Agent Havillo was in collu- #i0n with 3r. Buslor to defraud the Government and Indlany by false deliveries of cattla ate fully analyzed 1o tho report, and illustrated hy many facts aud Rures. It appears that on tho last day of September, 1874, m delivery of several bundred head of cattle was made to tho Agency, and that during the night, iu the midst of a vit olont storm, they lum{m ed, and 478 were lost. In conesquenco of this loas THE BEGULAR I88UX WAS INTERRUPTED, A clerical error in the Agent's book st about tho samo time represented subsoquent isnues tu Lavo been made to the Indians on other daya trom which they actually oceurred, AMr. Bosler claims that of the 278 Lead that wera lost ooly 150 wout back to his herd on tho Itiver Platte, sud au oqual number of substautisily the same #izo and value were afterward returned to tho Arcot b{ Lim. Theso facts wero fully reporied by Saville to the Departmont in December, 1874, ai a time wheu 10 frauds, 8o far as app bad beou imputed to bim or the contractor. As thota voluntary stalements mado thon are the vamo ns thess now given in the testimouny, the Commiesion feel compelled to accapt tholn us trne, aud they aro of opinion that tho jmputation of dlshonoety put upou Dr. Bawille fu cleating the Iudiavs out of tho iswne, ropro sented Lo have been mado Nov. 8, 1874, is with- wut foundstion, THE NEIT ALLEGATION of I'rof, Marsh (s, that, in pursuance of this de- sigu to defiaud tho Iudiane and tho Government. Busler dulivered to Bavilla cattle so swall and lean as Lo be unfit for beef, which the Aaent ac- copted aud receipted for; but m\'elni;ltmn Te- vealsthe fact that this charge rests solely on the statewent of Red Cloud sod two otber indians, though sought ta ba strengthened by certiti- eato of Gou. Bradloy, Capt. Mix, aud l.teut. Hay. ‘fhe testimuony shows that ou tho Uth of Novowmber, 1674, thoro remained iu the Agency berd seven hLoui of cattls which wre rald by all who saw thew, and admitted by Dr. Baville himself, o bave been poor, small, and sltogether uniil for boof, but that they had evar baeu recelpted fo: to the cootractor, or issued to the Iudians, sa ated by Red Cloud, is by uo mesuy eatablishied. Hed Cioud olaims thas shoss OCTOBER 19, 1875. faven Lioad wore & fair sample of tho cattla sup- Piind to the Indiana op ordinary issns-davs, but thero s ovorwhotming evidence that the great tmli of tho cattle celivered wera fully-grown cons and oxen. From all the proofs the Com- misnion are satisfied that the seven head wero never rocaited for or issued by tho Agent, and Toie not o fair sampla of tho catils isstied at the Agency, ‘Iho fact of Agent Saville having ro- ceived thouo inforior cattlo into hia bera, does not necernarily imply that he raceipted for them, dbo ioterents of tho Government aro not luvnlvt(ll until after iho cattlo nre receipted for. Bavills admitted that ho had raceived the cattlo, hut deuled baviug recoipted for them. Owing to & coofusion of idees, Prof, Marsh ropresented the Agont as having receipted for themn. fis mintakn was in confuunding tho twn words, recoived ¥ and * roceinted.” 1ho certificate of tho threo ary oflicers iy FQUALLY IKRELEVANT, for. in the firet place, the soven head inspected And estunated by them had been rejected, and formed no criterion by which to determine tho Aveisge weight or condition of tho herd of Which they wera the remuant, and, in tho kecond place, tho mode of their endeavoring to arrive at tho avorage weight of thosa cattle dofeatod thair ownend, "Two of tho oflicors guossed at tho tat weight of the meven heml, whilo a third suprosed 1t wam upon gross weight their opinious wero to be given, and mado bis eatimate accordingly, 8o that when the sum of their private concluaions was sdded and an average rtruck they liad reached no natisfactory result, and formed no reliable deduction, Avother charge of rrof, Mareh 15, that Dr. Baville intentiounlly receipted for greater num- bors of cattle than wero dolivered, nud th their welghta wero largely overcstumated in the recoipta. © Ono iustance, adauced a8 proof of this i that on the 14th of Navember Dr. Saville rocelpted for soveral Lmundred head of Texaw cattlo at au average woight of 1,043 pounds, whilo the truo ~weight did not oxcced, in = Prof. Marsh's judgment, 7a0 pounds, which Lo consdered 'a liberal estimate; thas all the cattle of that herd wore wretchedly paunt aud thin; that o tajority of thew were small: fbat wauy were vearlings and weslawags, aud not a fow weak and decrepid. ‘T'ho testimony ou this suvject is very voluminous. uud fuvolves the gencral quortion uf the weight of through Texan cattle. The Commiesion entered into this investigation with tho idea strougly im- proscod upon their minds that no ordinary berd of Texas cattlo could average anything hke 1000 pounds. On their way from Cheyenno to the Red Clond Agency they saw cattlo of this clasy on tho ranges, aud estimated their weight at from 730 to k% pounds. They were not prepared for the actual aemoustration which they wsubsequautly witnessod st tho Agency on the 1ith of August, whon $77 cattlo wero voceived und weighed. The scales wero oxamijued by the Commissioners, aud bal- anced by one of therr number beforo the work bogau. Al tho 377 cattle were weighed, “Ona of tho Commissionors took down tho weight of each draught from the acale-beam, the other mouwbers boing pres- ent carefully watching tho procoedines. The average weight of the herd proved tu be 1,008 pounds. Mauvy ringle steers WEIGHED MONE THAN 1,200, end somo over 1,300 pounds, Toev were all driven from Tesas durivg last spring, and ar- rived ot toe Plaite daring June and July. Wizn tly evidence, the question of tho coutract r's ability to furniwh cattlo of the weight of 1,000 pound and npward scomed to be settled. but in oraer that the Commismioners might be certain that this lot had not been salected for tha ocea- sion, threo davs later, on their way to Hpoited Tal Agevcy, thov wede & detour of about 3 miles, and visited tue contractn's largo berd on tho Nebraska River, whicl herd contained 5,500 bead, nud they piovea to be of the mawo class aud of about tho ssmo overage size aud weight as those tuor bad seen delivered on the 1th. The Commissioners caueed all the catie to be driven before them, and two members of the Commis- son rodo tbroagh their whole bord. reattersd over the plain, carefully uoticiog many hun- dreds. They were fullv sotisfled with the result of thoir observations in tha. respect, and sav that if the cattlo which they saw wero fair sample of tho cattle which liad been deliverad to the Indians of tho Red Cloud aud Spotted Tail Agoncios dutiog the threo yoars, the Indian and hin friends wbould bave LITTLY CAUSE TO COMPLAIN, and they oxpress an earnest wish that all the Ia- voring people of the country could ba ss welt and ua Liverally supplied, THE FUEEMAN CONTRACT. ‘Tho repcrt next reviews tue Freeman contract for tho year 1874 for tho supply of beef to the six Sioux acencics, At the request of the Commisuioners, Mr. Dosler presented for thoir privato ueo an mbstract from his books for that rear, showing the nuwmber of cattle pur- chased, dolivered, and loat, cost of herding, in-, cidental expenres, amouut of capitsl cmployed, sud uet protits reatizod. The total cost lo the Goyerument of .beot for tho yoar was S700,858, and the not profits to the contractor, 117,510, ‘The Commissioners were satisiiod from the ovie dence that that profit was porfectly fair and legitimato, They say that if great frauds in weight have been perpetrated at Red Cloud, sim- ilar frauds must bave been practiced at all tho other agencies, and to assumeo this requites that thoy should find that all thoso six agents, their clerks and aswistants, the contractar aud fus aasociates, asustants, sud bLerders, combiued to cheat both the Indisus and tho Government, and that sll shared, directiy or indirectly, in tho bonetits of tho fraud, It may be 1n accordance with the current of the present popular feeliug to adopt this conclusion: but, denling as they do with proofs, thoy are forced 1o say that FACTS DO NOT BUFTORT IT. They camo to tho same conclusion with roferonco to the contract for the promsnt year, and moroover they are convinced that during the years in questiou all catlio were rncmref] and receipted for at their actual woight aud bumbers. As an affectual anewer to tho com- plaints concornlug small and loan cattle, it 1 proper to stato that it is for the best interost of the coutractor to buy cattle which are as largo and in as good condition a8 could bo, inasmush 88 ho purchased them by the head, and is solling them by their weight. Of the issus of Mav 5, 1875, while it appeats that the,cattlo wero not equal to tho averago, thero 18 1o ovideuos to sho tuat n(:{ fraud way Ppracticed upon tho Indisus or the Uoverument. Prof. Marsh's charges of fraud Rrowing out of a eystom of stampedivg, outailing groat los- ‘ed on ‘the Indians aud the Government, are found also to bo based also upon information ouly, and not on porsonal knowledge, which in- formation is found Lo bo incorroct. Tho stato- moot 1 Reshaw's certilicate that cattle which had beon stampoeded and returnod to the contractor's herd were delivered to ttie Agency and receiptod for a sozond time has not a shadow of founda- tion, oxcept n tho fact already atated, that 150 woro roturned, bue woro oot roceipted for s sacond timo, 1In concludlng this brauch of the subject, the Commisslou say that uotwithstand- ing” their careful aud exhaustive 1nvestigation thoey found no suflicient ovidence to Justity the conclusion that frauda had boon committed by tho Agout or contractor, The Commission recommend a8 an adaitional chieck, that tho dolivery of beof be superintonded by an ofticer detailed for the purpose undor the direction of the Commiesary-Goeneral of tno army. — OTHER CONTRACTS. TORK, Flagrant fraud waa found in the matter of pork coutracts. D, L. Blaveus, pork contractor, was found gullty of fraud in furoiebing GO0 barrels of pork of & grade vastly interior to what ho contracted to deliver. ‘Thev recommended thoe removal of Inspector L. R. Threlkeld, who passod tho pork, and the excluslon of Slavens from all future contracts in sny dopartmaent of the Goverument. They cannot scquit Commis- sloner Smith from veglect of respousibility in allowing & clerical orror in & contract to pass (ko Indisu oftice, which roudered fruud possivle. ‘1he matior was compromised by tho dolivery of bacon o make up she differonco of value i the pork received and thut coutracted for with little losa to the Government, The ogiginsl contract called for mess pork. but by a clerical error the word mesa was owitted, aid the contractor took advantago of this fact to furnish the lowost grade of pork, which tba luspector passed, ¥LODR, The Commission also tiud that flour of an in- forior quality, which Maj. Loy was directed to spect, slipped througn without mepoction, and 80O t0 the Ageucy in & manner which Las uot been wxplaiued, but they couctudo tuat the depart- meut crred in swarding the contract for flour 1o J. H. Martin, who was a mere speoulstive bidder witbout business respoumbility. An aitampt at fraud was also discovered on the part of D. J. MoCanp, by puttiog 83 pouuds of Sour in pach : torview of Prof. Marsl sack, which was raquired to ¢ THE BUOAR, COFree, furnished to the Indians wero of low grade, bu: 1edlv so, Aod no abune was ever discovored mattor of their supply, Red Cloudienidontss + *iterated four and picked out bad grams in +* <" g up tho samploy he gave to I'rof. Mawst, =, The Commission recos inetead of letting conten’ = s flour in tha City of Now York, thoy ba les .* #nmo sutabie point in the Went, where, In tho Vailey of the Miesis- eippl, Amonk extensive fouriug-milly, it 1a be. lieved an active compatition may ba created. aud flour Lo obtaiued of a better quohty and nt cliesper ratos than is now furnished by tho widdlemen or apeculating contractora. Whatever suffering thoto mav havo beon smong tho Indians was traceadin tu their own impovi- dence and the moverity of the winter, inatead of any delinquence an tho part of the Govornment. Thin suftering waa belioverl not to have bean ox- treme excout in the cess of Asomo remots banuds, wha resorted to killing their ponies for subaiste cue, ‘0100 pounds, ACCO vernment il that hereafter, TRANAPORTATION. Lxtensivo frauds woro discovored which had Prowo vut of traoeportation. 1, J, McCann, o heavy freight contractor, bad overestimated tha distauce from Cheyenno to Red Cloud well s qnstatod the number of teams and days ota- 1y hum in removing (he jroperts of ‘the Red Clond Agency from the old to ity now location. They recommond that logal pro- ceedingn b mrntuted a;ainet bim for tho resti- tution to the Goverument of tho monev thun fraudulently obuined. The Commiemoner of Indian Affairs tuirupprehended the logal foree of the ansuzement by wiiel he allowod the soitle- menut with McCaun sinle the question of dis- tauce waspending. Tha Commiaion call atton- tion to the fmiolicr of tho tiove: nment in allow- log the Red Cloud ang wed Tatl Agoneies to remsin no far away ffom evers point of railrond and nivor transportation. Tie wingle jtem of transportation to thean Azencics wmonnts to tioarly 150,000, o kutn about eqaal to tuo entirn cost 10 the Wentern markets of tho provisions transported. ‘They angeest that the timn s pwet when the Goverument whould purchaza poace truw tho Indiaus, —_— DELANO AND SMITH, TUEY AR LET DUWN Lasy, Prof. Marsh's charyes againa the Secretary of the Interior aud Comtmnissioner of Ludian Aifairs, the Comnmisaton say. if proven, ought to #ubject both oflicials to impeachiment. Tuez fouud, however, that tho Secrotary of tho luterior per- sanaliy lias but little connection with any of the contracts made tor Indian service, or with ad- Justment oud payment of accounts returnablo to that oflice, The Commirsion were unabie to learn that the late Secrctary was consnlted or hud any direet ofticisl connece tion with any of the contracts relut it to the Jted Cloud Agency, or that he had auy odicial counection wiih any of tho acconnin pre- senied for pavment at the Bureau, except thowo wlhich, if aliowed there. and 1cjected by the Board of Indisn Comminsioners, tecessarily cawe before im for flusl aljudication. The or.gtiual voucho:s aud pagers uion which elaims sinunutieg 10 nearly 850,000 wero ordored by tae Sec.ctary to be paid WERL CAKEPULLY EXAMINED by Messrs. Flotcher and Harris, of the Commin- sion, who reported that noue of thew hid beon rojected by the Bosrd of Indisn Comimission ers ou the ground of frand, Lut wmainly beeattsn of 20me technical duiicalty, or an honeat divorsity between thoir oudy sud tho fudian Bureau upon_gome ques- tions of law atig.ng in these cased. Thoy furtaer reported that {1 0o wetauce wero any such pave weuzs made withont having been submizted to tho law otlicer of that Devatment, sud met with Lus npproval. Recairiug to the payment, oy order of the late S=cietary of the in.crior, uf an account of #14,375, clauned by D, J. McCann for the removal of the Government stores and other propeity from choold to the new Red Clond Agenes, the Commission sny they can regard the account in mno other light than as iniquitcus aud fraudulent, and aad that it might be unjust to condemu the late Becretary for its payment, as there is no assur- suce that the coruificate of the Agent, J. WY, Daniels, accompauied the vouchers of McCaun, With reference to the charge of OFFICIAL: DELINQUENCY AND CONCEALMENT OF FRAUD, the Commigsion lsarued of but thres occasions wuen tho attention of tha besd of tue Depart- mient was called Lo the ezistence of any avuscs and frauds at the Bed Cloud and Bpotted Ial Agencies. The fist inatanca was that of tho prosentation of tho report of Mesnrs. Ketnble aud Alferd, whick was laid boforo tho Intatior De- partmont on tho 1t of July, 1874, and which lin- 18 its exposurs= t0 the Spottod Tuil Aganey. The irregulanities sud corrujtion theretn 1d grow- iog ont of Agent lsley's msmanaoument led to the recommendation of . spocial 1y est ion, and suspousion of his aocunnts, outdtandung vouchers, nud certificates. Thoy also exposed tle fraudulent charactor of the Graves trauspore tation contract, lo accordanco with this recom- meudation, J. W. Daniels was deputed to make a special investigation st tho Spotted Tail Agen- cy. Mr. Alford fiuds fault wlih the Secrotary of toe Interior for bavivg intrustod that investiga- tiou to Mr, Daniels. ho having just censed tu be 8b Agent at St, Cioud, and could not have ex- vosed iu dotail the irregulatities and corrupiions ofhis neiglibors without implicating bimsell. The Commission canuot comeide i the f0100 of this objection. They find Mr. Dauiels has long beld important trus:s in couvection with Indian af- faurs, without, 50 far a3 appears, auy ssesult up- on his caracter. Jir. Dauiels reported that af- ter a full iuvestigation ho did not tiud that thers hed beou suv more supplics reccipted for than wera received and issued to lodges a8 numbered by the Indians. He confirmed the frandulons charactor of tho (raves contract, which sy ac- cordingly beon repudiated by the Departmeut, THE BECOND OCCARION was oo tho report of Samuel Walker, who® was sent uy the Board of Iudian Commissioners to 1uvestigate atfars at tho Rea Cloud snd Spotterd Tail Agoucion, ‘Th report was gl uufavoratle, and as Boon as the Secrolary recelved & copy of it he appointed Bjshop Hare Cowmmissionor to thoroughly invesiigato the facta embraced 1 the wpectal report of Mr. Walker. After moro than s month's invontigu- tion they mado an elaborate roport, exouerating Agents Ravill d Howard from tho charges of fraud, and declaring the adoubistration of their respiectivo Agencies doserviag of commeudas tion. There does not appoar, the Comuirsion eay, in any of tho tronsactions above referred to, and which oceusred Lmur £0 tho perwonnt ine with the Secretary of the Iutorior, auy evidencs that this otiicer bad been lovg sware of the abuses of the Indian Agencies without making a sincers effuzt to u vestigate and roform thow, IN THE TUIRD PLACE, the Commission come ta tho imputation of want ot putlic zosl wmanifestod by tho Secrotary of tho Iutetior in rulation to the abuses and fraude which Prof, Marsh sought to imposs on him, In disposing of tlus delicate branch of quiry thoy present tho accounts given by both shese gen- tlemen respectiug the iuterview, but deaw no conclusion, In Lis accaunt. tie Becrolary says bo earnestly requested the Professor to furnisly bim with sich_Information ns ho bad, and with all the proots o could cail up ssinet tho Ageut at Bed Cloud, whbich, huwever, Prof, Mareh de- clived to do, 'Tho iuterviow took place in the Socretary’s oflice st Tequocat. Prof. Marsh, ou_h.s yart, eays Lo told the Hecrotary distctly that 1f" an Investigating Committes was appoiited he would pive the Comuu-sion the specitied information ta his pos- eeasion, but, on tleuking it over, coucluded ho must keep the information to lumsell until af- ter the Cummittoo was appointed, COMMISSIONER bMITH, The Commission report that thov bave seon pothing in tho course of their investigation that «ould load 1o any othnr concluwun than that the tresent Commissioner oarnestly and eincerely desires to porformy s duty faithfully to the country, ‘Fhiey havo oncouatered no transaction which custs tha least sbhadow upon bis poreousl or uilicial integrity, but met with mauy wurked with that 9, WANT OF VIQILANCE, B astuteness, and decision of character which beluug to the bead of that important bgreau, ‘Thoy think 1t was inescusablo to porwit 80 long a period to elapse without xeceitaining the procise distance kwlm;cu the ratrond sod tho Ageucles, espocially na contracts for freigutiug wero based upou an ugreed cowpensation per wile. It was an vrror to lot 8t New York those contracts for wagou LrauSportas tion ; also to pay McCanu the full amount of biy traueportation claun whils the distauce was in disputo, rolvibg on s LW CcONLTACE 1O COV- er uny possiblo losses Lo the Covernmens; also to authorize Dr. Baville so soluct an inspeot- or ot tlour at Chioyeuuo: slso to supply pork to Indians 1atead of bacon, 84 the furnlshiug of pork iuvolves the noedicss cost of transporiing NUMBER 55, the brine and barrole, which form one-third of tlie gotiro weight. 'The Commission find, how- aver, that thero hias baon IMPROVEMENT IN THFE INDIAN RERYICE nnder Commiasioner Smith's adminatration, Contracts are now toroe faitbtully oxacated, and recont aupplios have beon of an unexcoptional character, —_— CONCLUSIONS. TILE THUE PoLicY, The tempor of tho Indians has undergone s very favorable chaugo toward our poople. The Irou haud of tribal sovroignily is rapidly woak- emug, atid the day hna gono by when s formid- able Indian war can ever again ocour in thia country, e Commission ofter somo urseaat orseavaris on tho result of their reflactions upon Indian affaira. Thoy believo the timo Las como when the policy forcshadowed in tho recent act of Congrers” agninnt further troaties with tho Indians - eliould o vigorounly entoroes. Tho Indinns should be treted as 1ndie sidual ubsbitants of the Republic. and thas the abanrd fletion of tribal rosteignniy bo abote ished. “Tho Commission express ratig- faction al tho successinl oparation of tho #ehools kud tumeions smong the Indiaus, recoge Hizing firet tho great necersitios to civilzation e intelugencs and tndividusl respons iliey. Tha community of property now exmting in ihe tribes iv n warious clieck on eflorts (o Letter their condition. Tho Commirsion recommend THE CSTARLINIMENT OF FOURTH for the aumivigtretion of justico among thy Indiaus an places where their numbor warraut 1. They eriticise the existing oath stipulation which escludes whita peoplo from thi rorya. tioun, thus preventing ruch coutact of [nliaun with tho futluencee of " civilization as wou- . tenc to impresa them favorabis witlh it a8 an aew-ann. ul stimulus toward thoe deired end. 1t i3 recom. mended that mado clothing taio tho pluce of blaukots In Gavernmont supplies to tham, A DOLUER FOLICY in the treatmont of tho Indisns is recomumeuded. becanso tho fndians balievo tha t conduct of the Government towarde dictated by cowardice, W.th all our m.nie 1their hebalf, extending toan annoal ot. penditura of 5 000,00, no_sentiment of grasi tdo touchen their hoarts, ‘Fhe Comminsion lool howevar, with difavor upon thoe pro;ositiog that management of the fndian affaira bo trang. ferred to tha War Department, thongb thoy think the presance of military oflicers at tho in epection atnl delivery of enpplies would bo de tizable. ‘Ibe sucgesfion is thrown out that the young men ot Aneadly tribes might bo ntil znc a8 Boldiers in tho regions occupicd by tho Ine diany, especiall; 1 co: the Commiemon re dationn, ny.nel CLESION, ¥ fatn their racommon that Axeut Saviiia bo 1omuved bt LW B Siavone, T, HL Slariiy, aed D, J cCaati be escludod from futare coutracts witthe Goverumen that E. R et keld bo excladed frum all fiure om;lovient a8 Ins ector: that McTanu's counta be referred t) the Dopastmen: of Justico that the distauces from the kied Cioud and Snotted Tail Agencies to Chosenre end Sidoey bo measnred without furthor delay; that a now censuy be taken of Sionx at hoth ‘those Agen- cies ; that bids for tlour, clotbiuvg. nud wagon tiankportation Le recorved at some suitable pont in tho West: that the oflien of Suporintendent of Indian Agencies Le abobshed, and the dutioa connecied thorowith be transfared to In- #oociors; that tho feasibility of dispans- ing with railroad treight contractors from New York 1o the West bo considerod ; that nrmy fficers bo detailed to iuspect Indian supjlies ; that the systom of keeping accounta bo improved ; that Iudian Agencios bo graded with roference to the ualaries of tho Agent; that tho Red Cloud snd Spolted T'all Ayencies bo ro- movod uearer tue M.ssourl River ; that a Com- misslon of army o licors bo anpointed to consider tho propriety "of ormanizing on lIndian sol- diery for police and similar daties; that & ‘Territorinl Government bo established over Indlan Tormtors: that suitable persons be aopoiated 10 prosecute tor all wrongs agatust the Iudisus, and defonc thoir rights as far as they may becoms tho subr Ject of adjudication before tho courts, and that futuro legislation bo shaped with a view t¢ bringiog ludiaus uuder the same laws whick govern all other inbabitan:a of tue Repuvlic. ‘Tlie reporc 18 vigned by Thomas C. Ilatchor, Beujauun W. Harris, Charles J. Faulkner, and Goorge W. Atherton. Benator Howe, the re. maining member of tho Commission, attended only a part of the {uvestization, and was nof present to participate in the prepatation of tho report, and his name does not appear amoug tho siguers, —_——— INDIAN TERRITORY. LICLUSIVENESS, Oxxvraze, Ind. Ter, Oct. 18.—The Creek Natioual Council, now iu sossion, has passed an act to prevont tho citizens of tuo Crack Nation, or those residiug in tho nation by permission, omployivg citizons of tho Umited Btates as laborers, or for oy purpose, nuder a penslty of 300 fino for “each offense, tho pur- pose bemng to rid tho mation of so wany Intruders from tho States. It ia tho duty of the United Stales nuthoritios, througl its Agent here, to romove thom uuder the law regu- Intiog trade and intercoitrse, but thus far bo has fwled to carry oug tho wish of the Indisus, al- thouzh autborized to employ troops for that purpoze. Theclass of people secking a tem- porury biding place from the suricunding Sistes to avoid arrost from the authoritios in thuxe States Lias long beon o matter of complaint, and 1t 1 supposed thoy will be obliged to leave it they aro vot allowed o work for their board, as wany havo done horotofore for n fow days in s place, theu steal a horso and Jeavo, Tha Coun il bave appointed a Commisslon to confer with Hpecial Uvited States Commissioner J, P. C. Blanks to offoct & sattlement of THE BOUNDARY QUERTION, & bono of contoution botween tho Croeks and Rerinoles vinco tho lattor were. ocated whera thoy now are, on Czeek soil, by reason of a mls- take i tho eurvoy on the part of the United Statea, Saveral ‘offorts havo beon made hero- tofote to sottlo this diffculty, but, as the Umted Blates woro only willing o pay the Crooks 50 cents per acre for land, thoy Wero unsuccesstul, The Crooky aro now willlng 1o sall at &1 por acre, and in this cauo tho trouble Will probably be settled, It will roquire about 175,000 acres to arrauge tho mattor satisfactorily to the Creeks, —— TEXAS, Clash Betweon Stato Judicial and Fede eral Milltary Aathorittes, Spectal Disoatch to Tha Chicavo { ridune, NEW OnLeans, La., Oct. 18.—A fow deys Bgo, wn attempt was mado by the Shenff of Kinney County, Texas, to serve four capiases upon Gen, Rufus Hatch, incommand of the nulitary poss in that county, but the Qeucral refused to bo ar- reated. ‘The Bheriff drew his revolver and throatened to ahoot the Gonoral, but Hnally with- drew withont his prisoner, ‘L'ho fant that Gon. Hateh refused to recognizo the authority of tho Dintrict Court of Kiunoy County caused conaid- erablo remark in Lexas, sud Judge Ware made it the subject of a report to Gov. Coke. It appoars that uen, Hutch bad come lu cofision with Judgo Ware wlilo in command on tho o Grando some timo sgo, and that, when Uea. Huteh was 1omoved to another teld of opora- tions. {iuy, Coke travsferred Judge Ware to tho district which included the Geuoral's jurlsdic- tiun, as e betloved, to annoy him, He ‘was jus- titled in refusing to be aireated by the faot that b tho Unied btates laws lio biad exclawiva juris- diction ou the property of the Government, and uo Stato procoas could be sorved, sxcept Ly bis perunssion. It scmy, however, that thie Genoral bas cbanged s nund tho subject, ad 8 wpecial 0 the Republican of to-dav's dato says that information has been ro- ceived at hoadquarters that Gen. Ratch hasgiven Loud for bis appearance so suswer any charges Agaivgt hum at the next term of tha District Court of Kiunoy County, which bas been sccept- cd by the Bheriff, Gen. Hatoh bas also appliod for orders, which have bevn issucd by the Gena eral commaudiog, for him to go to Brownsville and aunswer Iul charges that mav be pendiug azainst him in the District Court-at that place, Gen. Ord is absont from bis headyuartars at Sau Antonio an a visit to Fort Clatk and Fore Duu- can, but will return Thursday, MusicaL. Bostox, Oct. 18.—Von Bulow, the German plauist, gave the first of his public performances in America here this avening before a lszge audi- ©n0e, and made & moat favorable impressivn.y, on