Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, December 26, 1876, Page 6

Agency, b THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE: TUESDAY, DECEMBER 2 1870, THE SIOUX. Report of the Commissios of Last August. Agreement Made by Them with Various Bands of Red Men. Arraignment of the Government for Its Bad Treatment of 1ts Savage Wards. Indian Wars Brought About by Aggres. slons on the art of the Whites, Recommendation that the Sioux Be Grad- ually Removed to Indian Terri- tory, & + dod thal Indian AMairs Re Mannged by an Inde. pendent Department of the Gosernment, THIE SIOUX. REFORT OF THE GOVERNMENT COMMIASION. From (ur Oun Correspondent, Wasmxartoy, D. C., Dec, 23.—The fact of the successful lssuc of the Commission sent in August Iast to treat with the Stoux tribes of the Dlack Hills country for the relinquisbment of the Black Hills territory to the United States, has been made known to the public. But the :report of the Commlission, which is quite vol- uminous, covers many matters of interest and suggestions of great importance to the proper and peacefal solutfon of the Indlan trouble, and are worthy of more extended notice, All tho members of the Commission particl- pated o the negotiations, except Gen, H. I Sibley, who, on account of lil-health, abandoned the journey across the plaing, leavlog the Com- missfon at Omaha. 5 »__The first council bield was with the Chiefs and Head-Men of the Ogalallah Stonx end Northern Cheyennes and Arapabocs, at the Red-Cloud Ageacy, representing 4,001 Indiana then atthe The Commlssioners were met withn wwarm welcome by Red Cloud and other Chlefs, ~—Red Cloud saying, “We are glad to sco you; you have come to save us from death.” The conditions of relinquishment requlred by Cong gresa were submitted, with the assertion from the Commissioncrs that they had no authority to chango them. It wos nssumed that the Pres- ident had glven tho Commissloners full author- ity to devisc o plan to save thelr people from death and lead them to clvilization, THR PLAN SUBMITTED * to the Indlans was: Flirst—To provide amplo means for thelr sub- slstence till able to support themsclves. Ra- tlons {n all cages to be [ssucd tothe head of cach scparate family, G Second—\WWhere sald Indians should belocated on lands suitable for vultivation, rations to be glven only.to those persons who labor—the sick, aged, and intirm excepted. Third—Whenever the Government shall es- tablish schools, as provided by the treaty of 1868, no rations to be issued tochildren between 0 nnd 14 years of age (the sick and infirm ex- cepted), unless sald children shall regularly at- tend school. Fourth—Whenever any ons of the Indlans shall fn good falth begin to cultivate the soll, he shiall have a title to his land, and recelve aid to bulld a house. F{fth—That they shall be subject to the Iaws of the Unlted Btates, and elect a8 many Hena- Men from each band, to maintaln order, as the Presldent may deem necessary, 4 Sizth—That nll Agents, traders, farmers, car- penters, blacksmiths, and other employes of the Government, within tho reservation, shall be lowfully marricd and liviog with thelr families on the rescrvation. Seventh—That no person of white or mixed blood, whose fitness, murally or otherwlec, fs oot, in the opinion of the Commlssioner of In- dian Aflairs, conduclve to the welfars of the Indiaus, shall receive any ULenefit from this agrecuient or former treutles, and may be ex- pulled from the reservation, AGREEMENTS MADE. These conditivus were carefully cxplained and toroughly understood by the Indians, and a topy was given them to take to their own:}uunml. The Judians were in Council on Shadron Creck autl tue 14th of September, when the Commis- slonera requested wn answer, Little-Wouud :ame to the Agency end sald: * You are wise mep, and you have lud thne, Our Councll may not seem of much fmportance to you, but to us it scems o very scrious maotter’to give up our country. You must bave patience and bear with - us.” Councilswere ield onthe 19th and 20th of the month, when, after nutual explanations, the agreement was duly signed. Subsequently the samc srrangements were made aud syrecmient ned with the Chicfs of the Brule Sioux, rep- resenting. 4,607 Indlans; Upper and Lower . Yanktouanis, Blackfoet fllcux, and Uncpapas, representinie 2,04 Indians; Sans-Arcs, 1wo- Kcttles, Minneconjous, und Blackieet 'Sious, 2,420 Indlaus; Lower Yanktonais, 1,213 Indians} 1 &\“nr Brules, 1,002 Indfans; Santee Slous, 833 ans, wu e 20th of October, Mesars, Boone aud Daicls, of the Commislon, took o delegation of Red-Cloud’s and Spotted-Tall’s Indiaus Lo the Indian Territory, By theugreements procured, the Commission have secured to the United States_the relin- quishmient of all the Black-Hills country, cover- ng uearly oue-third of the permuuent ‘reserve, or about 2400 square milea of ‘terr.tory, Wit tle right to run three roads through the Indiay” Territory, with Agenclea eitlicr on the Missouri River'ur In the Indiun Territory, as may te niust deslrable, The Indians of the Mlissouri River, except the Bantecs, objected to vislting the lndiun Territory, snd o clause was ade exempting them frum that part of tho agreement. , ARKAIGNMENT OP TUE GONEUNMENT, While all the Indians received the Commis- sloners as Iricnds, and lstened with attention to the propositions, the Comnissloners were pafofully impressed with thelr lack of confl- dence fn the pledges of the Government, They reated thelr wrongs received at the handa of the whites, arruigmng the Governinent forgross ucts of injustice .and “fraud, for trestles made only to Lt broken, und causing the Commlissions ‘ers 1o haug their heads aud be sitent (rom suame snd humilistion, This arrafznment was ull the more telling as It came from the lps of ey Who were friends, and who havo hoped against bope that the day night come when their Wrongs should be redressed. . One Chief suid; “It you white men hod o country which was yery valuable, which had always Selouged to your people, and which the Great Fatiier hod promised should be yours forever, and men of another race came to take it nvm{ by force, what would your people dof Would they fignt]" Agother said: *I am glad to see you; you sra our fricuds; but I bear that you have ‘come to move us. Tell your people that, since the Grent - Father promlised that we should never be re- moved, we have been moved ve times," [le added, with bitter drony: 7 think gou Aad better put the Indians or wheels, and you can run them about wherever you wish,” Again and agaio the Indinns referred to the present Indlan war, and salds Tl the white + weople that it {s not au Indiun war, but o white man's war, A great many widuws and orphans Lave been made oo both eldes, It Is time to sk, Who is to take care of them? ~ This matter has ot been bet:uu with ]udgmem_l_und itls Jdispleasing o the Great Spint.'® his talk, suy the Cummissioners, made them think of the words of Jeiferson: Y1 tremble for my couns try when [ remember that God s just, ! THE CONMISHIONERS ABE OF OFINION that the Indians can, for the present, iud homes b the Miscour! River, but do ot believe they %11l ever become o self-sustalning people there. They donot think {t would be sdyieable at Ere:uut to remuve the large population of the loux to the Indfan Territory; but, in view of the fucts that it s the only valuable cogntry upon which the Indians can be Jocated, thut this couutry has been set spart by the wost solemu guarantees as the future home of the Indfaus, that to opeu any part of this Territory to the white settlers would be a violatlon of the pation's phighted faith, they thiuk {t would be just aud” humaue to re- . move to thia Territory, from time to time, bodies of the Sloux who'are ready and prepared 1 Jve by ur, They alsoreconimend that the Upper Yuuktouals, ut Standing Rock, be jomed o the Yauktonuis ut Cruw-Cieek A; ency; alvo, thut tho Brulcs, speaking the sutne anguage, be located on the Usage reservation of the Indlay Territory. TUE PRESENT CONDITION of the Sloux fs such as to awaken the dekpest tyinpathy, They sre one of the tinest bodics of ‘Tuthuns on tbis continent, 1f uny of thew bave been chanf(cfl from frlenida to relentleas foca, [t must not he forgotten that it {s the stmple out- come of aur own Indian trafning-school. They accupled the greater purtion of n_territory ex- tending from the -\“"mlyvl River to” the Roe Mountalns, und from the British Postession to the northern boundary of Kan- g, In 1925, by treaty of rrlnnd!lbIE‘ the Oga- Inlinhs, Tetons, Yauktons, und Yanktonals ad- mitted that they were residine within the terrl- torial limits of the United States, a.knoil. cdged its supremacy, and clafmed its protection, which was uledeed, and the United States ngreed to extend benefits and kindnessea to them. In 1851 Immigration to California scross the Indian country made a new Lreaty neves- sary, which was done, and by it peacefn) refa. tions were established wnd contirmed. The lu- dians coneeded to the United States the right to muke amlitary or vther roads across thelr country, and the United States agreed to make full restitution for uny wrongs committed by thic whites while passing through thelr country The Government agreed Lo pay them $50,000 @ year or thty years. Subscquently the Senate cut this terin down to ten years, wWithoul suo. mitting the propusitiun Lo the Indians, who bee 'feved the ortzinal treaty was {n torce, [t has heen more than ten ?'un since Lhis approprias tiou vensed, and it fs believed this hreach of fajth wuas the cause of the Powder River war. Alter referring at Icnfign to the Mixed Com- mission knowb as the Peace Commission of 1567, and their report, which was another ver. d.ct sgainst the Government for disturbing thelr peaceful relations with ihese people. the Commissioners state that that Commission was compelled, siter il investigation, to unfess the nation's shamo by the facts which they then reported upou. n the light of recent cvents, the Commission- crs say it may well be asked, OY WHAT AUTHORITY has war been Innugurated with the Sfoux In- dians, and their property seized without discrim- ination between friends and foes, contrary to the express provisions of the Ordinanceol 1737, and when our own people and . the whole civil- Ized world know wa are the oppressorst Untidl last ear these Indians had the right to hunt In Western Nebruska, and the Commilssiuners believe that the failuce to recogmize this right hos led to many conflicts between citizens and the army of tue Unfted States and the Indians. After golug over the history of the Custer expedition to the Black Rills, In 1374, ogninst the protest. of the [ndians and thelr frienas, and iu violation of treaty, the discovery of old, tha rush of white men to this new Eldorado,~and stating that, notwithstand- Ing all these violatlons, no open war ensued un~ til'the Indians learned that here they bad o country of untold value, which, by the lntrusion of the white race, was about’ to be wrest~ cd from them by force,—the Commis- sloners go on to wive a Llistory of the reaent Indlan war, the causes which ncited {t, and to exculpate from blame the Indian Arents who have been charged with fur- nishing the hostile savages with ammunition, arms, and supplies, They state that, durtng the greater part ot tho prescut year, there was a scarcityof provisionsatallthe Agencies,andthat the Indiansleft the Agencies, withthe knowledze and congent of the Agents, to procure food, and for no other reason. There is water-navigation 8,000 miles through the Terrlmr‘{‘ and an un- mrded border of several nundred miles ntong the Canadian frontler. So long as the Indians will scll buffalo-robes at a low price, and pay two prices for yuns, the greed of white men wiil furnish them. “The absenco of these Indlans from the Agencics when the recent census wns taken {8 llable to mislead Congress in_making estfinates for tho future support of the Sioux. The Commissioners say: *Wo hardly know how to frame in words the feclings of SIAME AND SOHROW which fill our huarts as we recall the long record of the broken falth of our Government. Itls made more sad in that the rejoicings of our Centennial {enr are mlnflcd with the wail of surrow of widows and orphans made by a need- less Indian war; and that our Government has expended more woney in this war than all the relizlous bodies ot our country have spent 1n Indisu missions since our existence as a vation," After reviewing our Indian policy from Its carliest lnuufinlon down to the present time, and ofnr over all the evils that have grown out of t, the Commissioners submit that the remedy for the evil i3 not to be found by again lacing the case of the Indiaus in ne War Department, It hod this duty for more than threequarters of =& century, and, during the whols period, there is no pn:g: In the hlstory of our Fndlrm manages meit upon whicli our recollection can linger with emotlonsof pleasure. If we intend to have peace with them, thelr managoment shiould be Intrusted to tno Civil department, The babits and tastes of the oflicers of the army ara foreign to thosu potient labors which aro necesaary to lead u snvage race to civilization, The oflicers of rank and experlence, who may in some degreo be fitted for tuls kind work, would not accept the post; and It is moro than likely that this responsible position would Le either {ntrusted to junlor oflicers, or to men who had been folsted Intojthearmy as o resard for politl- cal service., FIAUDS 1N BRRF-I85URS, ‘The country was excited over charges of frand which were niade against the Civll Agent at Red Cloud Agency, for the over-vstimate In welght in beef-cattle, 1he Commlssloners say: * Dur- foz our visit at this Azency, we withessed an isstic of beef under direction of an army-oflicer who was the temporary Agent. The number of enttle wos 153; averuge weight, 054 pounds, ‘This average attracted our nuem.(nn, and, after Investization and careful caleulation Ly an ex- perienced ofileer of the army, it was believed that the actual welght did not exceed 738 ounds,—making In this one issue a loss Lo the fndlnns and a eain to the contractor of 27,234 pounds of beef,” TIIE PEACE TOLICY, ‘The Commissioners unnmmoua‘lly recommend that all of these Iudians be pl as specdily a8 possible in care of Civil Agen Alter long and caretul examination, th Lave o besitation fn _recommendlng that it Is ~wise to ' continue the humane policy of President Grant, under which, the: think, more has been dune In the work of clyl{- zation than In sny period of our history, The Ereatest obstaclo to {ts ereatest success s, that no change has been made In the law for the bet- ter protection of the Indlan; Now, he las no crsonal rights, no redrees for wrongs intlicted Ey lawless violence. He may seo his crops de- stroyed, his wife or child "killed, and his only redress 18 possible revenpge, *Theru Is nota member of either House of Congress who does not know that, with all the mlluences of Curistlan vvilization, schools, churches, and soviul 1¢a:raiuts, there is not a community of whites which could protect itself from lawless vivlence under the same conditions; and yet we take it lor granted that tlte superfor virtue of o savage rice will enable them to achieve «ivillzativi under conditious which would wreck our own." \, EVILS, TNeference Is made Lo the fnadequacy of the laws lor punishing white meun for the sale of |ntum~nv.|n1|: Hquors ta the Indians; als, to the feariul eval of the unlawful marrisges of white men to Indian women, Tlose unlons are made aftec the customs of the Indiaua, and, under their code, they are regarded as valld, The law should conetitute any ludias woman, who thus lives with o white man, his lawful wds, and the children of such unfon legitinate, The Comuissloners refer to the Indlan tribes of the Cunndian Provinces, who are to- day living, as they s)ways have beeu, under equitable km;llnh laws, i1 the peaceful enjoy- ment of thelrown customs and habits, without molestation, and tnolesting no ones also, to the fnadeguute salaries pald to Indiun Agents, the eyl of which 13 seen {n the ditticulty ol obtala. fug in those Important positions persons who will care for Lonestly discharging Lheir trusts, and under which an'Agent cannot support his farmlly; aud the Departinent has thus lost some of its best Agents, who would not stea), and could not live un $1,500 a year, The Commissioners hold that our Indian affalys should be manaeed by AN INDEUENDENT DEFARTNENT, with onc of the best mmen In the natlon at fts Lead, whose recummendations would be heeded, aud who, as n Cabinet oftlcer, could confer with the bieads of the War and Interior Departments, and devise sueh wise and just plans as would equally protect the righta of the Indians and of our own citizens, Ofllcers of the aimy are not fitted, by inclination or training, to leach la- dian vhildren to read and write, or Indian men to sow and reap. The Comiutsiloners conclude by recommend- Ing the ratification aud faithful “fultiliment of the agrectnent they have made by direction of the Government, with those helpless Feupre, and they ure contident (hat ts fuithful foltillmont will save these Indlaps, sud redress some of the wronis which furnish the darkest page of our Wistory. A great crisis has srisen fu Judlanaf- foire, " Their wrongs are admitted by all, Thousands of the best men fn the land fevl keenly the nation's shame. They look to Con- gress Tor -redress, Unless tmmediate and ap- bropriate legistation 18 made for the protection und governnient of the Judians, they must per- ish, and our country must torever bear the dis- ':rma and suffer thé retribution of its wrongdo- ng. Our children's children will tell the sad story in hushicd toues, and wonder how thelr n:‘ul.‘c{‘-o:llm-dw 80 tramplu on justice and tride witl N —— STANDING ROCK. DISAUMING AND DISMOUNTING TUE INDIANS= DISCOCRAUING LLOIPECTS OF PRACE, Spacial Qorrespondence of The Trivune. Branpixg Rock, Dak.Ter., Dec, 9.—Since my Tast letter from this polut, 8!l cogunuuication by steamboat has ceated, as the river (s frozen, and our only means of communication Wwith the world east and south of us 15 by wagon to Bismarck, Sl there are eigns of inuch activity on this soeck of Auglo-Saxon civilization, far begond Lhe horlzon of the great world you inhabit, as the hammer and sntv are [n use by the soldlers for elght hours daily (Sundeys excepted), ercet- ing quarters. The operation of dlsarmiog and dismounting tho Indlans (s stil) In progress, and -Gen, Carlin's position Is far removed trom that of a sinecure, 88 he scems determined to eradi- cate the breed of Indian ponles [rom thts sec. tion, and has mounted a detachment of (nfantry on captured ponles, and keeps them moving n the search, which, uf as successful In the futare 8 in past movements, will result in capturing more thun can be well cared for. There have Leen 1,630 Indisn ponies obtained alresdy at this post, exclusive of many Amerlcan horses and mules, notwith. etanding the cfforta the Indlans have made to conceal them at distant polnts, and evade the demand of the Government to sur- Telider buth burses and arins, Two days ago, a detachment of mounted men, whout Gen, Carltn had _ dfspatched, under com- mand ot Lieut. Km-llngbu?‘. returned with eighty-seven horses aud “mules, which he had tound sixty-tive miles from this point, on'Grand River. They had becn sent there to be heraed until'spring, when they would have been avail- able for war, The enercetic Licutenant, after Hinding the hiding-place of the herd and herders, was unnble to secure b th,and contented him. aelf with sceuring the former, as being the most desirable; and 1t is enfe lo predict, with tho energy displayed at this point, that betore spring these Indlans at least wiil be thoroughly dismantled, and, If the small amount of arms which are still secreted shonld be obtatned, the ldlanrmmg will be as completa as the dismaut- ing. Une of your cftizens, Mr, W. T. Hughes, ac- compauled by hls son, arrived here abuut two wecks siuce {n the capacity of Indinn Agent,— relieving Capt. Johnson, U, S. A., wiio has becn the Acting Agent for four months. Mr. Hugles bas made 8 most favorable impression ainong the military, with whom he 15 hearttly co-operating. It tooks strange to sce the Civil Agent and the Military Commandant at this post on such affable terms, both socfully and oflicially: and, to one accustomed to the inanners of one townrds the other which formerly prevalled here, it seems like a izreumhm of tne Millennfum. Mr. Hughes Is capable of belng a usetul and efli- clenit Agent, equal to all emergencies, and is tuo well kinown in Chicago to require extended notice in this. The Iast boats of the season brought the wives and familles of some of the officers at thia post, whoso presence tends greatly to make lite tnore cheerful at the Garrison and”Apency. Three weeks ngo, Gen, Carlin sent ¥ Long- Soldier,” s Sioux Chief, ‘on_a_mission 1o the hosttles, the object of which was to fnduce them to come in aud surrender unconditionally, Nothing bas been heard from him sinee, and feurs arc entertatued that tho Sfoux have killed him, or detatned him 08 o prisoner umtil they decide on peace or war, TIIDHE!'I a %mnt *“ bummer ";and * coffee-cooler,” LCong-Soldier 1s one of the true friends of the whites, so long 08 he grets his rations with regularity; and on thisnecount it is hoped that_he will return, sful ur not in his misslon, cts of futura peace look discour- azing this winter, If the hostiles had intended to come ints tho Agencies, thiey would have done so ere this, Tt is probubfe that the incor- ricibles are with Crazy-Horse on the Rosebud, and that Sitting Bull will join them as soon s he can dispose of hia robes tor amtnunition at Fort Peck and viomity. Unless Crook shail strilic a fatal blow at Crazs-torse's camp this winter, it is certain thay another expensive and arduous war will Le nccessary next swinmer, Gen. Carlin {8 very denunciatory in npmklnf of the dlegraceful trafiic exlsting between the fios- tiles and her Majesty's subjcets across the line, which affords them the means of obtamning the coveted ammun.tion; although it s suspeeted that sume of our own traders are not above du- ing likewise,—a sub}ect which should not be deemed unwortby of notice by Congress, and ono which will afford them an opportunity to *{nvestigate " Into o gerious abuse, which will meet with the approval of all but those dircetly Intercsted. Crirron, et THE INDIAN BUREAF. PRO?, SEELIL'S PLAN POR REOROANIZING IT, Special Correspondence of The Tridune, Wasmoroy, D. C.,- Dee. 22.—Prof. Seelye has submitted to the Indlan Committee s plan for the reorgunization of the Indian Bureau. The plan proposes to tnke the managemont of Indlan affairs entirely away from the Executlve Department of the Governmont, and to place it in the landa of & Trust Commission, organized upon a bosts similar to those which hiave control of tho great educationnl institutionsof the country. This plan contemplates the eppolnt. ment of anumber of gentiewnen of high cliar acter and eminent position, who shall be nsso- clated with Exccutlve ofticers of the Govern- ment, who shall bo ex-officlo members of the Board. These Trustees are to serve without compensation, and are to have entlre control of all matters relating to Indlan. management, subject to the general supervision of Congress. Prof. Seelye would Intrust this Bomrd with the expenditure of all moncy appropriated for.subsistence, civil- ization, and education of the Indians; and throueh It would pay to all Indlan tribes an- nuities whieh inay boe due them uuder existing treaties, Hia plin also contemplates the ap- poiutment of a Board of Executive Secretarics, to curry Into effect the polley adopted by the Board, 18 plan proceeds upun the theory that the Institutious are best mansged whoso alfairs are lu the control of Trust-Commission- ers, Prof, Seelyo reters to the Yaie College Core poration, which for 150 yeara has conslsted of scven Congregational clergymen, who Uil va- caneles o the: Bowd “as ‘they wccur, aud of -certaln Stats officers, who huld the positions during thelr period of ofiiciat service. ‘The funds of that institution have al- ‘wuys been !xunml{ managed avd profitably fn- veated, aud thecol qi'u nas grown j elticloncy and characten, Prof. Scelye also refers Lo the Xmer- jean Board of Forelrn Commissloners, tho af- fairs of which are managed by a Prudential Comumittee, which meets weekly in Boston, aud conslders every matter rcn.fluln to the wellure of thut Inatitution. Alpheus Hurdy, who-lus for wany yeurs been the presiding ofllcer of the Prudential Committee, suys that he bas fnva. nably called the Committee to order at the hour nzimed for Its mecting, and it has never yet occurred that u quorum was not present. rof. Scelye proposes 1o make the Indian Come. missfon which he sugwests eelt-perpet- uating,—that s, to low the Board w0 i w ] vacancies ‘which wmay occur fn it. He would thus take it eutirely out of the domain of politica. The Indian Com- mittecot the House has discussed the geveral leatures of this plan, sud, winle it 1s scarcely probable that it will be adopted, somo of the inembers are of opiulon that some radical chauge in the present system of Indian mau- agrement will b reported” for action at this ses- slon. There is 9 very strong feelingin the Com- mittee 1u 1avor of detaching the lndian Bureau trow the Interior Dupartmout, snd of muking 1t a scparate branch of the'UGovernment, to be presided over by an ottcer who shall report di- rectly to the President, but who shall not be al- lowed to sit in the Cabioet, Due feature of this 1an is to make the head of the proposed Indian cpartment an officer who holds his poiltion during good behavior, THE OSAGES, SUFFRRING AMONO TUEX, Spectal Lurepondence of Ths Tridune, ‘WasmiNoton, D, C. Dec. 23.—The Secretary of the Interfor bas sent to the House a ¢om- muuication and In~losures relative to the suffer. ing condition of the Osage Indians, and asking immediate leglslation for their rellef. 1t ap- peara {rom this communication that the Ossge Indians, numbening some 300, lived by bunting the buffalo and satelope, prior to 1374, when the breaking-out of bostilitles between the Cheyennes and other plaios Indians deprived them of thut means of support, and threw them upon the Government for thelr subsisteuce. ‘fhey were supported by the Governuent, from thelr own funds in the hands of the Unlted States, during the fiscal years ending June 80, 1575 and 1570; but Congress, at its last session, refuscd to allow simitur provision to bs made for the preseot year, aud tbe ueeded as sistance In asceds, and in ‘rlowlmx and Elnuung could not be affarded. A terrible lood destroyed ncnrlly all the small crop they were enabled to put [n without this asslstance, and the winter finds these_Osages starving, al- though une of the richiest Tndian nations on the Contincot., They have jn the hands of the Goyernment stocks to the value of $40,235, and mounuy (n the T“““a% amountiug to §1, 810,507, of u total of §1,450.804. The Becrctury aske such lecislation s will permit $30,000 of tlls fund to be taken (or the purchase of food, renderiug asslatance u thelr agricultural pur- suits, und promotiug thelr civilization and im- provement; and, for that purpose, submits the draft of a Ulll. 'Tue subject was réferred e Committee on Indian Atluirs, who will doubtless kive It & prompt consideration, “GO0D INDIANS.” Meaning Those Who Live in the Indian Territory. The Kaws Reject the Proposed Reap- praisement of Their Lands, 4n Old White Man Murdered on Turkey Creck by Indlans, A Tilden Indian Attompts to Bulldoze an Agency. Spectal Correspondence of TAe Tridune. Lawrence, Kan,, Dec. ¥3.—Readers of Tus TRIBUNE who intercst themselves In Indlan af- fairs swill remember an actof Congress dated July 3, 1876, which provides for tho reappraise- ment of the Kaw Indian lands located (n Kan- 828, “According to the provislons of this act, however, the expenses of appraisement were Lo be defrayed frum the proceeds of the subsequent eale of the lands, and, further, no actlon should be taken untll the members of the tribe should file their assent with the Secretary of the In- terfor. By direction of Cyrus fi, Beede, United States lndion Agenty the Indians were called together for council, and the bl was rend and futly explained. After full counc, lasting’ about two days, an adverse decision was reo- dered, the Indiaus maintalning that the first Appralsement was wot too high, and that If the settlers who now hold clalms on the lands, never expeeting to pay for the'samo so long as there seems any chance of obtainlog legislation In thelr favor, could be removed and the lands ogain placed in the market, falrly and squarely, there would be no difMculty in disposing of them at the present appraiscnent. Other reasuns were given, to the effect that tho bill under which the lands were fArst appraised provided that if the appralsement was found to be tao high the Secretary of the Interior should bave puwer to lower It at his own pleasure; and that tnis belng the case, tliey could not sec any necessity for their having to bear the expenses of a ‘second appraisement. This action having been reported to the Comimissloucr of Indian Affairs, it may be considered as a quictus on the July blfl, unlcss the latter should bu sent out by the Department tor recousideration, In regard to the whole matter, it may be ndded that whether or not the Knws shonid have any * say s0 ' 18 doubitful, for, elnce their_removal to the Indian Territory in 1873, the Government has -Fpruprlaml varlous sums of money towards their support while establishing themscives in thelr new bomes, whizh sums are to be refunded tu the Trensury Trom the proceeds of the sale of these lands, By this time the twonccounts will probubly * balanee,” or at least so nearly 8o as to make it inmpossible for the tribe to keap con trolot the lands Ly authority of any court or commisslon which might be called upon toarbi- trate. CRIME AMONG THE INDIANG— that fs, In the Iudian Territory—ia very fre- quently reported, thongh almost every instance is of ihe same geuerul nature, being cither murder or robbery, or both combined. The more refined erines of a fluer civilization are of comparatively uncommon occurrence, and, when they do oceur, a8 a rule thes seem to have bevn brought in from adjoining smu-; Instead of coming naturally from ** home aoil.” The latest crlme of the kind first mentloned is reported by Dnuutf United States Marshal Jones, from Reil Fork Ranch. The employes of a nnssiug bull- train gave Jones an nccount of the shuoting of & old man ou Tuckey Creek, about ten miles above the” ranch. Jouns and o companton named Hurrls started immodiately for the pleace where the old man's body was supposed to be hidden, Riding eomie six or cight miles, thoy came upon a wagon-trall, which they Tolloived south untit they came upon a drove of ponles which had cvidently been abandoned for some days, This circumstunce tended to confirm the report of tho murder, and the two officers followed the trall further south, The remainder of the account, as written by Jones lilmself, will be read witi interest. Hosays: Aftor wa had iraveled about four miles from where wo found the ponles, wo eaw two Indlans caoming behind us At full apeed, and I rode back to mect them, When they came near, I saw thoy wero €ac and Fox Indlans. To the tnquiry o to what_they wented, they repliod in broken Englieh: **Sce white .man dead— equaw find hin.'' cte. Leaving flacrls to take the stock to the ranch, I turaed back with the two Indians, who said thoy woald gmide moa to the doad white man, Just ae we deacended intn the bottom, alter a ride of four mliles, tho aun was eetting. A cold winid from the northwest blew fn our faces, and tho tall, waving grass mado wpectres of the fong shauosws Mat foll icrovs our path as wo sped along. annlmf}n bond In the siream, we pasied dotrn & steop bauk into the timber, and [ found inyself in the midst of iho Indian cump, where cver)’lhluq was In confusion. At aword {rom onoof my guldey, they ail uttored xomething that waa unintelilzible to 1o, but guler was ro- atorod, My gudo, dlamounting, n}muled me to dothe eame thing; then on fout L followed the Indian, who went wtooping and dudging throngh the brush “sows four hupdred yards, when he halted, and, pointing aheud, #uld, **Sce," and in the growing darkness bohold tho body of adead man. Upon appronching tho body I found it to be that of a man abaut 30 yeacs of aze. He waslylngupon his back, his right arm acrows bl brenst, and hisleft arm thrown out. 1o Tad bren shot with n sliot-gan, the charie ontor- Inyg the lelt sido of tho face, and coming ont on the right sido around the ear. “Fho left pocket in uils pants was wrong-eide out, Nothing could bo fuand onthe body to throw suy light upon its 1den- tity, A grave was dug, and the old man buried from sight, o friendor kindred near toshied a remains, Aunash tree at his head rasting-placo, A TILDEN INDIAN, Here s u}mlluuo‘lndhn item thuofllce of the Central Superintendency in this city, It seems that Agent Beede, of the Usage Ascuvy, has discovered a regular Demo- o Indian, one who dellghits - demonstra- tlous of *¢ wah, icked up in )7 and who pounces vight “down upon the ils” a8 soon as ever he thinks Imactlu “victor,” Mr, Beedo reports Lo Su- perintendent Nicholson as fallows: 1 um informed that & certaln ** mized-blood, " beloneing 1o the Osage trbo of Indians, hasce. <ently driven two or three pale of work-nxen 10 Kanaas, and traded or pawned them for voods; that he has also furnlehied himeclf with 1 wagon by taking from the olacksm.thshap & part of une bo- Ionglng 1o another Indlan, and attaching ihe samny v & broken oune of his own, and has or te about o pawn Il also for voods In Kanvas; that ho recently appeared m_church during service at the Agency and sanounced himself us g itebel dueing the late War. aud that, ow a Rebel Prest- dent had been electud, lie would soon see tho white people of the n\m.-nc{.um awny, sud.their places wupplied with [tebela; thut tu has sevoral Huios wnade threatening demonsirations with revolvers, and that, withal, he te u dangerous uan, | fils outy excuve for doing a4 lie doea seems 10 be the tact uf hie underatanding that Mr, Vliden has been elected 1o the Fredidency, What action shall be taken in Dis case? Very traly, ete, 0UOD INDIAN NEWS-ITEMS, The following ltems of interest aro sclected {rom the /udian Herald, » spicy Little sheet pub- ltshed at the Osage Agency: The Osage annulty payment 10 yet to be. The Puwneea think the Bad Spirit ts 1n thelr sod honses. have agreed to quit choking horses The Kaws over their dead. Chief of the Semlnoles, Is & mln- inter of the uolvl. Fourteea of the Sacand Fox Indlans have been recently canverted. Osagea think that toothache 1e paln caused by worms cating the tooth, A Choctaw woman, a full blood, {s Presldent of & misstonury soctuty. Osages mouran the death of velatives or friends for the term of one fl“" ‘The Rev. Daniel {losers and wife ara appolnted mirelonaries ta the Chorokees * Pawoves destray their oest.made lodges in thale efforts 10 rout the Bud Spirit, The native {ndian lmuch-r- of this Tersltory are peraevering in a noble work, Osages wear roachics on their heads, nnd think Em.: )n'nu growtu of hatr would be followed by o women wear long hule and refuse to part **lock, " excopt when at & fnoeral or pend large eums in sccuring the services vorites a8 mournera 1n (e losa of thuir simllarity in the language of the Sioux and the Jioux lmuk'l:a.flgngu baloug e ., Blackall, of Chicaga. organized the first In- dian Woman's Missionary Saclety awmongihe women of this 'l'emwr{. Osages think that the apirite of thelr white ene- mies wall act the part of servants to them im the bappy hunuing ground, with 'c““ L ———— The Fish-Torpado, London Naes, While the experiments witl'tho monster 100- ton gun are proceeding at Bpezzia, other trials, ngt lgsa interesting 1o naval wen, un the subject oftorpedoes; have bunfnlnu ou at Fiume, on the other side of the Ttalfan peninsula. Mr. Whitchead, the inventor of the well-knuwn fish- torpedo, has been undertaking a series of ex- perinents {n the Bay of Flume, for the purpose of deiwonsirating the attacking wer of his subuaring instrument, sud fnvited our Govern- ment, among others, to rend representatives 1o the spot. Al mnmflflm fuventor has made the torpedo a very ¢ bt wor iustrument, and he 4 uow engaged, It scerus, lo luproving §t atil) wnore. The fieli-torpedo, 18 our rcu\nulFIN’A_N AND TRADLE, nre aware, fs shaped lke a cizar, and = e 1s pronelled Ly screws acted upon by FINA compressed alr stored up within under very great pressure, ‘The machine {s usually made about a dozen feet long, and In the head it car- rles u charge of dynamits or gun cotton, which explodes on striking any obstacle. These ma- chiines, although caleulated to do x vast ainount of damage, frum the circumstance that the may be atmed “with considerable certninty, and arecapable of traveling under water (or some dlstance at o rate of vight or ten miles nn hoar, are to be warded off, ft 13 found, hy (nvestin the vessel attacked with o guard or crinoline o strong network, Buch a protection has proved quite sufilient o arrest the progress of the monster and to explode % without eftect, tho cushion of water Intervening between the torpedo and the eldes of the vessel saving the latter from any scrfons con- sequences, The advovates of torpedo ware fare are, however, sanguine sbout increastng thesize and swiftucss of the *nfernal ma- chine ? to such an extent as to render any tm- proviged protection of the above nature useleas: and it was to witness the periection to which he | has now brought nis submarine engmines that Mr, | Whitehead tnvited most of the European Gov- ernments to sond oflicers to Flume to witness | the experfinents nade under nis ausptees, The | fish torpedo Is undoubtedly a most effecttve naval weapon, and as it {s moreover the only artacking torpedo which can be projected against nu enemny, it is certain to find applieation in most European navies. It was stated last. £cssion that, the (nvention having been pur- chascd by the British Government, the secret of it belonked to thls country alonc; 'hut it nppoars that at Icast one, if ot two, vther Powers are cognizant of the whole matter. ——— L LETTERS FROM THE PEOPLE. OARLAND WANTS TO BE ANNEXED. 7o the Kditor of The Tridune. Cn1caco, Dee. 25, —During the last four years the Village of Hyde Park has Increased In popu- lation and wealth, and now the different local ntercsts become apparent. Oakland, or the north portion of ‘Iyde Park, has lttle or no (u- terest, or sympathy at least, with South Chi- a0 aud the buainers onses, excepting those dotng n hollday trade, were closed, us usual on Christmas, and nothing of any kind was done {n the loan market. COMMERCIAL. The Noard of Trade and wholessle Yiouses gener- ally were closed yesterday tn observance of Christ- mae-Day. ~ Following are the closing quotations on Saturday of arnin and provistona: Mexs pork closed firm at 10.30@10.38 cAnh, or the year; 810.4516. 47! for .‘V"Illéglnrv: $16.UTH@18.70 tor February: and L0244 for Rlfisfih. Lard closeid qulct al 81 .r.maznn.mmn:smno @10.6214 tor January; £10,72%710.73 for Feb- raary: and $10. 856510, 8733 for Mnrch, 'Iha following ara the Intest quotations salted meate: TAT, The banks, Board of Trade, on part- Shevte Shart Lonp Short ey, o ride, clears, ciears, Qeeen,.,. ) R " B Looss, 8 B Hoxod 3 8 3 Jamars, u o} eurnary, ) I v Lona and wiioi cieats nuoted st a7 for Januar He wlier Fehrnary, auler st M§28%c; long-cut hBMA, Wedtc, 1l box i ¢ FaTigc for shoutilers. D1 .10Ma for ahort ribk B4@10e far suort clears, 1345180 for bains, T EANTALRA BB pinckods Flour clused stoany b the followln) m;drlnunnoll‘mlcn l"::rln;gea}’vml%ral. 3 lEL edlum winters, €5,75@8.%5: cholee spring e. trav, 80,050,507 m 56, 5. B thipping oxtras, 34,8714@5,25: . choico patents, if;gfld.é‘&;‘gfmugodni l(ii‘fifi@h’l:‘fléggin » crfines, &1,0714@4. 00, ityo flow ROTEN uciwbent do, 80 Fhm7. o8 O i eal s the ark. at clored Saturday at $1,24% for Febroary: &1,23% for January: :AIIYI 81,25 I‘ur Sarch, l:arvl’ll Bl ":‘ft,’ 2131.21%, and No, dat £1,10% in Co'n, A, D, S Carn closed at 44%c for Jannary; 44Xc for Feb- nlnr{: and 483fc for Mav, Oataat d4c for Jannary; 3418@M4c for Febriae ryiand $075¢ for cash: and ¢ for rejecied. Ttye closed at 70c cash and G3¢ for refocted, Larley was nowminal at the close at tic ca February closed at 03z And January at 65! 3 LIVE STOCK. The recelpts amounted to about 1,200 cattle and vago. The Holland Settloment and Riverdale shake hands oceaslonally turough thelr Chiefs, Dr. Naples and Col. Bowen, but this courtesy is extended only at election-days nnd when stroet- openiugs are desirable, It I3 almost impossible to get a sewer ur street improvement north of Forty-seventh etrect, unless n bargain can be made through the South Chicago Trustees for n bridge nacross the Calumet., We have liad nll sorts of Trustees, Repnblivans, Demacrats, In- dependents, and Haif-and-Halts, Col, Bowen, George W. Wait, Mr. Willett, and Col. I d. Goodrieh ~ lave all bad thefr pet schemes, and received thelr reward, Now- the Onkland people who nre not usleep arc sert- oualy contemplating coming under the City Goy- ernmicnt. We want to be a part of Chicago, and the proposnl is to have the city (Chicago) liunits extend to Forty-seventh strect. That wili em. brace 040 ncres and & poputation of 3,000 per- sons, The new Hne would be from Oakland city Himits south nlong the lake shore to Kenwood (Forty-seventh street); west to State street along Forty-seventh street; north on State to present city Mmlts (Thirty-ninth street), This tan wouhl cure, or rather prevent, preseut ruubles. Weare virtvally in the cley at pres- ent, lnsurance, loan, and’eommission rates are the same a8 in tho city as far south s Forty- fifth atrect, suggestions arve offered to the publie b writer, who has resided in Hyde Park for the 1ast ten years, and one of the ex-ollicers of the villo) P S HOME POR PALLEN WOMEN. To the Editor af The Tribune, MoxTnEAL, Canada, Dee, 2L.—A copy of your excellent paper is oceaslonally seut me by & rela- tive In Chicago, In a recent number, a lotter signed * Chrls- tian ¥ particnlarly attrcted my attentlon, as 1t referred to the need {n your vity of a Home for fallen women, Caxn it be possible that in n city 80 noted for its ** wickedness,” aitl not less for the heartiness and phitanthropy of fts Chrls- tians, that there s not s refuge for repentant crriug women, no loophole of escape from their wretched lifet Iutcrested ns 1 have beon for many years in tho rescue of this unfortunate class, I am able to say that there arc fow among them who do uot often feel heartsick at thelr degradation, and who would not gladly avall themselves of au opportunity ot being reatored to lives of re- apectable usolulness, # coruestly trust that the hearts of the Chrls- tinns In Chizago may be stirred to action fu this must honorable work. I a Home wero once estublished under good management the pro- ceeds of the sewiug, ete., of the Inmates wili go far.to mako it sclf-supportiog. Any further Information regarding this ob- Ject will, so far us my experionce goes, Lo tuoat chicerfully v\lvun Lo any oue addressing the Lady Munager, Montreal Femulo Home, 020 Sul,i'lucuer street, Montreal, Canada, l e corrun,mudum. I8 mistaken, Thero Isa rofuge for fallon women n this city,—the Err- lugr Woman's Refuge, is, however, lamper- ed in its useful work by a lack of money.] GOOD SAMARITAN LECTURE COURSE, v she Editor of The Tridune, ‘Cmicaco, Dec, 25.—From the statements mado In your paoer of yesterday end to-day, it fs plain to my mind thet.the Good Samaritan Home fs a fraud, and that Tam possibly one of ita vietlms, I boufim o few days ago, at the solfvitatlon of a ludy friond, o couple of tickets tonle:ture to be glvon by Mr. E Colbert [or the benefit of tho Home, ~ I did this, not so much because of tho charity, os becauss I wonted 1o hear Mr. C.,, who has o bigh Jocal rcgumunn 03 an astronomer, Now, slnes the. Home Is practically broken up, suppose nmobou, elso will y buy any tickets und the lecture s oft. But I do uot seawhy I, who am an Innocent party, should sufler. It 8eems to me that elther Mr, Colbort should lecture to those who now bold tickets,— and 1 understand there are many of them,—or *aomebody shoudd relund the money, For my- self, I would prefer to hear the lecture, 1 BUE- Rest that all ticket-holders meet this evening, at Urow's Opera-Hlall, to talk Lho matterover. Luvuet that Mr. Colbert, whose honor s cons cerned in this matter, will also be present and tetl us what he proposes Lo do, llus‘mutlully. Geo, . Joxzs. TRE QUICKEST TIME, To tha Editor of Tha Tribune, Cuicago, Dec. 25.—Since you take occasion fn an cditorial of tius morning's TiineNe to In- form your readers that the shortest passage thus far across the Atlantle Is to be recorded In favor of the steamship Britannle, allow me to call yourattention 1o the fact that_tho paseage wentioned was not between England and America, bt vice versn, between Amepica aod Englang, which makes n great ditference, s sea- far.og men well kuow, the prevaliing winds and: <urrents bednz mostly (rom west to cast. You will dnd that much the shortest passage between Enclund and America (if jt be correct tocall it su, since Queenstown and Moville both are1n Ireland) was In September last performed by the Allay- Line steamer Sardintan, Capt, J. E. Duttou. Riinouski you will tind situated on the St. Lawrence Rlver, and on the line of the lutercolontal Rairoad, Very respectfully, Cranies J. 8UNDELL, Maneger Allan Line General Agency. ——— A Hanged Man Revives, ! Ban Bernardino (Cat,) TYwnes, The Todians of this country have had s grand feast at the Portrero to celebrate the hnniver- sary of some inportant event in the history of their race. Indian Chiel Juan was among.those Eruenl. inall the glory of bis war-pafnt and uckskin breech reatraning the drunken wretches who would commit violence on those weaker than themselves. ln attempting to nr- reat an Indian he drew a pistol to frighteén him, when several of the latter's frisnds rushed up 10 nterfere and save him, supposing it was the Intention ot Juantu &ill him. In the melss that followed the pistol was accidentaily dis- charged, the bali striking un [ndfan i the fore- bead and killlog him iostantly, Juan was se- curely bound, aud, attera short_ conference among the other chlelo, condemned to death, Awid the lamentations of the friends of the de- ceased, he was lead to a tree near the burying. xroumi, a Ineso placed around his neck, the oth- ¢rond thrown over a limb, ond strong arms drew the unfortupate chioftaln Into mid-air, Where e dangled half uo hour and was then pro- vounced dead. He was taken down from hls elevated position, and shortly afterwards thowe kathered round were surprised to observe In him* signs of returning consclousness. He was soon entirely recovered, and an examination of the throat Tevealed thefact that the rope had caught on his chin sutlielantly to protect hls throat from the full force intended, aud bad merelyrendered him unconaclous. Tho Indians were not sstlaied with once bang- ing bim, and on the next day were to make an- otuier attempt, which would "probably have ter- minated disastrously for the Iudlan chief, had not arumor of the affair reached towu, mnd Constable Thomas went In hot haste to prevent a second execution, He arrived In time, but the Indians were extremely unwilling to give their prisoner up, Juun was brought into town, and it appearing {n his exumivation before Jus- tice Bladsoe that the ehootiog was done me- cidentally, he was discharged, and now roamns over ulmiy streets of ourcity in preference to E:uln his lite again fn danger by rejolnivg bis 0 7,000 hogs, A little trading waa done during the morning hours, but by ‘midday 1he yarde were di serted Ly Lath buyers and eellers. and business w: over for the day, 'The small ln}m)y of atoek In. duced a {irmer Toellng: but the fow snles reported did not show any cousldernble sdvance over the c}nullnxtpm:u?l Allcwé«{ls. ‘;;e quol; car‘;lmg%o chulce enttle nt 82, .15 hoge at §5. 00, and aheep ot $%, 50GA 30, ¢ "o3" 4t 5. 60T % NEW YORK, NEw Yong, Dec. 5, ~Breves—Recelpts 2,670, making “6.500 for ‘Ihe wevk agninet 5,840 last week. Market firm, but very quiet, withmoderate business al 84511c per 1 Tur common Lo extra eteers, a few selections roimg to 114,@113¢c, and uncnpn\r of premium cattlo that weighed 4,400 tbs « t 12¢, - z Snrep~Tecel 2,300, making 17,280 for the No Important ta, week seainst 94,130 lst werk. change In prices, with falr trade st 44@U3¢c per D for common to very chaice sheep. Swisg—Receints. 8,160, making 27,480 for the week agalnst i3.050 lavtweek, Live lnzs nhout rteady ot 80, 00@6. 124 per 100 e, with salos of 4 carloads st the rango, EAST LIDERTY, Easr Linenty, Pa., Dee. 25, —~Cattie—Res ceipts since Friday, 88 cars of throngh stock and 1% cars for this mintket, or 1,875 head; total for the week undlng this oy, 4,700, or 177 cars of throngh and 100" cars of yard stock, _m:nlnlt 5, 831 head, or 104 cars of thfongh and 170 cars yards, Tust weok, . llnus—lluolrlg 3,465 head; total for the 10, 280, avainst 23, 025 last week s Yorkors, $5.70@ ,80; Publadelphias, $4,2070,40, Sacrr—Recelpts, 6,000; total for the weok. g.ggu, agalnst 10, 000 laal week; solling at $3.00G T —— THAT METEORITE. To the Editor of The Trivune, Paxton, 1L, Dec. 23.—I seq by your paper of yesterday that maay saw the brilllant meteor of ‘Thuraday nfeht. This Is what Tsaw: My posi- tion was about nine miles northwest of Paxton, Timo, about 8:35 p. m. First suw a trembling lght, like dim sheet-lightalng, for about fifteen eccondsiithen In the west saw n dim lght en- yeloped fn acloud of vapori the cloud of vapor was about the sizeof o barrel, upparently; the nuclous or head of light appeared to bo a little ovér one foot in diumeter, Ib frst appearcd about 15 degrees above tho western hori- zon; {t- rome rapidly, and with correspondinzg speed increased in brilliancy, and at about 30 dogrees abovo the horizon ‘appeared to burst ‘with n great light, throwlug off many particles, all of which appeared to follow in the wake of the * nucleus, und cach leuving o trail of firo behind . In colors there :Ppum‘:d from the extreme white to 1 the different shades, ns of molten ron_coollng off. It passed me to the north nt about 70 deg. nbove the northern borizon, gulug ahout north $0 to 85 deg. cast, aud golug probably at the rato o(—Wnll,i was at the centre of the south 1ino of u section, and the northivest and north- east corners were well defined aud plan to be seen, and | eould Just about countfour, ornbout. one second of time, In the time it passed be- tween the two corners spoken of, Now Ugure its speed. * Its appearance when it passed was the most mapnificent slghs Iever saw, and [ would go 100 miles to sce it ngain i€ it did only Jast vue minute, which was about the time it was ju sight, disnppearing as thuugh smothered out at about 20 deg. above the enstern horizon. In its passoge it threw out Meht enough to read” small print. To get at the space on exhibition at once, draw a llne from wihiere I tood to tho tail of fire,—then It would requirean angle of about 80 dep. to reach the nucleus, apparcatly about two and one-balf to threa miles, and to my yiew appeared to be nearly twenty rods wide, It was not cloudy,. yet fot quite clear, In about two and onc-lnlf to threa minutes after it dis- appeared, & nolse like muttered thunder was heard,—harder at times, so the jor could be felz' in the honse. The thunder lasted for about two minutes. Durine the passage of the meteor loud cries were heard over the nelghborhood, People scemed to ba taken brv surprise, and were not prepared for it. Al want to know what ft was, where it came from, and where did it guto, and will it ever come again? If it ever {8 coming agaln we wish our Professurs would Jet everybody know, and they wilkall turn out and seo It.” Probably Prof, Colbert can solve sume of the unknown quantities and positions. Would be glad to hear from some of them, Yours very respectfully, M. McCurLoc, weol, ———— An English Remedy for Our Politlcal Tils. The London Spectator, In an article on the sublect of our disputed clection, offers this solution of all gur political dlficulties : - 1t 1s of no use eaylng it for the hundiedth time, but to quict observersit docs secem nmaszing that peoples like the Nritlsh and the American should Fun such political dangers as they incur ont of slicer moral or physical cowardice, It is secrot voting which {4 the uitimnte canee of all this mte. chiof, the reluctance af the average American to “l ovenly which way ho has voted, If voies were lakeu 2a the census 1s leken, and tho names pube llshed on the church doors, fraud conld not pass, without inunediate expoviure, whilo coerclon of bribery could be punished like any other crime, It 19, wo ure quite aware, vain to protest, Lot the universal ndoption of thls detestable system, even in free Miates, ls on evil omen for the political future of the world, Everywhere pien ure learuing 1o base thetr fuwtitutions upon the vote, and everywhere they are also lowrning 1o avold the peraoniul or sucial rlak, often of the wiost Irnmpu( kiud, which la fnvolved fu piving it They think in Feance and Germany no less than In the Englist-apenking communitis, that it s quit # shocking oppression that they should be requirel either 10 atand to their opinions or to be avowodly unwilling to expresa them. 1t fa preaching to the winde, now, but we do not belleve that tho wornd can be perwsnently governed on stom which requires that overy man shall take a onal sbare In that government, and aball be ume of | the share he takes. It Is clear that the writer in the Spectator knows very little of the state of affairs {n South Carolina, “Loufsiana snd Florida. Viva wuce yoting in some parts of those 8tates would i volve othier terrors than those which mere cour- age of opiuion can meet, —————— Mark Twaln an Inveutor. New York fsrald, Mark Twaln hos turned an inyventor—not of fun, for that votes natural to him, butof a patent scrap-book, which, he says, will reform the work, and cure people who biave a penchant for saving clippings froin newspapers of vom- mitting profanity when unable to tind the mu- vilage-pot, What he thinks of the inveution ttou may be seen from the followiug humoristie casay, written to the publishers of the book: Hantronn, Monday Bvenlng—Jy Dear Slote: 1 have invented snd patented a scrap-baok, not to nake money out of, butto economiza the profanity of this country, You kuow that, when the aves roge man wants {o omething in hia sorap. book, he can't fud his paste—then he swears; o, if he finds it, 1t Is dned o bard thatfit fs only 8¢ to eat=then ke sweare We uwes mucilage, it mingles with the in nd next year be can't read bis scrup—the result {s barrols and barrels of pro- fanity, This canall bo saved and dovoted to other leritating thinge, where 1t will do more roal and -1asunyg youd, slinply by substitutiug my self-paste Ing 4ctep-book: for Cuo bId-tashioma oug, o P T Wawre, Slote, Woodman & Co, wish to pub- lah thia scrap-Look of mine, | ahall be wllflug. 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Hyatortas, Qgpup, Diphthoria, Catarrh, Infivonzy, Houdncha, Taothacha, Nouralgta, Rhowmstism, Cold Chills, Ague Olulis, Chillbiatns, and Frost Bites The soplication of the Ready Tultef to the nart or Ezal: sehere tho palu’ or diticuity exists win aftont agy Twenty drobs 1a half n tumbie few mloutes, curs Cram, & Hyartburn, Bick leadache, W lnd‘_lfi:lrn’n'“uw‘e‘u.l 1] . o 1Ay v READT HELUEF with Cherm FEVER and AGUE. Fover and Awuo cured for fitty conts. - Thets s not s eure fover sl 7 dtaimay's Wi s Fitty ceata who) b remedial agent in tha world Vil st and ali othor nialariads, hilioer. e AR ; "y : Sl by Droggtsea, el DR. 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RADWAY'S REMEDIES finve had an and Ovarlan in the Ovario § Bowels for ¥ AXNN Anpup, Dec. 27, otliers mav b beaotited, | 1nave bad wn Oyarion Tu: 1n the ovari or ten years, L tried tho hest uhvalc place withuut auy beuent, ‘1t was rowlng 8t Jidity thae T eould not have iived much fonger, A rivnd of inine Induced M 10 tre ladway's lenedien 1 had not much faftk o them, but foally, after much deliberstion, 1 tricd them, ) butclisaci six bottles of the Resolvent, twoboxesof e Plils, and two vottics of thu lullel,” I usod thuse WitliolL &ny sonarent henetit. 1 deterniined to persos yere. ] Usid twelve inore bottles of the llusolvent. two of thie Hellef, mnd two boxes of thio Pllls. ~ Hefore thoy were kona 1 Had los1wuntv-0Y0 bounds, coutlnued to use tue medicine unti) [ was suro ths 1was en 100k the wmedicine about ive thar, thna loat forty-0ve pounds, ozeu bottics of the Resolvent, sl In o1l I'iook thres Lot e I nd six boxea of the Pills. el Porfecity velr. and pav lekrt {4 fat of gratitude to Uod Tor tLily deep amiction. sl ielp (' Toyoa 8¢ ndebiet “5 your wonderful medfcine, T feel denhl{- et raver s that {t may bo &8 much o toothers maft basbeen WME 1o b G BIpRING, (Blwne: i . Who makes the aboye certliivatc. Lsihe t’r‘;:‘i l“n‘:’”&“fl'flm 1reguestod voa to send mediving la ube, 1876, The medicines ahoye Mtuled were buught 1 me, with the exceptiol what Was sent Lo ber by You Y Ty asy that her satement i Corroct withouis (Stened) L. 8, LERCLL hemtat, Ann'Arbor, Michs e by akes the e Alrs, B SeTie. 1S ey B Vacny oF many okrs well ou, Quaiification. atove cenl s thercla stated are undount~ S B d e bisbly Forract, A LY ous who Enows ed) mnn‘lfl 'uiably uufl&-‘ il Bty hor sutbinenty g, g i,&?fn'sm LY B, PON) 3 R MAKRY, DR. RADWAY'S SarsaparillianResolvent, TIE GREAT BLOOD PURIFIER, For the cure of all Chronfc Diseases, Senl\-ul :t Syphifitle, Mereditary or Conlagleus, be seated 1n the Lungs or Stomach, Skia or Boues, Flesh or Nerves, Corrupting the solids mud Vitlating the Flulds Chronlo Rueumatiam, Scrotuls, Gianduler Bwelltags, T ] Hackin, Adoutions. & Svphiie o ekois, Selt Reus, Lroa- t#.’{fi‘.‘.‘“c“u‘n".um“fi‘la‘.{"’fi‘a..‘it"fi;‘fgam Liver Coar viginty efc r‘lx‘c& i PER BOTTLE, S0ld by Druggists. DR, RADWAY & C0, 32 Warrnst, K. T Read *False and True.” & BADWAY & €O., ¥0. 34 w'.‘r‘.é‘nf’.‘;‘. ‘fi‘-‘-‘&‘&‘%" ormiation Worth thousaas Wikl bassal ros. ¥