The New York Herald Newspaper, June 2, 1873, Page 5

POOR PEACE POLICY, _,——— An Oregonian on the Covern- ment of the Indians. + QUAKER MANAGEMENT EXPOSED, A Defence of the Oregop Settlers from Godly Attacks. THE PEACE COMMISSION'S REPORT. Misrepresentations of Fact and Shirking of Responsibility. A SERIES OF SENSIBLE SUGGESTIONS, The Peace Men Called Upon to Cease Reviling the Settlers and to Civilize the Indian, WASHINGTON, May 30, 1873, ‘To THE EDITOR OF THE HERA Asa triend and supporter of the present admin- Istration I e¢annot be charged with any act of hostility if I comment upon what I deem to have been erroneous in the management and construe- tion of its Indian policy, a subject now of utmost importance and of complicated features. In com- mon with the people of Oregon, I desire to assist the government in its endeavor to carry out a just and humane treatment of its Indian wards; but I do not wish to assent to a policy which I deem in- efictual, either by its merits or improper enforce- ment, and shall only make my assertions applica- ble to the country in which I am specially in- terested—Oregon and Washington Territory. It «has becwne a custom in the Fast to call every In- @ian wu? or disturbance on the Pacific coast an act caused by the dishonesty of Uregonians for pur- poses of speculation, and to apeak freely of their usual cruelty and inhumanity toward the red man. In the formation of this custom ofMcials at Washington have lent their aid, until now the people of that western coast can be branded as “herder ruffians,” and as destitute of humane in- stinct and feeling, by oficial speakers before Washington audiences, and without any reason therefor other than the complaint of a Digger indian or the scribblings of an irresponsible corre- spondent. Twenty years of life in Oregon, and an acquaintance with probably three-fourths of its citizens, enable me to claim them the peers of any in their peaceable and law-abiding vharacter and true humanity. Those years have mostly been spent in official relations, which have brought me into a good knowledge as to how the Indians are teated there. TREATMENT OF INDIANS IN OREGON, The Secretary of the Interior, in his ex- planation of what he terms the “Quaker policy,” gives us to infer his opinion of that treat- ment; for he says now, “Under its influence (Quaker policy) it is hoped that humanity ana kindness may take the place of barbarity and cruelty,” as though up to the golden era of peace policy “barbarity and cruelty” had alone characterized the Indian policy. Such un- limited and unguarded expressions teach strangers to form improver conclusions. Neither barbarity nor crueity form an element in the laws of Oregon and Washington Territory; nor de they enter into social ethics there; nor in the twenty years of control of Indians upon reservations there can an instance indicative of either be found. In the mainI find no tault with the peace policy; but I find tnis—its friends claim that it isabout to accomplish wonders, when, in fact, those very things have existed in full force and beauty for yearsin Oregon. In order to ex- piain my meaning I quote from the efficial expla- nation of the Quaker policy. The first proposition is “to place the Indians upon reservations, &c., and provide for them as the dictates of humanity and Christian civilization require.” Is that anything new? Has it solely accomplished this in Oregon and in Washington Territory? Lassert that not one single thing oi the kind has been done since its inauguration, The Indians in all that coast west of the Cascade Mountains had been long-time residents upon reservations, and the work of civilizing and instructing the Indians was carried on years ago as fully as now and as successfully. THE RESERVATION PLAN. Turning to the Eastern portien of that coun- try, the only effort to put Indians upon reser- vations under that policy is this lamentable Modoc failure. Now, just as before, the roving bands of the Umatillas continue to live where they please and plunder where they can. Bands of the Yakimos, Simcoes and Warm Springs have never been placed upon their reservations, and they stretch along the Columbia River from Priest’s Rapids to the Cascades. The Modocs are deserters of four years’ standing. Klamath River bands are but nomads, The great band of Snakes, claiming near a third part of Oregon, conquered and treated with years ago, have no reservation, but are held under military rule; no Quaker policy of improvement for them. Unfriendly bands of Nez Pereés control one-third of Union county, not only away irom their reservation, but qutside of Idaho ‘Territory, their home, and across the Snake River, and to-day they threaten danger and death to the settlers of Wallowa Valley. They have so acted for a long time, and, until the Modoc unpleasantness arose, ne peace commis- sion has visited them. The government well knows that these bands take with them their thou- Bands of horses that trespass upon the unprotected sands and crops of settlers, and in the enjoyment of their fishery treaty rights they wrongfully bring from their reservations every horse they own, until, in and about the fishery of Tumwater, five miles from my house, and adjacent points, I have seen at least four thousand horses feeding for months upon the lands elaimed by settlers, and upon adjacent lands, consuming that which is the Property of the whites, Yet no settler dare to pas- ture his stock within reservation limits under penalty, because the f ans complain; in other words, an Indian's complaint prevails over white settlers’ protests and shapes government policy. These things are fast ripening into collisions and should have been removed long ago. The citizens will lose faith in the efficiency of a icy, Which, proiessing to create an Indian mil- fone, fails t@ maintain the first propositions of its policy, and fails to operate more kindly and successfully than the old plan, They universally favor a policy that shail be humane and Christian- izing, Without losing sight of justice to both the white and red races, The past experience, under the Quaker policy, only suggests and establishes the belief that justice has been laid aside, and moral suasion, or pow-wow policy, substituted, Therefore this latter generally faile, even in civil- izea cities and church-going communities, ana faith always evaporates when founded upon faiiures. THE QUAKER POLICY. Again, the Secretary says:—“it is the determina- tion of this policy to see that all supplies—food or clothing, purchased ior Indians upon reservations— are procured at fair and reasonabie prices, without having the tunds of government squandered on their purchase.” So say we allin one unanimous verdict. This statement infers that, heretofore, ¢eustom has been to cheat the Indian and Squander government funds. c fession. Government must have known evils at the time of commission, or very shortly after, for shoddy articles wear out soon and complaint follows trom the wearer, and an inspec. tion of commercial price lists would have exposed exorbitangprices. Common sense would declare that the Confession is that, with knowledge of frauds, no effort has hitherto heen made to inter- 0) alone competen to reform abuses, If movernivent has winked at such things the people have not, ana will sa: ghame on such failure in duty, Tet the ‘depart. ments at Washington proclaim the fraudulent things done and the names of the doers and the teform will follow. What new reasons have been furnisned to convince the le that r it it be placed in (ogress alone or in NEW YORK HERALD, MONDAY, JUNE 2, 1873—TRIPLE SHEET, hands of agente only? Past mee in Mobl- Cea eeae omer onte would say eNO.” Oa new une: theory, government can improve Upon the contracts of the lat war and compel exact ice in administration of Indian matt alone, such exhibitions of dishonesty are made in ne: arly allother places? Why not ty, the plan of utterly refusing the inferior goods of a contractor, turn them back upon bis hands, and compel him and his bondsmen to pay the price at which such perfect is can be ht in the market? Leave the con- ‘ractor surrounded by his shoddy, dishonored js, and take from him full compensation for oss. Do not reward or countenance swindling by touching the frauds of its creation. Peace policy elevates the church member above his fellow men, and deciares that he alone can administer right, and is alone nonest. I think it is only a bid for hypocrisy—that, with the investiture of power and the seductive influences of money and patronage belore ehim, the church member will weaken at times, ané be no more fitted than others for the complicated gontrol of Indian reservations. Tne past does not prociaim the intallibility of church members, either in high places er low, and the proclamation by government that such are the enly jyermons whom goverment will trust 18 re- ceived with a thousand scruples of doubt. The government is merely experimenting, when, by careful attention to existing thi I would have been well. Government ignore existence of integrity of character aud business ification outside of the church, Of ceurse outsiders can be allowed to question such @ proposition, Again, the Secretary says:—“Whenever if shall be found that any tribe or bands of Indians persistently refuse to go Upon a reservation and determine to continue their nomadic habits, accompanied with depredations, outrages, &¢., then it is the policy of the President to treat such band or tribe with all needed sever- ity,” &c. The doctrine heie announced is that, bélore the government will use severity, the Indian must not only have time and again reiused to go upon his reservation, but to his wanderings must have joined outrage and depredation upon the fron- tier settler, I distinctly deny the truth or justice of any such doctrine, and I assert that it is tetally destructive of the first propesition of peace policy mentioned, WHY THE QUAKERS FAIL, When the Indian refuses to go upon his treaty reservation, and the vernment suffers him to go at large, then the whole Quaker policy fails, for he ceases to be within the reach of the blessings of civilizing influences at the hands of church members alone. Dovs not this doctrine place the Indian’s will and pleasure above the power of government. ‘The Quaker policy pro- posed to put the Indian upon a reservation, yet if the Indian declines to go, then all power to com- ia him, under the policy, to do so is at am end, un- less the Indian proceeds te commit outrages upon settlers. Government proposes that aiter the wandering Indian shall have taken the settler’s life then he is in just the condition to be moved to the reservation and commence his civilizing pro- cess; in other words, it openly permits what it piopoees to prevent. If remedy 18 of any avail, let it be in time. The doctrine is wrong, fer I care not how peaceable the nomadic Indian en be, he is not where he belongs, and it will be utterly 1m- possible to prevent conilicts daily with the settlers, and is in strong contrast with the idea of keeping the Indian trom ‘contiguity to settle- ments.” This delay as to “severity” in this Modoc case has painfully proven tus error in policy, ‘The Modocs had deserted from the treaty reservatien— had been away some four years; had taken up again their nemadic habit; again and again they had flatly retused to returp, and were determined to become co-tenants with settlers upon the lands whtch those Indians had specially sold by treaty and had received compensation therefor. See the result, Government was well posted in all these matters. It knew that in last November, in én- lorcing a proper order, Major Jackson was made a target for Modoc rifle practice, and that within twenty-four hours the Modocs hud wantonly killed near twenty unsuspecting settlers—mature men and beardless boys. Hud not everything happened which, under the definition of peace policy, re- Paes the exercise of needed severity by the Presi- lent? Had not the thunuer been heard, and had not the fash of lightning and the storm been seen? Far irom carrying out the Quaker policy doctrme and inflicting necessary punishment, the military power was stayed and a mission sent 8,000 miles to find out what was the trouble in the Modoc country, and determine what might be the cause of that trouble—a mater then well known to the authori- ties. From the very first telegram from the © mission, March 4, was not the vernnrent i} formed m these words:—The Modocs emplati- cally reject all offers and propositions,” “This un- doubtedly means treachery,’ “The Commission is alailurey” Yet the government declines to en- torce its policy, and, upon contessed treachery, grants delays; and can tae frontier settlers place the responsibility, elsewhere than upon the act of government itself? ‘The second and third Commis. sions are dissolved and the tour months of ineffect- ual palaver, against advice and protest, end in death, Men skuled in indian cuaracter, even members of the Commission, had become disgusted and had ubandoned the work, and had notined the government of its expensive blunder, It was A TRIUMPH OF INDIAN DIPLOMACY. The Indian gaiued everything—time, until he would no ionger have to depend upon’ his caches tor provisions ; time, until tu€ mountain sides could furnish bim with road, food and fire; time until the squaw and pappoose could be piaccd beyond dunger; time jor the government to commit a tutat blunder; time to have coniessed treachery blossom out inio pertect success. Those Indians came upon the council field with war paint upon thelr faces, with the scalps of the murdered settler dangling at their belts and ls clothes upon their persons. Government took no notice of the twenty slaughtered, scalped and mutilated Oregonians, Under the Quaker policy that was not suMicient to call for severity, but when, upon Good Friday, a generat was murdered, it waked up to the fact that the Modocs were hostile; that they needed a little severity, in the words of the Secretary, “to teach them it were better to go upon the reservation.” Puniskment, swilt and condign, should have fallen upon them long betore., Amd this great nation bas been seen parieying in treaty with tilty murderers and bi jug them to Come upon the reservation and get a bianket and food tor having been so good, Those settlers were heads of families, and dear to their wives and children—as dear as was Generaf Canby to his—they were our tellow citi- zens, yel twenty deaths in November last had not the same power to wake a nation to duty as had two deaths in April, What faith can a settier have in sucit an enforcement o1 a policy? It is no com- pensation or relief that government, acting under ts conversion of an hour, turns now to the abso- jute extreme. Now, by high order, tiie drums beat, the war horse champs the bit, the soldier dons his harness and thirsts tor war. The order is absolute extermination of Modoc, buck, squaw and harmless pappoose. In anger the governinent de- clares the Modoc an outlaw, whom no one need challenge beiore he slays. Guns and ammunition are turnisied in abundance to the settler, gonian, Whom the public and peace poli ers so lately branded as a “border ruital one greedy for Indian spoil at all times, and the government throws over him tite mantie of the peace policy, and bids him God speed to the car- nival of h, Ifthe Oregon settler is such a man as alleged, will he wait to ask any Indian whether he be a Jew or geutile, Modoc or Simcoe, Scythian or Greek, belore he does his country’s present bidding? The result will, 1 tear, be a war from California to Idaho, inciuding the hitherto peacea- bie Cayuse and’ tue uncompromising Modoc. Paulina, a Snake Indian, with eleven braves, kept all Eastern Oregon in fear, while jor two ears, despite the United States troops, he murdered at will, In the s Modocs harrass the inuocent settler % INTERFERENCE WITH THE LAWS OF OREGON, Another matter demands notice, In response to the protest of the Goveruor of Oregon, Tunderstand that the Secretary of tne Interior telegraphed ‘to the Commission te pay no attention to suct: prote: and directed the officer in command in n in Case of treaty, to surrender to the St ties any of the Modoes who stood indict der and crime in the State Courts, If this be true, then I here enter what I Know wiil be the unanimons protest of th eople of Oregon stich course, It deserves strong con- The laws of Oregon are merciful and They declare that every one who unlawfully ction, shail suffer the penalty, The Modoc, sou to which his right had been extinguished, and where he unlawfully was, which the United States admits by forcing him elsewhere, commits mur yea, twenty murders, and thus amenable to Oregon law escapes punishment by the interierence of the armed military power of the United States, Tue Commissioners’ first proposition to the Modocs was “universal amnesty upon surrender.’ Thus the, government agrees that the Modoc shall not sutter jor crime either by the general government or by the State of Oregon. The courts of Oregon have always been strong and just enough te control the Indian upon reservations, and make him understand the relation between crime and consequent penalty. Now, by direct order and practice tne Indian may doaaything, and the more treacherous his character—the more horrid his crime —the stronger becomes his clatm for the pro- tective interposition of the United States to sa him from punishment. For proof, see the terms proposed by the Commission, government was willing to pat tie Modoc mur- derer on the back and say to him, “The littie matter of twenty murders is 80 trivial that we hardly think you did wrong.’’ No wonder that the a eh authorities protested, noth publicly and to the Department, against this unrighteous proposi- tion, Which allowed the commission of crime and insured immunity from punishment. Let me say, in ali candor, if such is to be the peace policy and such the deflance of our laws it were better that the United States should speedily withdraw their wards from the State of Oregon, and avoid certain danger. In Indian — treaties, and, probably, in the Modoc one, pro- visions are made for the surrendering of murder- ers, &c., on demand, If so,.why did the Secretary do violence to its provisions, ag well as to law and good faith? Were it not better todo away with such tions shama a8 are treaties, and govern the Indian by rules flowing directiy trom expe- rience and use of cemmon judgment? No one desires the treatment of the Indian to be other than humane and beneficent, and so far all would support the present policy; but by ita tion it is fast losing caste, because its directors lose sight of its true application, in an idea of In- dian character which is both abnormal, untrue and unjust. The Indian Commissioners and the Indian Department seem anxious to elevate the Indian at tl nse of the white race, reer have the red man, an excuse tor just. kills another, upon proper trial and co t seems as though brutal ac yt verag toute, ot jared and Wrouged by’ tne whites, but never a word of din ame proportion, hew long will sixty | sion that Western people are kind to him or extend to him @ word or act of sympathy. EFEN! THE DEFENDED. On the other hand, they both ume and say that the unprovoked would do no wrong, and boast themselves to be henceforth the valiant and sole protestors of the Indian the very abun- dant “a radoes, thieves and landsharks and the border ruMan.” An unprejudiced reader would deciare the report of the Indian Commission, at their late session in New York, to be an indictment against all citizens living in of Indians and indian reservations, and @ declaration that “no degree of exi ration or falsehood is too gross to be unheait ly accepted by the public mind against the Indian,” a deplorable condition = Recor . ata ken a might be eee a cal » but comes ungracio from? board of councillors selected for their gravity, dignity and vast worldly wisdom. It is not e 80 far as ic coast is concerned, The report is but an attempt to eanonize the Indian, to dishonor the frontier settler, and extol, without reason, a pet policy. It asserts that their policy is alone eompetent to civilize the Indian endjreform abuses, and utterly ignores brs) good element in the previous adminis- tration of Indian affairs, “Itis now going to ap- point honest agents and to protect peaceable tribes m the outrages of desperadoes, thieves and land sharks.” “its method of procuring honest agents ig to take their nominations out of politics ahd put the munder the control of religious gocieties, the po- litical agents formerly appointed having been gen- eraily dishonest and reckless of the wellbeing of the Indians.’ How very easy to frame a@ theory, brilliant in generalized imaginings, yet wholly var- ren of good result or even of partial accomplish- ment! If the Commissioners could bring present humanity to perfection or people the world only by the sons of God their plan might succeed, and in no other event. Their onslaught upon iormer agents is alike insidious and unjust. e names of some forty agents whom I have personal known warrant me in 80 saying, ani the ‘estern people will scout allsuch utterances as the feeblest attempt to cover over inetticiency and tailure—to whitewash the sepulchre of powwow policy, and expect a discriminating public to think there ts life within, The report claims that “in four years this Policy has-saved millions of dollars to tle govern- ment and Indians, by the breaking up of rings, the discovery and prevention of trauds, the unearthing and dismissal of disnonest agents,” &c. Lf this be true, I would suggest the giving of satisfactory rea- sons for so large AN INCREASE IN THE INDIAN APPROPRIATIONS this year, Former squanderings of money never exceeded the appropriations, and why should & larger sum be needed for the honest dealings of this policy than suiticed ior former annuities, sal- aries and stealings combined? The fact is, the In- dians are rapidly decreasing in numbers and in- creasing in expensiveness. Neither has anything been saved in that time by the cessation of Indian wars, tor | am quite sure the army has never been busier in fighting Indians than during the last two years, and never has there been such general inquietude and tendency to outrage among the Indians as during this aus- jicious régime of the peace policy. In 1870 the 1egan War came to an end, not peaceably, but vi etarmis, arly in 1871 the Apache war pepen, and is, I hope, just ended, not by Vincent Collyer and 0. O, Howard, but by a soldier; and now the Modoc war bids fair to be perpetual, And interspersed all along these times there has been a constant burial of slaughtered emigrants, surveyors and settlers; and where is the boasted protection of liie an: property upon the frontier arising from the peace policy? Tne report avers that “the President's peace policy would have prevented the Modoc war and its attendant deplorable sacrifice of innocent blood,” wy did itnotdoit? There was a fine le field and plenty of time. For three years the Department kmew of the growing trouble. Superintendents and agents had officially notified the authorities that the Medocs had “leit their reservation without cause or provocation,’? “were violating their treaty,” and their ‘“maraud- ings” were inexcusable. ‘et nothing was done, and now the Commission absofutely claim that “neither the Board nor its oflicers, hor, as we be- lieve, the President of the United States nor the Secretary of the Interior, had the slightest reason to suppose any other mode ol settlement (than the making of a new reservation) was contemplated until startled by the telegraphic announcement of the first collision between the troops and the Indians.” Mow can this thing be? A REVIEW OF THE MODOC DIFFICULTY. The collision was on November 29, 1872. Early in the Spring of that year Superintendent Odeneal informed the Indian Department that the Modocs “by maraudings had forfeited all claim to con- sideration.”’ apd on the 12th of April, 1872, Com- missioner Walker replied, “You are instructed to have the Modoc Indians removed, if practicable, to the reservation set apart for them under the treaty.” Upon the suggestion of Mr. Odeneal, that the Fall of the year was the best time to effect that object, Commissioner Walker, on the 6th day of July, 1872, wrote him, “Your recom- mendations, so far as the Modoc Indians are con- cerned, are approved, and you are directed to re- move them to the Klamath reservation peaceably, if you possibly can, but forcibly if you must,” &c. Under that order Mr. Odeneal acted, This was all well known upon the Pacific coast, and during the first wee< in November Major Jackson, United States Army, informed me he expected to have that business toao. With such a record how can this Commission say such things and evade the ad- mission of culpabie negligence in duty? The only seeming excuse 18 that the intoxication arising from the honors of their office had iuited them into a protracted slumber, and now, on awaking, they seek to shift the responsibility upon Superin- tendent Odeneal, and charge that ‘he seems to have supposed it to be his duty to remove the Mo- docs to the Klamath reservation.” His superior ordered him to do so in any event, forcibly if he must. Mr. Ode: is an energetic, able and honest oficer, shrinks from no duty, and this attempt to dishonor him as an efficer is but on a par with many other improper things in that report, and is in perfect keeping with the Eastern habit of tra- ducing the dwellers upon the Pacitic coast. 1 can- not silently suffer that insult and injury shall be done to a worthy man, and that men, faring sump- tuously at Fifth avenue hotels, may reckiessly speak of the conduct of an officer enduring all manner of privations and danger in literally obey- ing orders they should have supervised. Again, this report chatges that ‘Indians are shot in cold blood to excite war for the sake of its attendant expenditure of money,’ and that “it is an indis- utable fact ai history that, previous to the mcom- ug of the present admimistration of the govern- ment, nearly every Indian war on record owed its immediate as well as its remote origin to acts of injustice, oppression or crime on the part of white men.” If the Commission reiy upon true history for proof, then their cruel assertion stands un- proven. if it be injustice, oppression and crime for a man to settie upou United States lands and industriously earn his living and competence on the frontier, braving danger in an Indian country, then it will stand as proven. Why do not the Com- mission cite instances, so that the American peo- ple, as a jury, may fori their own verdict’ Every frontier settler will know the assertion is unw: ranted in fact, Let me give OREGON TESTIMONY. In 1848 (the Cay’ war), when Indians unpro- vokedly murdered the missiouary Whitman and twenty-six companions—the very persons who hi devoted their lives to civilizing the 'y In 1862. @ company of United States dragoons aud. Ben Wright's company of volunteers Went out to protect emigrants and — punish their murderers, After burying thirty-two murdered emigrants in Modoc ground Wright slew the murderers in open fight. He had been born and bred a Quaker, and adopted the true policy. In 1853 the war in Southern Gregon begun by the brutal murder of an wususpecting drover and of Joha KR. Hardin and others by the Indians. In 1855 and 1856 the Rogue River and Yakima war by almost simultaneous Indian murders, committed 400 miles apart—the third murder in the north being that of Indian at Bolon, within twenty miles of my home. In and 1859 by the herribie marder and revolting jlation of emigrants by the snake India tar of all white settements. In 1 ng a distance of 0 losed in 1sé ich the Commission seek to Mi sseriion that “attempts are being made mm more than one quarter of the West to excite war with pe ale tribes of Indi- ans," and prove this by a doubtiul dream of a ¢ moralized iiiitary officer at a jrontier post, W writes, “I am alraid every day that some of these raitians will killan Indian to bring on war.” This kind of prooi, while periectly incompete ceedingly feeble as supporting the formal judgment ol an august tribunal The truth is the Lodian needs no suggestion by the wrongs of others to impel him to his cherished work of death and plan. der, His superstition is held red from birth that their aead braves will arise liie, and the united ghostly and living Indian will yet trample on the graves of their enemies, and tley snail all become kings and conquerors. His claims to the happy hunting grounds rest upon the number of scalps he may have taken. In very few instances | can the real Indian be so changed in nature and practice as to become less dangerous than the for- est beast, QUESTIONS REQUIRING ANSWERS. Why, T ask, shail the Indian Commission spend its time in fulsome adulation and adoration of the In- dian as he exists in romance, and in its denuncia- tions of this wicked, untoward generation of whites? There is a great legitimate work for it, and it seems to me a plain way tn which to per- | form it. Let it throw aside its exclusive preten- | sions to isolated honesty and perfecuen, and com- mend itseif to public opinion by active, real work. Why not lay hold upon those outside, material things which, once accomplished, lead 80 dtrectiy to the civilization of the Indian, and seek to change first his oe life. Compel him to recognize his squaw wi is equal, and cease to make her @ beast of burden only. Let his first lessons in the direction of mercy and justice be toward his fam- ily. Instances are innumerable where I have seen the squaw, on foot, bowing down under loads equivalent to two sacks of flour and the pappoose stagger for miles beside her master and lord, seated on his war horse, decked in bright paint and totally regardless of her suffering. The uni- 1 cust is that the squaw must provide labor, the buck to pian his leisure and his indolence, He counts his squaw but @ beast, most of which Lam per- | and sells her fora blanket or pony. Then forbid the plurality of wives; teach the Indian, by law, that he must a in proper costume, and not assemble in solemn council, as Ihave seen them, with no covering but a handkerchief and red paint; forbid him the use of paint; insist upon him to exchange his troops of horses for cattle and other less movable property. Tne Indian, without @ horse, becomes harmless—he is no lo! a War- Ties, 09 longer thinks of murder. Lf he 1s owner of cattle he will soon learn not to make war, since it would invoive the loss of all his property. This alone would, I ait tirely revolutionize Indtan matters, and would e only to e him Let him learn by actual ex- are all weary of this constant treaty wit! Indians in the Fall of the years and having clothed and fed them during the Winter, find them Secamplus. in the Spring from their reserv: id in, mnt the Summer in outrage pred ey come again with the yearly snow for another treaty and for more tood. The white settler is tired of this public Winter clothing and feeding, to which he must contribute, and in addition must for his own family provision, The Indian thinks work beneath him, and fit only for silly whites and squaws, 1 have thus given the views which Oregonians have as to the designs and operations of the peace policy. Its true merit we appreciate, but deplore the manner of application. J. G. WILSON, Oregon, THE PUBLIC BATHS. Opening of the Summer Luxury to the People Yesterday—I.ncidents—Another Practical Joke. The public baths were opened yesterday at the foot of Charles street and North River, and also at the foot of Fifth street and East River. From early dawn till noon the unwashed plunged into the refreshing water and came out cleaner and better men. Spurred on by the truism that ‘cleanliness is next to godliness,” thousands, ‘wended their way to the poor man’s heaven and the season was duly inaugurated. The weather was quite cool in the morning, and hence there was @ more general reluctance to abath than there might have been under other ‘and more favorable circumstances, There is not much to say about the scene in the water and the talk around the bath structures, All the men were human and no extraordinary zoological specimens presented themselves for ablution. A column might be written on the bone and sinew, the broad shoulders, the manly chests, &c., but the reader 1s spared, The reporter did not attempt to ynterview any of the bathers while they were in the water, as they were busy enough wiping out ola scores; _but if the report can be be- heved, Mr. E, A. Sothern, the gentleman); actor, had & somewhat ludicrous experi- ence. It is said that he arrived at the bath at six A. M., and jumped with the agility of a gazelle into the water at once, Upon his iden- tity becoming known, it is said that the crowd gathered around him, shouting ‘“Puritani” and “Dundreary,” and that the great artist was re- quired to impersonate Dundreary in the water, his beautiful sentences being terminated by a series of graceiul bubbles, He finally escaped un- hurt. Diligent inquiry failed to confirm this story up to a late hour last night, though there 1s no rea- gon why Mr. Sothern shoulda not bathe, like other men. ‘There is no doubt that Mr. Sothern has suffered ‘eat deal by inhuman “practical” jokes, magnifies mirthful reporters; hence it has been deemed fair to state this rumor in the most cautious and diplomaticlanguage. The idea that a gentleman cannot bathe at leisure on the tree waters of liberty loving America, undisturbed by the menaces of a republican mob, is not only an atrocious wrong, but the breast of every glorious American citizen will throb with patriotic indigna- tion until the last echoes of time shall resound through the caverns of eternity, The gentlemen charged with the bathing business should immediately inaugurate several reforms at these two establishments. Towelling should be free and soap should be made plentiful; and new bathing houses are necessary. There shoula be twenty instead of two. Let the authorities con- template the coming Summer and estimate the poor people who have not enough money to keep themselves clean, DETECTED DISHONESTY, Sylvester Morris, of Brooklyn, was brought to the Tombs yesterday by Detectives Tully and Dilks. He was arrested on Saturday night at the instance of his employers, Samuel Corn & Brother, 160 and 162 South Fifth avenue, by whom _ the prisoner was employed as bookkeeper, The charge him with embezzling some six hundred dol- lars, and complain that they have lost several thousands within the last year through the dishon- esty of their clerks, Judge Hogan remanded Mor- ris to Police Headquarters till further evidence could be procured, SEFFERSON MARKET POLICE COURT. Burgiary. At the Jefferson Market Police Court yesterday, before Justice Ledwith, Joseph Dalton was charged with burglary in breaking into the premises of Paul C. Grohmann, 42 Carmine street, on the night of Saturday last, and stealing a quantity of clothing and other property valued at $170. Two confederates made thelr escape. He was com- mitted to answer, Frank Schietenberg, of 140 Wooster street, was brought before Justice Ledwith, by Officer Mullen, of the Eighth precinct, as a professional thief. He was remanded to the station house for a further hearing. MATTERS, The following are the announcements of sales to be held this week at Exchange Salesrooms:— New York Property. MONDAY, JUNE 2. By Muller, Wilkins & Co.—Prospect place, ¢. s., 59.5 ft. sof Kast 4k. at., $ story b and 1, 16.8x40x58. Madi- son av. and 67th st, 8. @. e r, 2 four story Aind base- mentb, ». houses and lots, each 20x75, t . Fast 834 st..n.s., hree story and base- By E. H. Ladiow & Co. (by order of Supreme Court).— Broadway, or Kingsbridge road, ¢. s., 105 ft. s, of 188d st., 25x00. By William Kennelly @ Sheriff). —Kast 83th #t.. n 3 houses and p.. By Matthew 7. Bi 8.8, 173.6 ft. nm. of 2d a By Muller, Wilk Court, in partition order of M. T. Brennan, 38.1 ft ¢. of Lexington av., . by order of the Supreme portion of the bulkhead North’ River, between Harrison and Franklin Also @ portion of the bulkhead on the North River, ing on the n. s. of the pier foot of North Moore st, By ker, Son & Co., Supre Court sale, L, wood, referee :—H, and 1. Beekman place, .n. of Mitchell place, size 10x80. Also, on the ses, O4 acres in villa plots at Pompton, N.J., on the nd Railreud, fronting the lake, WEDNESDAY, JUNK 4. Miller. by order of the Supreme Court:— 5, W. s., between Bayard and Canal sts., 0 11 lease of 5, the. of . 1. ‘tot Commou Pieas.—-s6th st., 8. 8.5 n Sd anc 4th avs., Zhouses and lots, each 28.63,x100, THURSDAY, JUNK 5. By Muller, Wilkins & ( 26tH st., 8. 8 267.1 5-7 w. Fi By Joseph McGuire, hi ANCCY At, 8 S., 26 ft. w SATURDAY, By Matthew nan, Sheriff, at City Hall—97th st., n. 8, 976 MLW. of 9th av., 25x08.9., Brooklyn Property. TUESDAY. On Tuesday next, that portion of the estates of the late William B. Cooper and the late Mary Johnson, be- longing to the estate of the Inte Henry W. #93 lots located on Sth and Gth avs, 8. S blocks nd 64 lotson Wa Ml, Crown and olnt of junction of th ., by order of Supreme Court.— PAV,» 21.5 1-7x93,9, h. and 1, upreme Court.—De- hand | of Prospect Park and the Mon ar ar the Sac vard, or Park Way, leading to the Grand Pla s THURSDAY. By Wyckoff & James, by order of assignee—I5 lots of situate on Washington and DeKalb avs, and Haine Cole—Gerard Stevens, referee—at Commercial hange, Brooklyn.—The reside he late John H. illiams, Comprising 24 lots and fronts, at Ravens wood, on’ the banks of the Kast River, will be sold by rofthe executor, for the benefit of the heirs, by J. Cole, at the Commercial Exchange, Brooklyn. Jersey City Property. By J. M. Gibson, on Monday, June 2, at 3 o'clock P. M. on the premises, 10 lots (inefuding two corners), tron 2 tte on (ormerly Grand and now the p posed line of the Westeriy Boulevard), 197.4 ft, on Zabris- Kie st. Gormerly Bella Vista av.), and 137.21 tt, om Colum. ia av. Tuesday, June 3, at2 o'clock P, Estate Exchange salesroom, 31 M omery st., corner Greene, Jersey City, peremptory x of 100 building lots, on Washington (now Pacific), Bramhall and Carteret ava, Halliday and Van Horn sts., Latayette, Fiiteenth ward, Jersey © harp, at the Real y. June § atSo'clock P. M., on the premises, the 2 story attic brick basement dwelling 246 Wayne St; house is 22x25; lot 25x100, The two corner lots of n. e. corner of Wayne of Railroad ay, and Coig: Jot, 26x40, 398 Wayne st, The premise: ayne st.; the property consisting of a 3 story brick house, 25x26, on Tear of lot, also a2 story shop, 25x30, op front, Suburban Property. MONDAY. By 0. H. Pierson, on the grounds at Newark, N. J., 100 lots situate near Kast Ferry st. K. R, station, TURADAY. . By Jere. Johnson, Jr., on the grounds, by order of ‘ami acK Well, 259 lots, situate at Bayside, 1. 1, the same being the balance of the Mickle estate, left ‘over trom the sale of last year, when 1,000 lots were sold, By 0. H. Pierson, on the grounds at Wyoming, N. J., 120 lots, situate 8 minutes’ waik from the it. R, station at that place, WEDNESDAY. By 0. H. Pierson, on the grounds, at Newark, N. J., 61 lots tronting on Polk amd Clover st THURSD, By Muller, Wilkins & Co., at Bachange Salesroom, peremptory Sale in partition of $00 lots et land and two cottages, hives! L. 1, by order of White- ituate at . 9 stone Land Association, under the direction of George W. Yan Siclen, attorney. By A, D. Mellick, Jr. & Brothers, on the grounds, the Cherry Valley, N..J., property, adjoining the South strect pvt vation of Ui as 1 ae arse i through the ave: if |, and but forty minutes dinane rom jew York by the New Jersey Raion BYO.H. Pierson, on the grounds, Al lots, situate on stnut street, Newark, N. J. pe gly RR nds, 1 vill sites, situate on the Ocean, View Stans SL. ie prope ternal of far the Bebe of Mis creators rr i —s—s—t THR MODOC MISERY. The Blame for the Massacre of the First Expedition. SQUAWS VS. SHOULDER STRAPS. Sickening Sight at the Dis- covery of the Dead. . THE SAD, LONELY aoe BURIAL. Our First Victory and the Flight of the Modocs. THE SURRENDER OF THE SQUALID BAND. The Bucks Laying Down Their Arms with Tears, CAPTAIN JACK’S WHEREABOUTS. New YorK HERALD HEADQUARTERS, Monoc EXPEDITION, May 22, 1873, Ashort account of what has transpired lately here may not prove uninteresting to the many readers of the HERALD; therefore I will give you, in as few words as possible, the main features of the operations of the last few days, beginning about the ist of the month, or rather, I might say on the 26th of April, the date of the Ihomas massacre. You were informed by my telegram that several dead and missing were left on the battie fleld, the troops being unable to find the first or remove the second, and consequently great anxiety was felt regarding the fate of the missing, for one was an officer— gallant Lieutenant Cranston—a better or braver man we rarely see. It was expected that an effort would be made to find his body, at least; for it is well known that if the troops would not be ordered out to search for the body of an officer the bodies of tne privates stood but little chance of being recovered. But for once officer and pri- vate fared alike and were left where they fell until the time I am about to relate. On the arrival of General Davis it became apparent that matters were to be pressed a little, and that the American soldier would be called upon to attempt in all seriousness the task of subduing the gentle Modoc, As a first step it was determined to recover the bodies and give them Christian burial if possible, To my unmilitary mind the effort should have been made sooner, if the morale of the troops could be trusted. But we must not criticise the acts of those in power, for we are not supposed to under- stand the working of some of the mighty minds, whose chief ornaments are shoulder straps, and an education won at the expense of the gevern- ment. As yet I hardly like to write of this sad affair, but prefer to wait until some of the fawn- ing sycophancy, which has characterized some ac- counts of this sad affair, shall have worn away and men be able and willing to get the shoulder straps out of their eyes and place THE BLAME OF THIS WHOLESALE MURDER where it rightfully belongs without fear of mor- tally offending some of the embryo veterans, whose only knowledge of Indian warfare before this cam- paign consisted in sundry encounters they have had with tobacconists’ signs in some of thelr nightly revels. Ido not refer to all or any officer who be, longs to this expedition, for we have some gallant gentlemen here. But this is merely written for the benefit of tuture young warriors, who think their uniforms hide their want of brains or lack of civility. “ Before I proceed farther, I will relate the attack on the wagon train, which took place on the Pen- insula the 7th of April, 1 think. It had or has little significance, only to show the troops that the Modocs were on tne offensive, and had not left the lava beds. It was then determined to ascertain whether this was supposition or @ fixed fact. Toerefore Captain Jolin A. Fairchild, by and with consent of the military, sent out One-Eyed Dixie and Artena Chocas (long legs), half civilized Modoc squaws, to spy out the land and report thereon, He went with them to within about three miles of the stronghold, camped ail night and sent them in in the morning with instructions if the Mo- docs were there to light a fire if they could; if not, report to him at his ranch at night. The squaws hardly coula be persuaded to go for fear of the Warm Spring Indians and soldiers, But still they went, returned at night, and reported MODOCS GONE, and gone for good, a# there was no water left, the natural cistern having been exhausted. They also reported that they had found ‘the body of Lien- tenant Cranston and those of the missing men. ‘This intelugence was given the General in t afternoon, and that evening Captain Donald M Kay and his Warm Spring Indians were ordered out to verify the report. When darkness had en- veloped the lava beds Donald and his men proceeded to the dreaded place, and in the morning their fires told us that again the squaws had been true to their task, and that the dreaded Modocs had really left their strong hold, and it was decided that the day following a detachment should sent out to gather and bury the dead. The soldiers, or many of them at least, would not believe the Modocs had fied, and said the whole thing wasaruse to get them out to build another graveyard (to be slaughtered). Well, the expedition, consisting of the infantry and artillery, under Captain Fie Battery A, ‘Fourth artillery, started on th May, just’ thirteen days after the tir: expedition left camp tor the but with altogether a diferent obje formation of this detachment gay evidence that reason had not altogether ¢ our camp, for as much care was displayed in this as though they expected to meet the enetay. Had the same prudence been observed in the case of the first expedition the sad result I telegrap you might have been avoided, ‘the troops formed inree sides of a hollow square, with pack train the centre, and flanked out thirty yards on eith wing. The ground was reached, the bodies passed and the troops took up high ground, commanding the position, while a part proceeded TO GATHER THE DEAD, Cranston and four men were found side by side, probably laid in that position by the Modoes, in a position where they could rake any party wi ne for them. The other body was but @ hittie way off, Cranston was scalped hatr and whiskers, und two of the other bodies mutilated badly. I! was found impossible to remove them, decomposition having rendered them almost putrid 3, and they were buried there, with heat ds to mark their lonely resting piace. The bodies of the eight soldiers left there were reinterred, the Modocs having burned off the sage brush with which they were covered, leaving most of them Lui charred remains. Having accomplished this sad duty the party returned unmolested to camp. I will now return to the attack on the wagon train on the peninsula, which was of little moment, save to help convince the military mind that it was sometimes unsafe to send out small parties as escorts, and also that at times the Mo- docs would yey the soldiers even handed—the former always having the choice of ground, of course. This little afair occurred on the 7th, I be- lieve, and was about like this:—A train of five wagons, one six-horse the others four ani- mais each, leit Boyle's supply camp to go down the eninsula to iis old camp, tor some lumber leit them. They had an escort of fifteen ‘or twenty men under Sergeant Murphy. At a point, where the neck is very narrow, they were attacked by about twenty Modocs who had fortified themselves across this narrow piace, where they could not be flanked, THE FIRST FIRE wounded three soldiers, who fell back, and & run- ning fight of a few minutes resulted, ending in the capture of four wagons and geventeen animals, the six-horse team being behind and thus escaping. ABs soon as the firing was heard, Lieutenant Boutelle, with reinforcements, started for the scene; but, although his command rode hard, the’ did not come up tn time to save the train, whic! was yet burning, and the Modocs, havin; taken to the rocks, could not be followed, On the following day sey, returned and fin- ished burning the wagons. It now becoming evi- dent that the Modocs were really out and hunting the soldiers, it was resolved to start a scout after them, and te this end a force under command of Captain Hasbrouc’ consisting of the mounted men of Col Mason’s camp, light and Baptsin Battery B, Captain Hasbrot ’s ‘and Lieutenant “esters Ca iy Zevaiey, with the Worn Springs, started” Oth fers” scout, around the head of ‘where lake, it was rightly sup- the enemy had fled. The cavalry cam b corp on the head of Serasa fake, whlle dey? ane battery tethered their horses and cam 1 ® juniper grove some three niles distant. The't dug for water, but found none, the lake gute else now but a dry marsa, aa tt is every dry season. About two hours after the Cavalry had encam) McKay and his Indians came up and camped with them, apparently unknown te the Modocs, whe were in the rocks a few miles away. It was rather an open country where the cavalry were en- camped—one in which horses gould be used to some advantage. In the gray "Of the following morning the Modocs came down from their rocky fastness stripped for the fight, and, with their ter- rible war whoop, opened FIRE ON THE SLEEPING SOLDIERS, The first fire killed one outright and wounded eight others, two of whom have since died, The most of the horses were stampeded, but were after- wards recovered by those who kept their stock. The Warm Springs sprung to their ponies, and in @ few seconds were on the flanks of the Modocs, whe evidently did not expect them. With the aid of the dismounted cavalry they drove them about f miles, when, reaching that portion of the ry bed which is almost impossible to move in, the troops returned to their camp about ten A. M., where t! ey, remained until nignt, when the; returned to Scorpion Point, bringing their dei and wounded with them. The Warm Springs lost one warrior killed, two wounded, one of whom hassince died, and the other robably will net recover. The fruits of this vic. tory was one Modoc killed, four ponies, one mule and about one hundred rounds of amunition captured, Stillit was a victory, and theugh an ine significant one, tt poem reat advantages in one point of view, for it taught the soldiers that if they stand their ground they ceuld whip the Mo- docs, when they could no} do it by running. Rein- forcements were sent out the next merning, hop- ing to surround the Modecs from this side, and two or three days were spent in “feeling” their position, when it was discevered that THE MODOCS HAD FLED, and were making for the timbered range, leading around to the head of Butte yallee which lies be- tween them and Goose Nest Mountain, from which they could easily reach Bogus Creek. The cavalry and Warm Springs were soon after them, going as far west as Boyce’s ranch, near by Beall’s. ey struck the trail on Sunday last, and finding it was leading back to Fairchild’s ranch they spurred on for about eight miles, when they caught ht of the Modocs on foot in a sage brush plain which skirts Sheep Mountain on the east, and immedi- ately gave chase. Their horses being jaded they did not get very close to the Modocs belore they gained the hills about three miles south of Fair- child's ranch, where the horses could not follow them, In this running fight the Modocs lost one man and two squaws killed and ten or a dozen women and while we had no killed or wounded to report. On Monday evening Captain Fairchild went to the Warm Spring camp, and. by the aid of Dixie and Actena, interviewed the captive squaws. From them he learned that the band was on its way to Fairchild with a view of surrender- ing themselves when attacked, This he commu- cated to Captain Hasbrouck, who took the respon- sibility of delaying the chase for two or three days, in order to give them TIME TO SURRENDER, Dixte and Actena were sent out with one of the captured squaws to find the party and tell them to come in. ‘They left on Tuesday, returned on Wednesday, reporting that they were anxious to surrender if they had some one they knew and had confidence in to come and bring themin. They were sent back this morning, assured by Fairchild that he would meet them when they neared camp and talk with them. The squaws found them over by Indian Springs, an almost impregnable position. some fifteen mile northwest of this piace ani about seven miles west of the Hole in the Ground. They found there Bogus Charley, just returned from Bogus Creek, and by his ald and that of Steamboat Scout and Shack Nasty Jim, the party consented to return and meet Fairchild, which per did, about four miles frum his house. A long tal ensued, when finally they agreed to come in and surrender unconditionally, and at six o'clock P. M. the poor, misguided fellows came in and lai down their arms to General Davis. It was a sorry sight this SQUALID, WEARY, HALF-STARVED BAND, comprising about seventy souls, all told, sixteen of whom were able to bear arms, though several were only boys of twelve and fourteen years, who seemed hardly able to bear the oe ses muskets with which they were armed. The names of some of the most famous among them are Curly-headed Doctor, the main cause of the war; Steamboat Frank, adaring warrior, one of the best_of Captain Jack’s men; Hawker Jim, who shot at Dyar, Peace Commisstoner at the time of the massacre; Shack Nasty Jim, Bogus Charley and William, the two last: it is said, being the ones who stood guard at the mouth of the cave the night Steele and Atwelwere tuere, and when, but for Scar-faced Chariey and Captain Jack, assisted by these two, they would undoubtedly ‘have been murdered. ‘This is a sad blow to Captain Juck, for it takes away the best half of his fighting men, leaving him an easy prey when he ts found. This band of Hot Creek Modocs have ever been considered the brave est and most cunning warriors of the tribe, and their defection will be sorely felt. They are now under guard and what will be done with them I cannot yet determine, but certain it is that Bogus Charley, Hawker Jim and the Gurly-headed Doctor will be tried for their lives. Bogus Charley, it will be remembered, was with Boston Charley when the Peace Commission was treacherously at- tacked. Bogus Charley says that their party and Captain Jack’s hada quarrel when they learned their intention of surrendering, and that Captain dack and William had a fight vecause the iormer wished to disarm the band. He says they have been wandering around trying togetin. When they laid down their guné the stoutest could hardly withhold their tears, I never saw INDIANS EXHIBIT SO MUCH EMOTION This got the better of the stoicism of most m, and they seemed keenly to feel their situ- at credit 1s due Captain Fairchild for 3 of this undertaking, by which half the band has become prisoners. We get fifteen guns and about one hundred rounds of ammutfition, Bogus Charley says Boston Charley must be dead, as he has been erin eho the fight of Sunday. He asked General Davis to-day that one of his men might go out with some soldiers to- morrow to hunt for his body. He says Captain Jack has gone to Pitt River or Goose Lake, ani that before he left he robbed them of all tneir best. guns and their horses, and left them with only the arms they now have. [am inclined to believe the robbery, just to please the I think that they have their guns cached near by, and that Captain Jack 1s lurking around in this neighborhood, waiting to see how those who have surrendered will be treated. He may be at this moment on Bogus Creek or some other equally strong place, for | do not think he will ave this section of the country. He 1s politic and wants to live, and could he be assured his life would be spared I believe he would surrender ip less than u week, GENERAL D. H. BILL'S COMMENTS ON THE DEATH OF GENERAL CANBY, The following is the full text of the comments ot the Confederate General D. H, Hill on the death of General Canby, which excited the wratn of and provoked a reply from the preacher-Senator, Brownlow, of Tennessee, which was published in yesterday’s Heranp. It is copied trom the Charlotte (N. C.) Home:— At the outbreak of the war in 1861 he deserted his own section and cast his lot in with their enemies, He seems to have won rank and reputa- tion im the federal s pe, and was one of the six brigadiers appointed in the regular army on the establishment. He was given command o} the Department of the Carolinas, and carried out ruthlessly ali the cruel measures of a remorseless Congress. The war against nis own land and peo- ple seemed to have destroyed all bis nobler quali+ ties, and to have transformed bim into the usual style of the renegade. A citizen of Charlotte was present in tichmond when General Canby personally superintended the hang- ing of a white man up by the thumbs tor kicking an insolent negro out of his saloon, Jim Lane cut his own throat. Stanton most likely committed suicide. King drowned himself, Une by oue the oppressors of the south come to ap untimely end. Some of the most atrocious are how covered with infamy worse than death, Is it accident or is it retribution ¢ The history of renegades is getting to be instrue- tive. Mr. Lincoln destroyed his own people, vio- ter his conscience and stuitified his oftexp opinions. He was foully and atrociously murdered in the heur of his triumph. General Thomas ged himself im Lynchburg at the outbreak of war to stand by his neighbors and kin- |. Seduced by re he fought against At the close of his brilliant military, career a put over him and he dropped dead in co. Old Brownlow Was the strongest ‘Y mgn in the South, but he cast ms lot with the abolitionists and persecuted his own people. He is now @ paralytic and almost a drivelling idiot. Professor Mahan was an ardent Southerner and coula hardly tind langaage where- with to express his abhorrence @{ the disunion abo- litton party during the war and became very bitter against his own section. He was superseded wee his work was done, threw himself in the lgidso' in the madness of his despair. Who we ot rather be a crippled Confederate soldier, m a crust of bread, than poor Longstreet, the Grant and the idoi of Louistana thieves * MRS, CONFIDENTIAL WATSON, Arrest of a Celebrated Female Hotel Swindler. Mrs. Hortense B, Watson, who has figured in the police courts a number of times on different charges of swindling, and who has been red in & mber ef confidence operations, was arrested on Saturday he by Detective Heldelverg, of the Central OMmice, and brot nt verore Jud Hogan, at the jourt, yester 0) Tombs Police y jay. nf. hast, a children captured, befor, the succes ‘ them. x ‘al pro-sla Watson was charged ‘by Mr. John P. manager of the Anthony House, No. 834 way, with obtaining board, &c., under false representa- tions. She had been living at the above men- tioned hotel for a leng period, at & most ex- travagant rate, giving elegant dinners and tape ic hers it ad Sone le her : tors of several other hotels have signi ro} teen” lg abt ts tas wer,