The New York Herald Newspaper, September 26, 1867, Page 4

OUR INDIAN TROUBLES. COUNCIL WITH INDIAN CHIEFS, Extravagant Demands of the Savages. General Sherman Threatens Them With Death if They Do Not Make Peace. NO FINAL RESULTS YET REACHED. SPECIAL CORRESPONDENCE OF THE HERALD. Switt Bear, alkseunder-thee «round, Paw Killer and other Chiefs— Captivity of Three White Women and Chil- dren—Indians Demand Withdrawal of Troops from Powder River Country and Object to the Union Pacific Railroad. Nonru Piarme, Neb., Sept, 19, 1867—4 P, M. The Commission bave been in council since eleven ‘o'clock this morning with all the leading chiofs and head men of the Ogallaia and Brulé bands of Sioux, together with several representatives from the Southern Cheyen- nos now on the war path, The Ogallalaand Brulé Stoux who wero present, headed by their respective chiefs, Spotted Tail and Big Mouth, have been friendiy to the government for the past year, and to @ great extent have been fed and clothed at the governmont’s expense, When the news of the Commissioners’ coming reached them they were on the Republican, hunting buffalo for their winter supply of meat and robes, but gladly came in to meet the “great chiefs’? sent out by their Great Grandfather at Washington to talk to them and present them with a fresh supply of blankets, clothing, beads, and other Indian gooda. Only a small partion of Spotted Tail’s band, which numbers over twelve hundred, oame ip, but those that did come are expected to take back an equal amount of presenta tothe ones left behind. While on the bunt near the Republican river Spotted Tail came in contact with a pand of friendly Cheyennes, headed by a chief calied Turkey Foot, who bas been ex- coedingly troublesome to the whites, and has committed more outrages ‘ban any indian on the Plaine. He found in the possession of Turkey Foot three white girls and two children, captured during the month of July last thirty-Ove miles east of old Fort Kearoy, in Nebraska, There girls and children are named Camp- bell, and they are now bereion the hotel where Iam writing, baving been ransomed by Spotted Tail, under the direction of the Indian Bureau, and brought im by him to be delivered up to their friends, The girls are aged nineteen, sixteen and twelve years, and the children four and six. One of them isa Dane, and either cannot or wili not speak a word of English, Toe other two ure of Scotch origin. They leave .on the train to-day, incompany with an uncle who came on to meet them. The story of their capture and ireatment while in the power of the savages is as follows:— The Indians made their appearance in the vicinity of their house, |:cated tuirty-five miles east of old Fort Kearny, on tne 25h of July last, They first visited the house of a neg) bor about half a mile distact, where there was @ Wowan w.th a child in her arms, whom they instantly killed, shoormg the woman on the doorstep of her house as she was attempting to escape with her child. After plundering the house they pr ceeded to the bouse of Mr. Cainpbull, where they found these three girls and three children ajoce, the men bei te work in a Held about six miles di-tant, These they took prisonors, having first ransacked thy house and carried off several hundred dollars in goli and currency. One of the chil- dren ma aged to escape, and at once ran to where \ir, Campbell was at work aud gave the alarm. Upon golag to bis house he found the statement of the child veri- fled—his family goue, and neariy everything about the premises carried «if or destroyed, He assembled his Deiglibors as soon as porsible, and staried in parsuit, bat was unable (0 jin! auy (rece of them, and the frst nows he received was from messengers seat iv by Spotted Tail to Colonel Patrick, Agent of Indian Affairs at North Platte, who stated they were in the hands of the Chey- enves and could 0¢ raasomed. Steps to effect this were @t once taken, ani (he poor captives arrived last vight in @ sad apt (orlora condition, but delighted to have reached home and freads ayaa alive, The girls, whom I before stated ure ayed nineteen, sixteen and twelve, aro not what would be cousidered as belies even on tue frontier, aud woud scarcely, I should tw. very lively spark in the bosom of any o Gavages.” Intact, | nay stato that they are thw opposite of handsome and as nnirterest ng in thoir personal ap- pearance as caa vasily*be covceived; but forall this, According to the staiem nt of the oldest one, she took captive the heart of ove o the dusky braves, who took ber to his bosom, to the exciusion and disgust of bis squaw of many years’ sianding, and upon her departure shed tears of regret. Hor statement, made after much hesitation, to the surgeon stationed at this place, is in gubsiance as foliows: After their Jeaving the house each of the girls and children were placed on ponies bolind the Indians, who claimed to have cap ured thom, Her lot fell to an Indian brave of miodie age, wi, from the time of her capture until her release, had exclusive control of her, He took ber to bis lodge at nigh', and avier driving his leguimate wife out of doors, adopted ber as the favorite partner and abarer of his bed and board Several aays were con- sumed on the journey, during which time a child was born unto her, she being near her confloement at the time of capture. Tue day of the morning which berchild was born sbe was cowpelied to travel fifty miles, put, strangy as it may appea”, she says she did not suffer much from the jourvey. Upoa arriving at the Ind.an village she was duly installed as the wistress of bis lodge, and Was (reaied wilh more kindness shan 1susaatly shown to their Indian wives. =he was occasionally compelled to bring Wood aod water and vad to do the cooking, but, with this exception, did very title work The form-r wife of ver Iodian lover was sorely afflict- od wih (he green-eyed mousier, and upon two different occasions during the absence of her husband had her with the @stsiance of other squaws, and severely. ‘The experience of the other two girls was about the fame, cach be'ng subject to the control and wiil of the Tadians who captured them. ‘The children wore treated kindly, aud seemed con.ented to remain wita the in. dians. TRE Consett, I have had oceason to describe Indian councils so many times wilhin the past few months that it hardiy sees Worh wile to repeat it here, A little more care- mony Was observed On this Ocras.on o@ account of the presence of euch distin wished personages as Generals Sherman nocd Harney, Senator Henderson and Commis- sioner Taylor, but thre was very littie variation in the speoches, oither on the part of the Commission or the lndans The speech of the Indian: re an itnprove- rent in one respect, as thoy sta ed plainly and distinctly the causes of the troubles and what alone would satis’y ndjans, viz:— Tue abandonment of the Powder river road, which rons from Fort Laramie in Dakota Territory to M na, and which would a ate the abandon- ment of Forts Laramie, Reno, 01 road be discontinued and bailding the Souther: Railroad stopped, av the noise of the locomotive w: drive off ali their game, ic ald ‘This last modest proposition of our red brethren, of course, will not be entertained for a moment, but the giving up of the Powder river country, to which the Ia- dial unadoubied thle, and which they have the government, will occupy the serous consideration of the Coumission The road through that country was c Fe sd by order of General Pope, with- out consul'iog the lodians, for the purpose of sbortentog the distance to the gold regions of Montana. This ent eag on the part of the Indians, which bas ret che fad wholly useless for the parpoees intended. kept open at ost of feeding all the friondiy Indiaue in country. It is euppoved by men familiar with t gion that vast mineral wealth te hidden in the mou! tote Ubis secsion of Ladian territory, and fett on tho frontier to get powession of peneirave the hitherto unexplored re To do this will require a jong war, and at a ure provably greater than the bene- ch would be derived from its possession. Aas 4 now look, there is Bo possibility of avoiding 6 poruom of the Indian tribes, Southern Cheyeones, returned, and report banda of Cheyennes arpatts ere present at (he ome into the council, and sent 1g Taceeages ‘he Commissioners. Siwce oy bave struck the many deprecations Nothing wili pacify these unt! they bave bad a good whipping, and it ebt that many of the lodiaus who desire peace will in Comperrug toma to come to A despatch was aiso receive! yesterday Geveral Smith, coomandivg Fort Phil Kearny, to G oral Tao, stalling toat Crow Indians would be UBable wo cone to | aramie to seo the Cominwsioners, On Account Of (v6 poor condition of their ponies, and that jour refused to come taatall This bas ecesriiated the posiponeinent of the Laramte Council Hil the tm dle of November, and oven at that time it fs very doobtful if enough bosttie Indians can be col- ected to rew a treaty of any value. In the me; the Contmission will retarn to Omaha and make ar- rangements for meoting the Souhorn Indians om the Atkaneas carly in Cctober, lsond ‘fed the epeeed of Commissioner Taylor and the roports of dome of the prominent ch ots. CONMIAHONER N, 6. TAYLO'S sPRROH, My Friaxns—Your Great Grandfatoer, whose heart is figbt, wo loves bis fed childion, has veard there was troebie between the whites and Indiaos on the Plains Ho nas board that there ie war and that blood hax been pest He is opposed to war and loves peace, and his art (ead, Ho hay cent ali thse big chiefs to tee you, to ascertain what 8 wrovg You soe here the great wat ebief of old times, General Harney. Here is the creat warrior Who leads all tue waite soldiers on the Mains, pod here aro ob r great war chiefs, Tere is aprons Chie? (Senator Henderson) who helps to mee we i@ the big Couscl! ouse at Washlogton, sod, tase tains vaciud: gions. pense of life and tre aky Hit road and com. | ‘ NEW YORK HERALD, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 26, 1867.—TRIPLE SHEET. of all, your friem@ who speaks to you, who !s Commis- sioner of Indiam’ Affairs, and superiniends all the in- teres e of the red mea. ‘Now, if your Gi did not love you, be would not send all chiolé 0 many bundreds and counsel with you. are sent here to inquire Of you and find out wustis the trouble between you and the white men, We want (o bear from your own lips all your gajorances ond oun ints. My. friends, freo: fWily, aud speak fares. you righted, We wish been wronved, we Wicd 10 | to bear you, and the white chiefs will consider what you Whatever is wrotg we must make right. If you ‘ou will make it right. War is bad; peace is good. ® muat choose good and not bad; therefore wo must bury fhe tomahawk, smoke the pipe of peace and henceforth live in friendship forever like brothers of one family, The Indians approved of Commissioner Taylor's re- marks by a universal sbout ot How! How! How! and other marks of approbation. SPOTTED TAIL, an Ogel chief, spoke firsand daid the Commissioners had come to make peace, news of their coming #oul tion, the Indians, when they made peace. did not any writings, but they prayed to the Great Spirit and then they kuew all would be weil. The pipe of peace was next passed from mouth to mouth, some of the Commissioners endeavoring to smoke through their noses in true Indian style, but not very successfully, While this was being done General erman related an avecdote of the late General Curtiss, on the occasion of bolding a council with the In- dians ai tho mouth of te Yellowstone, attempted to smoke in the Indian fastom by swaliowing th» smoke, and which reguited in his being violently sick at the stomach. Spotted Tail, resuming, said:—There was no fun inthe thing of which they were io speak. The Commssioners had vot been sent for noting, He knew they bad some- thing to say, He saw they had come to help the Tn- dians, and no blood would be shed hereafter. The trou- bles of tne Indians and tae causes woul! bo related to them. The Great Grandfather had made roads North and South. To those on the river they had no abjection. War cane from the making ofeothor roaas througt: th eir country. These roads scared ail the gaine out of the country, Hence the trouble, Two roads—one up the Powder river, by Pumpkin utte, and the other up the Smoky Hill—drove off ther game, and they objected to tuem. He hoped. the Commis sioners would listen, aud let the Great Grand- father know, These were ail they objected ta Thoy looked to the game; it was all they cared for, and they wanted to hve on itas long as there wasany in the coumtry. Tho country across the river belonged to them, and they wanted to go there solong as there was game. If the nable roads were sto] there would be no trouble, and they would live and die peace- ably, Last spring he had spoken to General Sanborn, and still remembered what ve had said to him. There was still pienty of game in the country. It was not tine for farming. When it was he wouid let the Great Grand- fatver know, Wasnotheright? When game gave out ‘they would goon a reserve. The roads up the Platte belonged to them, He expected the Great Grandfather ‘would give them sometbing for the rightof way. He haa no doubt the Commissioners bad things to make his People’s hearts glad. Give them clothes and ammuni- tion, He wanted the traders to be allowed to go and trade as usual. He had also a number of half-breed chil- dren in his band, my wanted them taken Care of. He wanted them to Share in all presents, Here he closed, observing that he had not said a hard word. ‘The next speaker was the Van-wvo-walks-under-the- «round, amt who, Genoral Sherman remarked, bad com- mitcod more depredations thas most any indian on the Piains. He was dressed in a fantastic coat, ornamented with scalp locks and beada Many of the scalp locks were of light color—somo of them evidently from the beads of women. He opened by calling attention to his coat, which, he remarked, was of different kind and quality from those worn by the Commissioners, but the finest’ be had. He showed the papers given bim by various parties aa being peaceabiy disposed. He said he aoa bis people had been brought up to live on wild meat fed on wild grass that grows on the prairies. When the iron roads came they scared the gamo away. All the Indians wanted was to have all those roads siopped—Piaite and Smoky Hill Their hands were long And suoukiers broat, aad they coud altnost reach to where the Grand Patuer was, If the whites woald let the game aloue they would live. They were r of nearly ail who w re settled aiong the roads, since (hey had Sioux or Cheyenne squaws The only way to have quiet was to les tae game alone. There were many tribes trom ‘fissouri to Arkansas river. When they were disposed of be hoped his poople would bave some- thing to livo ov. He was small, but be had a wife aad children, He wanted amimuaition to kill gane for them. Though be was a small man he bad told the : truss, and go bad tue Commissionors, nee Kilier, an Ogailala, was tue next speaker. He said there were!uot many of them, They had not gone into had habits, or kiied any of the white people or siolen any sock, ‘The cause of the trouble at the North was the lowuer river road, and at the South the Smoky Hill, ‘fhe roads ran off what litte game they nad loft, He, too, waated the roads stupped, and soldiers kept out. Then tucra would be peace, and people coud travel oa the Piatto without troudie. If the Commis. siouers were hone t and wantod peace they should give the Iodians awmaniionand gues He bad come in at the javitation of the Commissioners, aad now hoped to yo back and sleep in peacs, Tiere was plenty of game, but their borses were worn out, and they had no guns or powder, Toey niso wanted their traders, Lue next orator was Turkey Foot, a Southern Chey- @nne and the vader of the band which recently threw & traia of the Unien Pacific raiiroad from the track and killed and scalped toe engineers and firemon, He is a very savage looking clue’, and maiatained a hauchty and uncompromising attitude throughout the council. ‘AS he was unabie 19 speak tho Sioux language, a half breed Sioux and Cheyenne Imlian actod as interpreter, ‘Turkey Foot speaking to him in Cheyenne, and he to Mr. Loon Pailardy, the official interpreter, who trans lated mto Engtisn The felting against Turkey Foot at North P ‘was very bitter among the res dente, as he bas commited many depredations in the vicinity, aad how has in bis possession maies aad horses belonging to citizens of the place. He said:—Did the Commis- siouers teil the (ruta when they said they came from the Great Fatuer? Would the whiie people who travelled on the Platte and Arkansas do what the Com- mission bid them? He wanted the Smoky Hill aud Powder river road stopped. The Grand Father should be told so, Stop the road, and no war, but quiet travel on the Platte. sioux and Cueyeanes were uow ons. The Commissioners were great men, but some of their young men might still be out doing iil, He bad come in as soon as sentfor; and be also wanted guna, ammuuvition and presents. At the close of Turkey Foot’s oration “Big Mouth’? mounted the rostram and delivered a harangue, but as he Lad becn on a siupesdous drunk the night before, and bad not fully recovered from the effects of his pova: Uoas, be Was too disconuected in bis remarks to proceed accura‘ely, He commenced by giving his red brethren some govd advice, and wound up by instructing the Commissioners im ther duty to the Indians, The gist of his remarks seemed to be the poverty of himself and friends and tue amouut of presents be expected. Toe Commistiouers, desiring to consult in reference to the points made by the Indians, proposed an adjourn- ment until to morrow, which was flually agreed to, efter some objection on the part of Turkey Foot and Pawueo Kiler, who desired to revura to their famiiies aud hunt- ing ground, Tweive o’ciock to-morrow, howover, was finally adopted, when the Commission promis to reply to the poiuts raised by the Ladiaus. Second Day’s Council—Speech of General Sherman—The Indians Threatened with Death if They do Not Make Peace—Disgust of a Savage Chief—Remarks of Senator Henderson—Keplies of the Indians. Nonra Phatre, Neb,, Sept. 20, 1867. The second pow-wow wi.b the Sioux Indians has just Deen conc!uded, lasting several boura, and witnessed by a large crowd of interested speetators, Aa the speschos ot General Sherman and Senator Hen- derson aro directly to the point in question and cover the whole ground, I have given thom in full, as weil as the replies of the principal chiefs, They seemed greatly impressed with the words spoken to them, and were ap- parently satisfied to adopt the wishes of the Commis- sioners, General Sherman opened the council as follows -— GCBNERAL SHERMAN'S SPRECH, Friexps—We bave heard your words, and have thought of them all night, and now give you our eoswers You tell us that the building of the rulroad up (he Smoky Hill and the wagon road by Powder river ; are the principal causes of the present trouble. The government suj the Smoky Hill road was on by the Cheyennes and Arapahoes, who did own that country more than four years ago, and it has been trav- elied by stages and wagons ever since, Mulitary posts and mal tions were built there more than two years and this was pot then considered a gause of war. The government thought the building of an tron road you would be nothing more, but to us is much mient and rapid, and it w Very necoxsary for our poople who lie in New Mexico and Colorado, and will be built, We are to meet the Cherennes monts on tho Arkansas, and if we learn that they arc dam- ‘this railroxd we will make them compensatio: ast be bailt, and you must got inte 1, The Powder river road we established last y: ¢ purpose of hauling flour, coffee and sugar to our | who are digging gold in Montana, No white aot- is have been mv along the road, nor there disturb the buffalo, nor does it destroy th tied to hy | } ' | | there Tadians were reat Grandfather elk and ante ioj them as ‘usual, ‘The gone to war, ie Fond we will at Laramie we find the Indians’ ght to be good, we will give up, or il keep the peace, If any of you have claims up th you can go up with us and make yoor statement at that council, You also ask of Ue Bresenta, more especially powder aod lead, with wbich te huot b because you have given up the huat to come here at our invitation, Dut we will not give you moch Uli we bave como to a final and satisfactory agreement, We cannot now give you powder and lead, because very recently, and we th some of you have killed peaceable ind people, Some of you Attacked 9 raiiroad train and killed wee who bad no guns, but were simply carrying goods and provisions for peaceable people, even to feed some of your own diane, To Spotted Tail, Swift Bear, Standing Eik ana Big Mouth and their bands we are willing to give almost anything they want, becanee they have remained at Pay you for it if you your bows and arrows, till by your continaod good con. duet you satisfy us you will not use the powder to kil our people, This answers all your qoestions, and sow for the advice you ask of us. We know the different habits of the red and white men. You depend on game for a liviny, and have to got blanket, hats and clothing of the whites by trade or by annuities and presenta, All that you se@ the white men they bave wo work for, and they do not have to work as hard as yeu ¢o in hunting, bot they have plenty to cat, bare good bouses fine clothing You cana, in peace all summer; but the rest of you must work with | ’ time, do the same if you will. And we believe the time has come when you should begin, and with our sssigance you can in a few years have herds of cattle and horses, like the Cyerokees, Creeks and Choctaws, andcvn bave corn fields, like the Pancas, Yankton, Shawneos aod wattomies, You see for yo raelves that the white men are advancing in all directions, and ‘spite of all you can do, they will soon have ali tho go0d Jand of this couniry, #0 that unless you chodse s Lome now tt may be too iate next year. railroad up the Platte wilt be built, and that up the Smoky Hil! also. If you are damaged we most pay you in foli, and if your young men attempt to interfere, the Great Father, wha, ‘Out of kindness to you, has heretofore held back the White soldiers aud people, will let them out, and you Will bo ewept out of existence. We therefore propose to let the whole Sioux nation (you included) select a coun- try on the Siussonri river, embracing the White Earth and Cheyenue rivers, to have forever, and wo propose to allow you to keepout al! white men, except such traders and agonts as you may choose, there to cultivate the land, build houses and raise herds of ponies, cattle, sheep, &c, We propose to belp you there as long as you need help and to let you have any kind cf men you want to show you how to raise corn, weave wool into blavkets and make houses. We could teach your children to read and write. We also propose to offer the ‘ heyennes, Kiowas, Camanches and Southera Indians smilar homes in the country be- low the Arkansas, and if any of you prefer that country you can go there and have the same adeai A great wany treaties have been made by those who Dave preceded us. We aro willing to abide by thelr action; but we fear they did not make full allowance for the rapid growth of our people, and as our cid men dio and others succeed them, their promises sometimes are forgotten. But you can see for yourseives that the travel acroas the country has increased ao much that the Siow ox wagons do not now answer the while man’s Purposes, and we aro building costly roads of iron with steam locomotives, You cannot stop them any more than you can stop the sun or moon, and you must aub- mit, aod do the best you can for yourselves. If any of you wish to travel and see for yourselves, wo will pay al expenses and let you see how the white men are jncreasing in pumbersand power, They hardly think of what you cail war out here, and if they make up their minds, they will come to these Piains ag thick as the largest herd of buffaloes, and they will kill you all. We, as your friends, therefore, want yon, of your own choice, to do what we know is best for yourselves, We offer you to choose your own homes and to belp you to learn the white man’s ways, aud to give you ail the rights a white man bas. We are willing to do for you better than we do for white men who come across the great sea, This Commission is nota peace commission only; it is also a war commission, The Great Father wants us to be kind and liberal to the Indians of tho Plans if they keep peaco; but if they will not hear rea- son, then he commands that these roads be made safe by war that will be different trom any you have ever scen. fe will be here again in November, watil which time you may hunt on the Republican; but then we want you in to meet us here and tell ue for govd if you agree to g0 upto the White Earth next spring. In that event we wall provide for you here on Brady’s Island till | reg) the spring, when we want you to go up hite Earth to pick out your future homes; the nearer Missouri the better, for by that river our steamboats can carry up your annual 80} and by it your tra- ders can get their cheap. @ would like you to think of these things now and to say what you think; but we will leave the articles of our agreement to be made when we come back here in November. ‘The Indians came to the council with the expectation receiving # full supply of powder and lead for their fall hunting, and the announcement by General Sher- ‘man that but little would be given them, and that oniy to Spotted Tail's band, caused many grunts of dissatisfaction among the audience, and Turkey Foot left the council ia disgust, making nis way rapidly over the bluffs in the direction of his people, probabiy with the deicrmination that since powder and lead wae denied him he would do his best at killing the ites with his bow aud arrows Senator Henderson next addressed the Indians, giving them a few words of instruction and advice, which wero novelas with repeated How! How! Hows! by the indians, SPEECH OF SENATOR HENDERSON. ‘We will moet you at Medicine Lodge creek on the 13th of October next; at North Platte on the lst of Norem- ber, and at Laramie on the 3d of November. We hope you will appoint chiefs, with fail authority to treat with us at one or the other of those places, You can wke yourchoice, You can treat jointly, with your friends or by yourselves, If the Ogallalas and Cheyennes here wish to be included in the treaty with their friends on Powder river, we Will consent, If the Brulés here wisa to treat jointly with the Braivs of the North we will consent. If you want @ joint treaty with others, you can go to the piace where your friends with whom you waut to go will be. But if you profer separate contract with us, you can mect us at this piace on the 135 of November, and we will treat with you by yourselves, But between now and the time of the council you mus! kesp the peace. You must not atiack the roads nor the cattle trains, If you want anything call on your agent (Colouél Patrick) until we come again, ‘hen we make a contract of peace with you we will give you all the powder and jead you want, aod wo will give you honestly the goods and presents which wo Shall agree to give yon in the contract, This Commis~- sion has talked to you plainly. It may bave been un. pleasant to you, bat wha: we do will be more pioasant- In reply to the proposit ona submitied by the Comm'ss rioners, the Indians replied, turough their chieis, a- follows: SPRECH OF SWIFT DRAN, A SIOUX, My Fam ‘We bavo made friends with the whites and we expect tobe such, You have beon talking to us yesterday and to-day, Ail my people have heard it. I do not suppose you have told us a bad word in all your speeches, All you said was good. You have told us that my Grand Father bas sent you to Hx up these roads that have been made here. You see mo standing here as wSioux. [thought ali these red men were \ike me. We have only one heart and only one way to talk. We always (alk straight, Ithonght you told us we were to be friends, and that we were toaeparate frieudiy and not fight any more. I have been always at peace my- self, but Iam gpeaking for others outside, 1 was away hunting game and was friendly with the whites, I un- derstood that my Grand Father bed sent word for us to come 1m and then go after che hostile Indians and bring them in and mako peace, did so aud I am back bere. I went to their village and told your words to tiem, I believe I wid lic, But you told a lie to me. I understood there wera six Commiseioners coming to mske peaco—to mak @. I told the indians to Jay down their arms and I brought them in. 1 told toem that I was living with the whites, that I was happy, was living well did not suffer for anything. After doing al feo mag gr would have pity on me and them and make peace. I thought you would give usa litle ammuaition to get our living wita and to make our hearts glad and when we get home to make our people glial. Take pity on usthisday I bave a good deai of trouble in this country. Iam a friend to the whites. We do not want much ammunition, only enough to kill guano with. If you give it you will not die, It wit! not burt you at ail, You will have your lives. I am an Indian, and what- ever iho white mon tell me 1 always listen to, I never do wrong if they listen to me, I hope we will mest ‘again, You are goiwg around to mee. ovr po will speak to you again when wo weet, Just gi Indian a Little ammeanition is ali I have to say. SPERCH OF THE MAN WAO-WALKS:OXDRE-THE-GROUND (AN OGALLALA SIOUX). My Ferexps—I want you to look st me wall Taman Ogaliaia and was born and raised on th's ground ; 80 were my fathers avd grandfatuers, I bave always loved the whites, and I have known the tne when my relatives did live weil and happy with them. What the whices bad to eat they euared it with us. My friends have ably eaten plenty of our baffalo meat on our prairies, Now Lam going to be a big man. I have a wile aod children to take care of, The whites have always loved them and I do not waut to do anything out of the way. I want the hearts of our women and children to be strong. My Grand Father has sentyou to tell fus good words, Spotted ‘Tal got the good words aad brought them to us,.and he brought us here to make peace. We mect bere together to-day and I believe we sball be treated weil. I am a red skinned man and am poor, I was raised on the prairie, You white mon arerich. You live well, Do not the mea who come here and trade go back with something we give them? We always sharo what wo have with you, are you going to give us to live on? Wo do not know where to go or where to rambie to make a living, You sent for us and we have cote bere to make a —— remain at peace. Iam ‘an Indian and capnot make powder. We cannot maxe and caps, and in what direction shail we goto make and to live happy unless wo can get ammunition you? I expect to get some from you for my children to live on. SPRECH OF TAWNRE KILLER. Tam not achief—{ am a soldier. My Great Grand- father may have some mighty good ideas and notions in his head; 1 have some very good ones algo. Iam not alone out here among these people that Iam living with. ‘Toere are plenty of peopio north and south of us. We will bave some big councils by and by with all the big men, and then it will be all right., Those ple ont there from where came have doing vory wrong all tits sammer—committing depredatio. nd such things. heard you bad come now to mi , and we hurried on to come and see peace, pd I was brought up on buffalo meat. T want to stay this country and live here, You ought to give as some ammunition for coming in from our hunt when you sent for ug to make peace. DETRIBUTION made by Commissioner’ Taytor, conveying, howover, about the same ideas as expressed by General Sherman and Senator Henderson. At the close of the coune!l a liberal donation of pgee- ents, consisting of co! flour, sugar, bacon, blankets, hata, coats and padts, together ‘with domeetio goods for i Indians y and an ane go stored for the baiance of the tribe not present. It is the easiest thing in the world to hold a pleasant council with @ band #, and make almost any kindof a roubie is {t has no effect upom the set- Main question, and does not prevert the hosiile Indians from kiiling our people and stealing our k, Until some method can be found to bring the hostile Indiaus imto the Commission 18 a8 good an |. It was finally agreed Cry maha for a limited sappy of powder ball to {sewe to (hese indians andallow them to go on. their way rejoicing ‘The Commission will next meet the Cheyennes of the routh, on Medicine creck, seventy-five miles beyond Fort Larned, on the Arkansas river, The 18th Of Octo. ber i the time designated for meeting the lodiane there emeat the time of the THE PRESS TELEGRAM. tudian Depredations in Me Sr. Lours, Sept. 25, 1 the Montana Posi, of the 10:h inst, aye that Me, Richards has arrived from Fort Smith, and repotts that from six hundred to seven hundred Arapahoos are in tho shell water . He claims that these Indions are committing } od ‘which are attributed to the A lettor from_ 1 agent Wells, at the Fiat Head agency, says that the Blackfeet recently Feurderes @ man and woman at Fiathesd lake, and | I THE MORALS OF POLITICS. Interesting Political Developments—Mont- womery Binirfon the President, Gene- ral Grant, the Radicale and the Financial Situation. At the democratic meeting held at Bladensburg, Md., on the 2lst instant, Montgomery Biair delivered a jengthy speech. Weextract a portion of bis remarks:— We have fought out the conspiracy against the Union; wo must now gh Wt the conspiracy against the vital princivie of the government. Tne secession was a Con- gross-bred conspiracy to keep the minority in pow ic ched in the same hotbed, having the and looking to the use of ¢ government and a much seligame motives and objei the army and the money of more flagrant disregard of constitutional oe ny hoid power, By their laws, as they now stand, the, tended to array Goneral Grant against the President, thus bave sec red his depogition by viorence; but Grant, so far, has refused the purple they offered nim, Insteat of becoming the executioner of the President, as they had plauned it, be acceded io the re- bd ef the President to act as Secretary of War. ‘nus their spy was turned out, and he now charges Grant (falsely, indeed, but significantly,) with putting bim out by force. :tanton’s languaze tg siguificant, It is because che radical coaspiracy tooks to force taat such utterances escape them. What means the arming and drilling of the negroes now going on in the District and in this State and elsewhere, under the suapiors of due Yreedmen’s Burean? What means the organization of the Army of the Republic—twenty posts of which twenty companies, I suppos pei at General heridan’s reception at ~t. Louis the other day—which perenne rie engl country? It mw notin dread of the uthern whito poople, “They are disarmed amidst armed negroes, supported by a vast reguiar army. It mean3 treason. It ts following the uniform course of conspiracies, Ita predecessor and prototype, secession, armed iteelf in like manur. Our UCresweils, you remember, bad their armed bands of white seces- siomuts here ia Maryland in 1860 and 1861, just as he, or his associates, have their armed negroes now, Rely upon it, my Irarghe—yte ogear plots and armed organizations, created by si men a¢ Stapion, and our Bonds and Creswells, oid leaders in the trea- son of secession, are dangerous and treasouable, Graut has 0 far refused to be @ pariy to this and refused to tura out the President, and itis for that rea- son the ciamor bas arisen now for impeachment to give this treasonable y absolute control of army. The question is often asked me whether Grant will not ad succumb, and make himself their tool to arrest the resident when ordered to do so by Congresa, and make Wade President without even trying Jobnson to the forms of law. The constitution fs so clear that it was pover doubted that an officer’s powor is not affected by the finding of articles of tmpeachmeat, and not till the jodgment of the Senate is pronounced on those articles against him. It was so decided by the Senate ia the first case of impeachment (Judge Chase’s case), and the rule ba; since been adhered to. 1 cannot think, therefore, that Grant would obey such an illegal, revolu- tionary order. He must ses, also, that toe proposed tm- peachment of the President comes from his falure to act out the part of usurpation assigned to tim in the radical programme, and that hence the radicals dis- trust him aod wish bim no good, They may, ind seek to use bis popularity, as they did that Lincoia and Johnson, to hold power ia Congress; but it he lends himself to their wishes, he wii become, like Jolnson himself, a cypher in their bands afterwards. His own disregard of the cou- stitution, in obeying their illega! mandates, will then esiop him from ever gainsaying their will, even when they may choose to put somo subordinate over him. Goneral Grant’s refusal to accopt the President’s power, offered to him by the radical legisiation, will bring ou the crisis of the plot when Congress mets. The open proclamation of some so called moderate Senators that they are now ready to eject the President frow his office —not for any high crime or misdemencor, such as alone warrants that course, but for adhering to the constitu tion as universally accepted—makes it pretty certain that, unless the people's voice checks them in their mad career, they will make at least some disgraceful expibition of themselves when Congress meeia, But I am not alarmed, [see that the people begin to under- nd these men. [hey have used up the poiitica! capi- which they made out of the rebellien, and now rely alone on force, fraud, corruption and usurpation, to continue themselves in power. They were an odious party before the war, and never gut power except by the divisions’ of the democra- tic party, They were odious then because of the haired of free and constitutional governiweat which is inberent in the The constitution must be obeyed and maainiained. No party can retain power, whatever their services i past exigencies, who will not obey it; and any party which’ will oboy s+ way bs trusted. Now the constitution has become obsolete, a by-word anda Jest to the radicals, and democrats only profess to hold it sacred. It is (his palpsbie truth which is bringing euch cheering words from the far West aud the far East, to be re-echoed soon in the great ceciral Siates. Mr. John- son’s only offence is that he foliows 1 the footsteps of Lincoln. The difference ip their treatment by the radi- cal party is due lo the fact that Jonuson lives when the question of reconstruction haa become identical with party ascendancy. Many of the radicals, and among thom the tate Henry Wintor Davis and also Senator Wade, had the sagecity to foresee in Lincolu’s recoa- stroction pohoy the dangor to their patty which ail see now, and these men then denounced Lincola, and im- puted the game unworthy motives to him now so gon eraily imputed to President Johosoa by their party; and they bave elected Wade, who thos denounced Lincoln, President of the Senate, with a viow to make him Presitont affect to moure over Lincoin! more brazen hypocrisy? A tore scrapulousiy honest man than Presideat Johnson never lived; and while so storu im manner, and sometimes severe in speech, Lincoln himself was not more tender of heurt or more gencrous in nature. Like every really good man, he ever inclines to mercy’ le, and never, either as @ private man or as Governor or Presidvnt, tafied to be indulgent when thero was asufficient justifcation. Ths trait of his character makes it certain that he never knew that Mra, Surratt’s judges recommended hor te mercy. But while Iadm're the Previdont, avd agree that all your resolutions say of bim is just, I should not satisfy you or his friends goneraiiy if I withheld the expression of my regret that b@has been so forbearing towards the men who have held the chief sway in his admuiaistration, It is only when the radical conspiracy 1s about (o culminate that he bas taken from Mr, Stan- ton the control of the ary and the immen: tures connected with it, and bis confederates, Messrs. Seward and Holi, atili retain their postions, Holt and Stanton were both committed to the rebellion, Hav- ing betrayed their friends, the Presideat onght to have koowo that tbey would stop at no thing to prevent a restoration of the Union and of good feeling; and Messrs. Seward and Weed continae to use all their power to defeat democratic party; and they may have some effect, pariiculariy io New York. But I do not think we can be again defeated in that State. Our friends there say, not even with the wholo power of tho administration against us. But tt 48 not less inexcusable that iuey groclt be alivwed the use of the President's power to War opon his principles and those who support then, Every personal friead of the President muct regret that he has not given free 70, but has allowed the ows of bis ia for keeping "8 course'to his own bigher 1 vermin about him to gnaw away thi strength, Mr. Soward is cliciy responsil them opon him. He & was who parai! Mr, Line: Vigor in dealiag with the rebcilion, surrendered F Sumter, practical y, and thus marched Beayry army into Virginia, 4nd so wheeled that State info ine witb South Carolina It was due to bim that Goneral Scott, after recommending tho reinforcemen' of Sumter and the maintenance of the Union by an armny of three hundred thousand, came #9 say, ‘Surrender, and let the wayward sisters go in peace,” It was, in iact, his non-resisting aud “reunion” policy, as developed in his letters to Mr, Adams, which made’the war, ‘Tire same timid councils havo invited iu the same way, and given vim to the radical, revolutionary movements, set on foot their secret armed bands, tolerated their atro- cious murers, and throaten to land us in despotism to escape the worse evil of the total disorganization of no. ciety. Who would not prefer to live under the despotic rule ofa Grant, or a Hancock, or any other brave to living ucder euch republican fovernments as Brownlow and Tom Fletcher are ruoning in Tennessee and Missouri, which ave the models for tue other South- ern States? No one who considers the condition of it affairs in those States will be surprised that otner peoples bave taken refuge in di m from #0-called governments. A smal\ minority is pat in power over the great majoriiy of the people by external force, and (his power is to be mainiained by armed mogroes, and tho mbers of the intel: it disfrancb!sement of tomonse ow igen white people, wbore ancestors made the State and the Umon, This is chronic wat, The raiag classes 8o created never feeling secure in power, are stimu- lated to the most cruel persecuuons. Both parties come to feel that monarchy is a relief from such govern- monis, It 18 impossiple to maintain good feeling amoung neighbors and ered 80 constituted and governed. You, my friends of all parties bere, cannot hat feol how different our siiuation is here ander our Maryland recons struction, Neighbors do not murder each other Maryland im political strife, Most of the young men who favored the rebellion have returned, glad to get back among us. They are cured of secession, and wo them as felons, and do not make the fing of our country odious to tem by making 1( the emblem of subjection and decrafation, Thoy will now all took to it with pride as the emblem of their country’s glory power. Indeed, eome of our young Moods were Antietam who had been fn the rebel army, and they mot only participated in thos? ceremouies, but they joined heartily with our party as we returned in singing the “Star Spangled Papuer'’ and other national aira How long wader radicai rule would it be before the starry banner would be loved by all our people? Let us live up to the constitution. Panish if necessary, and as As necessary, fer the infraction of tie law, accordil the and there will be no difficulty in maintaining our government, with ail its liberties aud great- ness, over a harmonious and happy people. But radical ex port facto proveription to perpevoate the of those woo are enriching themselves and imporer Lj the country Will make us the most wretched, despotic A tow words now about onl Ou debs ‘s & avier, of Lge oe ALO! reat Britwin, ao: wae direst taxation exceads that ot Crent Britain of any $ puaily, our means of paying i 1s impaired by an enormous ous tome duty, far exeveding that of any other nation im ite Oppre:@iveness upon every branch of industry. One im- dustry i* thus sapped at the foundation, and conse quently the product of our direct tax is rapidly dimin- iabing, and it w apparent to every one that we must have @ redaction of exponditares at once, and wiser ‘mancial managem Of repadiation, Radicalism re mies to mainte the supremecy 1, the white man im the Southern btates to hold those States, Nod profligate expenditure 6nd bounty-giy ing tarifie at the K wth ww carry enough cf those Siates to matntain its tere can be no reduction of mdica em, Repudtation ta, therere party is contioued in power. The democracy I9 economical and dedt-par ing party, tosanrent ‘bes pedlic debt bien paid of uoder ite auapioes tity of the debt is due altogether — nen pane mont A Chavo to make paper money and banish ie oA money. amovwithAtaudiag our Own soil is ao protide of ft, and a Staton to expend it, would soon bankrupt any Country. One of the best illustrations of this fluavce system was lately given by General Butier, who is un- questionable authority among radicals, ‘He admits Squarely that the radical system of finance must be abandoned or the radical party will be destroyed. Bui to the Hiusiration, Under the Ciase banking system with $300,000 in greenbacks you can get. United Siates bouds for that amount. These bonds are deposited in the , aud they not only pay six per cent e year in gold on im, bat they wili return you $270,000 in bat $30,000 of your money—to carry on the operation does not stop here. says those who are in favorcan get the publ! deposits put in their bank also, and he knows a bank in Boston where some parties with a bank of $300,000 capi- . by the process above described, the gov- Sets only the use of $30,000, havea muiilion of dollars on deposit constantiy, and they actually invest these depozits in government bonds and got ‘x per ceot @ year on them from the government. ‘So that by the use of $30,000 these men make, first six per cent on $800,000—$18,000 in gold, worth about $27,000 in backs—tven $60 000 ta gold for interest on the public deposits, equal to $90,000 in greenbacks. Thus, ‘thout counting any profits on the loans of the $270,000 2 greenbacks issued to them on depositit their bow & Year, without eri jovernment of $80,000, £. ture; an instance will suffice to show with what a band he spends the pyblic money. His purchase of the Illinois steamship from Marshall 0. the radical candidate for \iayor of New York, shows now unscrupul usiy he disposed of the public money. He gave $300,000 tor that vessel when he knew, from an official report made by reliable and competent men, the vessel to be utterly worthless, But he afterwards allowed Mr. Roberts to select nis o inspectors, one of wnom was, or had been, Mr Robert: partwor, Can any one wonder that the steamboat account forthe army exceeded the cost of the whole navy, or marvel at the enormity of the expenditure. We think the white race, under our institutions, the only safe and proper depositories of political power No other race of men ever bad a democratic government. Governments are not made, but grow. They are, indeed, Dut the outgrowth of the nature of the Ragen It is, therefore, smpossible with safety to blond two such di- verse races as the white man and the African in the same government One or the other must rule. There could be in such communities mo question of adminis- tration, The onty question would be which henge 8 ern and which be excluded from political power; e fact that the nevroesare now being armed to assert and maintain the suffrage given them by military power renal, Ic is already thus showing itself a question of force only. feare now to military goveroment over twelve Si wiel wl balance of power in the next Presidential election, ana enabling the General of the Army toclect himself, And if the military is ever withdrawn—which is not at all likely ; it is much more apt to be extended—there will follow a war of races. But I do not Sea monn wil o's these evils to take place. iT: voves show they are aware of the danger aad are aroused to meet it, THE NATIONAL GAME. Matual vs. Union of Lansinaburgh. The Unions of Lansingburgh, familiarly, though inap- Propriately, called the *“Haymakers,”’ appeared yester- day on the Union grounds, Brooklyn, £. D., to contend, for the Srst time this season, with the Mutuals of New York, After beating the Unions of Morrisamia, on Mon- Gay, very many persons seemed to think that they would bother the Mutuals, especially as they had beaten them in two games last season, A larze crowd, there- fore, was ip attendance, and expectation ran bigh as to the reault, The game was opened with the Mutuals at the bat, and was s! ly piayed upto the fourth inning. The Matuala, thanks to the good rulings of Mr, Birdsall, the umpire, would occasionally have the bail pitched so that they might hit, and that they did so with good effect is very evident from tho fact that at the end of the fourth inning the score stood Mutual 18, Union 6 The fifth inning was commenced and the first two strikers were put out at first base, Then! clouds came roiling up, so thick and black as to warning that the rain would soon leave them was a glorious opportunity for the “baymakors” to make uay while the sun dido’t shine d they com- menced to do 60. Wood, who bad in to pitch instead of Abrams, euddenly found his fingers.so ten- dor that he coulda't bold the bail, and his eyesizht so bad that he could not judge the direction of the bail or could not see the exact spot on which the “home piate’’ lay. The Mutuals’ striker (Waterman), however, taking up the “ilttie game,” attempted toatriks out; but, recon- sidering the matier, struck a tow bail, botween short 4 base, which Mr, McAteo, at other times arp enough, cid Dot attempt to stop, but, standing still the field, 1ooked at the bail going to the left deid, and Mr. King waiked in for it, The object of this was to delay the game until the rain should fall and oblige tne umpire to caiithe game be-ore the firth ivping could be played vu', rhe rain had already commenced when the third band was pat out, and tne Unions came in to the bat, Zhe ump.re ordercd the game to be continutd. Tne Mutuals tooc their position \d tue bail was pitched over the home piace, ‘iho ns Would not go in to bat, aod es tue m Dow burst forth in ail ite fury, the umpire call tho game and awarded it to the Murual Ciud, The Vice-President of the Union Club acknowledged the justice of the decision, and presented the pail to the Mutual Cab, A poimt will, no doul raised on this game ai will decid by tue proper tribunas. The facis of the case falty jusified — MM Birdsall in awarding the contest to the Mutuala ‘The Unions are good, heavy batters and sharp fielders, but their habit of disputing the umpire and taiking at the crowd ta cnid) bh in the ex reme. y bave not secured any disimtercsted frienda in this section by their conduct daring the pust two days, aad itis to be hoped that they will retrieve themeeives to-day at Irvington, The score of youter- day's game isas fol.ows:— mCTUAL. Players. 0. R, Players, 0 R, MeMauon, r. E Meatee, 6. 8, in) Pike, Lat b. ‘McCune, r. 3 0 a 00 2 0 rae | 1 1 o 8 Bearman, p 1 1 ©. Hunt, Lf. o 1 Totale,...6.... ne a 6 i 8 2 6 iW. 1-19 0 8 ; 3 ‘Fon = Mr. BU. iiivisdil,’ OF tho Union Ciub, of Mor.t- SPECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE HERALD, Close Contest Betweea the Atiantics of Brooklyn and Keystones of Philade!phin, Pamapeireta, Sept 25, 1867, $ U'Uloce P.M. } ‘The match between the Atlantica aud Keystoues, at Camden this afternoon, at the end of the uinth ianing resulted In a tie, exch side scoring tweive runs. The touth inning was :o.errupied by the storm, THE ROYAL INSURANCE BOND ROBBERY. Preliminary Examination of the Accused=Tho Cane for the Defence. ‘The examination in this case, in which Daniel Noble is dofendant, charged with the larceny of $200,000 io bonds from the office of the Royal Insurance Company, ‘was resumed yesterday forenoon before Justice Hogan atthe Tombs, Before calling witnesses for the defence the preliminary examination of the accused was taken, 28 required by statut lations, In wo sonst yuanties; be erated thet hos slips is Danlal Robie Englan Tesides a $i butcher. 4 net the accused. Oounsel for the premeesion petal ‘to the admission , aud argued at cons derable loagsh in support of bus citing namerous decisims in casos Where it was neld tuat such @ line of exainisation could not be allowec. for the defence claiming his it to show the erisiouce of eis pr) feol ngs tow: the ed, excopt as to threats, @ Did ene ever make any trent against Noble? A. She ssid she would pay him for rofusiag to permit her to build ons piece a land he owned; ouce, wuen Mr. Novle was crossing the river, in the rear of Tesiden and drove into deep water, 1 told Mra Giichi of it, as she stood near she said she hoped be would drown hefore be reached the opposite bank ; that if be did she would geta quart of brandy av blind drank; she said, furcuer, revenge owas aweet to hor, and if ebe could sond Dan N the State Prison for ten years, and he woud know sho had been toe means of it, that she would be willl lay ears herself; this was in June; at another ime, tn April, she aaid she would pay Dan Noble for his insults and abuse to Ler, if it was the last or og she om with mv i i i tan o'clock. Daring his examination of Mr. Bell counsel for the defence propounded a nuraber of questions to whic the tion objected, the Court enataming the objection 20d excention being takes THE FALL TRADE. Towards the close of summer the Heaaup said:— “There are evidences of a revivalof trade in nearly all of its departments and the highest hopes are entertained that during the spproaching fall there will be greater ac- tivity ip business circles than has ever been known since 1860.” Any one who remarks the illumination of the large establishments on Broadway and in other streets down town, long after nightfall, will feel satisfed that the anticipations indulged with reference to the fall trade are being. more than realized. After the regular business hours, the employés of these establishments may still be found busily engaged in packing up the goods bargained for during the day, and the activity im these places ceases only after midnight. There is now im facta rush of trade of every kind, and the hotels continue to be filled with merchants from al! parts of the country, brought hither to procure stocks The Western crops are very fruitfui and on the @rength of them—the market for cereals being quite stiff—buyers are makiag more extensive purchases than it was supposed a month since would be made, During the latter part of August, and up to this time, the large houses have been more thao usual usy in filling orders, mostly of those whose de: @ Immediate and pressing, A. T. stowart’s, on Broad- way, for instance, has presented for t lively appearance, and the bustle of business that bas characterized it still continues, and will continue uot December, Those country merchants whose paucity of stocks compelled them to boy immediately have, how- ever, been generally supplied and have gone home with their pe. Trade of all descriptions, though now set Uing down to its legitimate fall character, will doubtless be Chaat ‘and brisker than 6 See the case # = geason. Ample preparations have been made by the merchants to meet all demands made upon cl Weat there is an increased cal! for gees of finer Seo ties and higher priced than bas usually character: the orders from that section, while tne South is gradually swelling its demand for coarse and serviceable fabrics. ‘Though the tendoncy of the market is almost im variaoly downward, many seasons must roil over before prices will reach a peace level. Merchants in the middle and Eastern States had generally very large stocks (purchased last y: aod have waited to clear them off before laying in new ones, thus throwi: back the legitimate fall trade with those sections at I two months. The firstof August saw this trade set in last year, because the tendency in 1865 was to purchase Mghtly, and the stocks wore sooner used uw she biginal sing of 1880. Th ag te tries it business e in 6 ppt pack it will be beaprpetbe yg ‘or many years, our merchants are, g Lo aye oy themselves on this fact, If the pollt affairs ef the country were settled upon some basis thas would apc _ the ran Hows prospect would brighter; though, as ere are very few who feel dospondent, even when the very worst aes of our political condition is made the subject of THE PUBLIC, MARKETS. Letter from Comptroller Connolly—Large Ie- crease in the Revegues to the City—Evident Advantages of the Ticket System with the Marketmen. We give below an important communication from Comptroller Connolly in response to a letter of the Citi zens’ Association, It contains interesting information, especially the fact that since the Comptroller introduced @he ticket system among tho market wagone the reve nues from that source have increasod 300 per cent; and other important regulations in relation to markets have greatly increased the revenues of the city from that source, for which Mr. Connolly desorves great. credit :— Crry or New Yorn, Dzrarraet oF Finance, ‘Comerrouier’s Orrice, Sept. 21, 1867. Pater Coors, Esq, Chairman Citizens’ Association of NewYork :— Sir—In relation to the public*markets of the city it ts Proper to state that the whole system and mani of this important interest, so far as the Department of Finance 1s concerued, has engaged the earnest atiention of the Comptroller, with the view, if possible, to intro- duce reforms and improvements wherever practicable. The rent of stalls heid by persons engaged in the wholesale trade bas been considerably advanced in order not only to equalize them, but also to increase the rev- enue from this source; # measure which bas thus far been as successful as could be expected. The rent for stands occupied by those exclusively employed in the retail trade has also been increased to correspond with the mecessary expenses, as as to augment the rev- enue accruing therefrom. On the ist of August last the Comptroller adopted a sysiem of tickets for the conve- nience of farmers and gardeners who bring the products of their farms and gardens to our markets in wagons. ‘These tickets are issued to the owners of market wagona, and are go arranged as to express upon the face of them their value ($1 50), and the time for which they are given (six daya), in accordance with the provisions of the ordinance reguiating markets, These tickots have five coupons attached to each, so that tne holder is at liberty to use it as may be necessary. It is the duty of the collectors of market foes to collect these coupoms: datly from all holders of tickets. Immediately after the tickets were introduced the fees were iucreased twenty- five per cent, au advance which was cheeriully complied with by persons engaged in the market wagon This arrangement to collect feca by issuing tickets has roved entirely successful, the revenue having increased fully three hundred per cent since its adoption It bas been the intention of the*Comptroller to offer to the farmers and gardeners every facility con- sistent with tho laws and ordimances for tho disposal of their ce {n our markets, and the police authoritica, ag well as the health o! have been as leniont in the exercise of their duties in requiring the strests to be vacated at the proper hour, as circumstances would permit, All of our citizens are alike interosted in the subject of market supplies, avd it is not only the in- terest but the duty of the Corporation of New York to make provision for the accommodation of all of the people who are engaged tn raising and bringing their roduce to our markets. It may pot be wplgveresting ere to add some details, showing (he localities of farms and gardens from whence our supplies of vegeta. dies are mostiy drawn, &c. It has been ascertained ‘that an average of one hundred and seventy market wagons visit this city daily to vend (heir products in the vicinity of the variolls markets, Of those about eleven+ teegths gre from Long Island, 8ixteenths from fersey, one-sixteonth from the upper portion of oer island, and Re tten sgn Ly ealfinge ny a county. Theee wagons wriye daring the o! or acl in the morning eT aly e al, B few of the persyn3 owal stands in tho markets, 0 Of tho number of thos: who in setling vegetables and other garden and farm from the! Americans, three-sixice! rmans, and teenths Irish. There is another claw, who are mere speculators, say some twenty, who have wagons with localities in New Jersey, Long Island, &c., whe ceneenie oe ifit should be deemed the Com era of the Sinking Fund—to whom the w markets would then be made to assimilate more directly to the character of private enterprise, the joa reserving the right to exercise a general supervision over them, the same as it does over ferry and other fram- chisea Respectfully submitted, RICHARD B. CONNOLLY, Comptrolier. WWTERNAL REVEMUE MATTERS. an anonymous letter on Tuesday, stating in substance that the brig Ana, of Windsor, was at an Rast river pier loading with spirituous liquors for export, under circamstances giving rise to the saspicion that an ab tempt was being made to defrand the Revenue Depart ment. Among the charres alleged in this caeo was one to the offect that the spirits being put on board did not in proof with the Cusom House entry. Acting on the information thus conveyed the Collector forthwith seized tho brig and put her in charge of revenue officera, Yesterday the cargo was overhauled and a thorough etamination made as to the charges which had been anonymoasly preferred. Twelve hum- dred barreis of rum aud alcohol were found on board. After the investigation was completed the Collector be- came satisfied that the allegations were without founda tiou, and forthwith gave orders for the release of the vessel, The Anna is loading for Genoa, ‘OTHER SRIBCRES IN THU CITY. Collecvor Shook yesterday seized a rectifying distillery at 84 Cherry street, ‘alleged to be the Property of a Mr, Urauoxsan. A number of barrelg.were found on the premises bearing inspection and rectification brands that are alleged to be faise, 1t is Said that raw whiskey was broaght to this place for rectification, from Brook- lyn, ta covered Navy Yard express wagoos. Tho case ‘will Gndergo immediate investigation. Inspectors Steiner and Cocheu yesterday toized the distilery of P. L. Strack, 88 and 0 Para street, on the charge that It contained more molasses tian was a counted for by the entries on the books. Fifteen bartels of spirits were seized in Forty-first sirest, near Eighth avenue, Charge—Tax not paid. Thirteen barrels of whiskey, supposed to belong te Mr. H. Shelley, wore yesterday to) on tho corner of North Fifth ai Sixth sireete, Williameburg, on charge of not being properly Sranded, oo at the same piace, it is ailegeu, bors no brand OF ILLICIT DISTILLRATE® IN RROOTITN, Yesterday morning Revevne Inspector (atin seined ap illicit atl which he discovered in an old stable te C mreot, near Jay, Brooklya, The owner could not be found. Depury Collector Tobey also seized yesterday an tk Jicit still ina vtabie in Union street, near Powere, Sonth: Brooklyn, The still, which was of (he capaciiy of some 160 gaitons, wes “running” at the tone, A barrel of rum found on a cart in Front atreety ny be Was seized on account of bearing no inspect ors . a SAILING OF THE CHINA. Bostos, 25, 1807. The steamehip Chinn sailed this nealing, rs for Liverpool and ei iteem do China carried ae specie |