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WASHINGTON, + Report of the Committee on Army Reorganization. RADICAL CHANGES PROPOSED. Interchangeability of the Line and Staff. THE “LITTLE JOKERS” OF THE BALLOT BOX. Democratic Infringement on a Republican Invention. FROM OUR SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT. Wasutxaton, Dec. 6, 1878. THE “LITTLE JOKERS” OF SOUTH CAROLINA AND ¥LORIDA—A REPUBLICAN INVENTION RETURNED TO PLAGUE THE INVENTORS. ‘There is something refreshingly cool and impudent in the clamor which some of the republican politi- cians are making over the use of the emall onion skin tickets, called “little jokers,” in some of the North Carolina counties at the recent election, The South- ern republicans, who now cry out about these instru- ments of fraud, were the inventors of them, and used them with great effect in the election of 1876. In fact, one of them, a Florida republican, who now holds a place in the Treasury Department here, is reported to have bossted that the seventy-four ‘‘little jokers’’ ‘which he deposited in the ballot box of which he was the guardian carried the State for Hayes, Of course a republican fraud in 1876 does not justify a democratic fraud in 1878; but when the two tickets placed side by side below in fac simile are compared it will be seen that the republicans have no reason for the virtuous horror they are manifesting. Here are the two “little jokers,” the republican of 1876 and the democratic of 1878:— Florida Republican, 1876. Presidential Electora.—Fred- hries, Charles H. Pearce, William H. Holden, Thomas W. Long. For Governor.—Marcellus L, Stearns, For Lieutenant-Governor.— tt County.—Willi son. William H. Ford, ©. Weeks, Denard Quarterman. ‘thomp- ‘dmund South Carotina Demoeratt: 1878. CHARLESTON COUNTY. DEMOCRATIC TICKET. TOR GOVERNOR, Wade Hampton. LIMUTENANT-GOFERSOR, W. D. Simpson. ENPRAL, y F, Youmans, COMPTROLLER-GENKRA! e Johnson Hagood. TREASURER, 8. L. Leaphart. SUPERINTENDENT OF EDUCATION, ‘ Hugh 8. Thompson. ADJUTANT AND Sas 7 epeage inom ~ Moisa, CONGRESS—sFCOND DISTRICT, M. P. O'Connor. “ ATATE SENATOR, Rudolph Siogling. BEPRESENTATIVKS, G. Lamb Buist Wim, Honderson J. ¥, Britton C.B. Miles C.R Cassidy — A.8. 5. Porry B. Hs Rutledge James M. Eason Wot tite” Sane sinnety John’. Picken Rev. Win. Salis, imonton me Rev. Wm. Smalls Jobe Gonzales George K. Walker J. B. Wiggins. Por fraudulently putting seventy-fonr of thse republican “little jokers” in the ballot box in Florida in 1876 one of the inspectors of election “had to leave the State,” to use his own words—that is to say, he ‘wae threatened with an indictment and trial for this fraud; and he accordingly fied and came to Washing- ton, where he obtained an appointment in the Treasury Department, which he still holds, or did until very recently. After he left the State he was indicted and was summoned to go to Florida to stand a trial, but he proferred to remain in the Treasury Department. But the South Carolina Yogues who imitated his bad example, so far from getting places in the Treasury, have a special para- graph in the Message allotted to them, are to be in- vestigated by the Senate, aud next Monday are to be held up to the horror of the country by Senator Blaine. So true is it that one man may stesl a sheep while another shall be hanged for looking over the fence. rns FROM OUR REGULAR CORRESPONDENT. Wasuifterox, Dec. 6, 1878. THE REORGANIZATION OF THE ARMY, The joint committeo of Congress, appointed at the last session to propose and report a bill for the reor- ganization of the army, has practically finished its labor, and the completed bill and the report accom- panying it now only lack the signatures of the mem- bers of the committee to enable the chatrman to hand them into Congress. The committee consisted, on the part of the Senate, oft Messrs. Burnside, Pinmb and Butler, and on the part of the House of Messrs. Banning, Bragg, Dibrell, White and Straits. Thc committee met for several weeks at White Sulphur Springs last summer and was also in session for some time in New York. Senator Plumb and Congressman Bragg did not meet with the committee, but it is under- stood that they wili give their approval to the bill at the meeting to-morrow. The committee fecétved communications on the snbject of army re- organization from all the prominent officers of the army, and had the assistance of several military off- cers In arranging and summarizing all the documents and evidence acenmulated by Congress during the pest ten years. In addition, the Committee had pre- pared a synopsis of all the bills and plans proposing su improvement of the army corps that were known to military Officers. With this mass of material to work upon the com- mittee agreed that the bill should be a unanimous report and to this end the members were pledged to sacrifice favorite views in the event that a majority of the committee should so decide. The result is the production of # voluminous document, the first feature of which is a codification of sll laws relat- ing to the army into one act. The main features kept in view in the plan of reorganization tre the disposition and useof the army in time of peace as a frontier and Indian police, and, second, its disposition as a nucleus of offensive and defensive force for foreign war. ‘The number of the rank and file is limited to 20,000 men, exclusive of the signal corps. ‘The system of organization of the artillery branch bf the service is changed from regimental for- mation to batteries or companies. ‘The artillery arm is consolidated with the ordnance corps. ‘The Quaztermaster General's and Commissary Gen- tral’s stuffs are consolidated under the control of the Quartermaster’s Department, and the staff corps as a Gistinctive branch of tho service is abolished. ‘The engineer and medical corps retain their present distinctive organization, ‘Tho Adjutant Gencrai’s, Quartermaster General's, Inspector General's and Paymaster General's stafts are done away with, and the system of interchangea- bility of line and staf officers substituted similar to the European system of organization, the object being to ive all the officers of the army an opportn- pity of perfecting themselves in a practical knowl- edge of the several branches of servico in the army, In order to reince the number of officers it is pro- vided that there shall be no more promotions or ap- pointments until the number of general and line offi- cors is reduced to @ certain number. ‘The offices of general and lieutenant general will (Aasao with the decease of the present incumbonta. NEW YORK HERALD, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 7, 1878.-TRIPLE SHEET, 3 fhe number of major generals end brigadier gen- erals is to be reduced to the lowest point. No change is made in the West Point Military Academy, and tho general provisions of the bill look to the elimination eventually of all officers of the army who have not received # thorough military edu- cation. The work of surveys and triangulations is to be exclusively under the control of the army. ‘The army regulations, which have not been revised since 1863, are to be thoronghly examined, and a new series adopted, to become a part of the eventual work of reorganization. The important feature.of the bill is the abolish- ment of @ staff as @ distinctive corps of the army and the interchangeability of the line and staff for the offices in the several departments, excepting the Engineer Corps. Better provision is to be made for the education of the cavalry branch of the service, giving it equality in this respect with the ord- nance and artillery branch, and additional means will be secured for training officers in the higher branches of their profession. Under the provisions of law Adjutant General Townsen@ and Quartermaster Gen- eral Meigs aro to be retired and their places filled from the line, the name of Colondl Miles being already mentioned for the position of General Town- aend, and Colonel McKenzie for that of Quartermaster General. ‘The committee found their greatest difficulty in de- vising a plan for the retirement of superfiuous of- ficers, but they are confident that the one proposed will mect with the fewest objections if the bill is to be enacted into alaw. Recent legislation requiring the staff of generals in command of departments to have their quarters in barracks with the troops bas payed the way for an acceptance of the more sweeping changes now proposed by which officers doing staff duty shall in turn serve with troops in the field, ; The above are the main features of tho bill, as far as can be aseertainedfrom the committee, who had agreed not to divulge their intentions until it was ready to be presented to Congress. GENERAL WASHINGTON DESPATCHES. ~ dea Wasuixatox, Dec. 6, 1878, PREVENTION OF YELLOW FEVER AND CHOLERA— MEETING OF THE SENATE COMMITTEE. ‘The Senate committee appointed yesterday to in- vestigate and report upon the best means for the pre- vention of yellow fever and cholera in this country held its first meeting to-day. Supervising Surgeon Gen- eral Woodworth, of the Marine Hospital service, was prekent and informed the committee that » commis- sion of medical experts Was now engaged in prepar- ing data on the subjectof yellow fever. The meet- ing was devoted almost exclusively to disoussion con- cerning the scope of inquiry to be made. The following sub-committess were appointed :— To investigate the extent of the constitutional power of Congress to legislate on the question of pre- venting epidemic diseases—Messrs. Mathews, Gar- lend and Paddock. To prepare s circular letter of inquiry to be addressed to Boards of Health and leading physiciens throughout the whole country and to propare a plan of investigation— Messrs. Eustis, Lemar and Conover. On selection of experts to be employed by the com- mittee—Meesrs. Lamar, Mathews and Garland. Senator Harris, chairman of the committee, was made ex-officio a member of all the sub-committees. THE LIFE-SAVING SERVICE--IMPORTANCE OF KEEPING IT SEPARATE FROM POLITICS—RE- PORT ON THE CHARGES AGAINST HENRY E. HUNTING, SUPERINTENDENT OF THE THIRD DISTRICT. ’ Final action has been taken in the case of Henry E. Hunting, Superintendent of the Third Life Saving District, Long Island. There were 2 Charges against him, it being alleged that he had used his official position im the interest of local politics, to the detriment of the life-maving service. These charges were accompanied by statements accusing him of official corruption snd ishonest practices. There were ninety witnesses at the examatiion of the investigating committeo, and the testimony covered 1,500 manuscript pages. The committee came to the conclusion that sixteen of the charges were unfounded, as was also tho allegation that the Superintendent was guilty of official corrup- tion and dishonest practices. Tho four remaining charges, the committee say, were partially trne; that is, that in several instances he was swayed by politi- cal influences in removals and appointments to office, but that there was no evidence that in consequence there was any life lost, or that the service suffered. Apart from such conduct the highest commendation is bestowed on the department for his efficiency. The Chtef of the Life Saving Bureau, 8. J. Kimball, in reviewing the report of the committee, says the conduct of the superintendent in the four instances abave mentioned was gravely reprehensible, and con- stitutes a breach of duty to the spirit and purposes of the life saving service; adding that the best class of men only shonld be chosen for life saving work, withont regard to party views. Whoever makes the criterion that men whose business it ix to save lif may be chosen for-their political or sectarian views, orfrom any other cause than professional fitness, fails in his first duty to his fellow men, and enters upon a course fraught with ruin to the cstablishment; and further, the following out of such a course would be productive of calamity to seafarers, wrong to the taxpayers, destructive to the service and disgraceful to the country. The con- duct of Superintendent Hunting in becoming acces- sory to movements tending to reduce his district to @ shameful condition must be stigmatized as un- worthy of him and his otherwise unsullicd official character, and merits severe censure. Mr. Kimball concludes his report to the Secretary of the Treasury as follows:— It is certain that since detisive official action has ‘deen taken to prevent the subordination of the ser- vice to local party ends, no disposition on his part to act counter thereto has been apparent, but on the contrary there is evidence of his cheerful acquies- cence. In view of this fact, in view also of his and honorable discharge of duty in all other respects, as established by the corhmittee of investigation and known at, the De- partment, and considering, moreover, that profes- sional experience such as he has acquired is of the pap value in this service, I should deem it ardly equitable and certainly not in the interests of the eXtablishment to recommend any other apr in the premises than that dictated by the im; ance of keeping tho stations free from local. politi- cal domination—namely, that a letter be addressed to him by the Secretary informing him of the finding of the committee, admonishing him against any repetition of such practices as those proven upon him, and cautioning him that they are considered to be of such gravity and sv injurions to the interests of the service that their recurrence would be a suffi- cient ground for removal. The report of Mr. Kimball meets the formal ap- proval of the Secretary, and action will be taken in accordance with his recommendation. DISCONTINUANCE OF THE POSTAL CAR SERVICE FORESHADOWED, Postmaster General Key to-day directed a letter to be prepared for transmission to the Speaker of the House of Representatives foreshadowing a discon- tinuance of tho postal car service in all parts of the country on the Ist day of January next unless Congress shall in the meantime make an appropriation to continne it. ‘The total appropriation for railway mail transporta- tion during the current fiscal year will (as rhown by the Postmaster General's annual report) fall short of meeting the cost of the existing railway service of all descriptions by about $500,000, The cost of the postal car system is about $1,000,000 per annum, and the entire withdrawal of the postal cars from the Ist of January to tho th of next June will, therefore, effect a saving of $500,000 and bring the expenditures of railway transportation within the total appropriation for the fecal year. No step hay- ing yet been taken by Congress to supply the do. ficiency the Postmaster Gencral feels compelled, thongh with great relnctance, to prepare for the adoption of the course above indicated as the only means of continning even the old ayatem of trans- porting the mails in first class cars without the pres- ent advantages of speody distribution while in. tran. ait, Section 9,679 of the Revised Statutes provides that No department of apvernment shull expend in any one fiscal year any stiin in oxcess of appropriations made by Congress for he a hey ich involve the government in any contract for t! ire payment Of mouey in excess of such appropriation, THE INDIAN BUREAU. Secretary Schurz on the Proposed Transfer. METHODS OF INDIAN MANAGEMENT. Comparative Merits of Civil and Military Control. —— RECOMMENDATIONS MADE. Wasutxatox, Dec. 6, 1878. The joint commission having under consideration the transfer of the Indian Bureau from the Interior to the War Department, met to-day and heard the testimony of several witnesses. The first among them was Carl Schurz, Secretary of the Interior, who, when the object of the committee was explained to him, asked to be allowed to present what he had to say in some connection so as to give full expression to his views. At the ontset he thought it proper for him, as the head of the department of which the In- dian Bureau formed a part, to disclaim any desire to keep the supervision of Indian affairs in his own hands, for the management of Indian affairs was a very troublesome and thankless office. “If I were convinced,” he continued, “that the pro- posed transfer would be for the good of the Indians or for the interests of the government I would be the first man to advocate it, but at the outset I must de- clare my firm conviction that the Indian affairs should be controlled by civil administration; that it eis best for the Indians and the government as well; that of all branches of the public service, the mili- tary is the one to which the control of the Indians should not go. The transfer of the Indian Burean to « the military authorities is based upon. assumptions which, in @ great part at least, are not founded upon facts, and this I shall be able to show.” METHODS OF INDIAN MANAGEMENT. “But, first, permit me to state that there are two methods of Indian management possible—either to herd and corral the Indians under the walls or guns of a military force, so to speak, so as to watch them and prevent outbreaks, or to start them at work upon their lands, to educate them and to civilize them. “Now, in the nature of things the first method would be the only method adopted by the military branch of the government, for the simple reason that it is their business to keep the peace and prevent troublesome tribes from getting into mischief. The second is that the policy which we have followed and carried ont was at least a partial success; @ policy certainly the most humane and enlightened, ana moro in the interest of peace in the long run, for as long as the Indians remain roaming tribes, without any settled interests or property, we may always look for complications. It is also the most economical policy, for the sooner the Indians are civilized the sooner they will be able to provide for themselves. I think also that in the morals and industrial habits of civilized life the military branch of the government is not tho best calculated to in- struct them. This question of a transfer has been discussed before, and ina rt which has attained some celebrity it is Peden ot under the plan which is su, ited the chief of the Bureau will be to educate and instruct in‘ the words, to civilize the Indians. The aay arm of the goyernment is not the most admit adapted to. duties of this character. “Wo are satis- fied’ that mot one ar” y officer in a thousand would like to teach Indian « ild:cn to read and write or In- dian men to sow and reap, These are emphatically civil and not military occupations. A REPORT DATED IN 1868, “This is found in # report dated in 1868, which is signed by Lieutenant General an, General Augur, and others. Now, Ihave read in the news- popers that General Marcy bas stigmatized this re- port as Lope ade ied overdrawn. If he thinks 80 he had better address such remarks to the general of the army; at the present time Ido not think it is overdrawn. There are inthe army a great many gen- tlemen who have good ideas about the Indian ser- vice, but it is one thing to have ideas and another to carry them out, and 1 that the patient labor and care of detail necessary to raise the Indian tribes to state of civilization would not be found among the officers of the army.”” General Scales—Did these same gentlemen a short time har thal ar a different report in favor of the in Sec! Schurz—I do not know that they recom- mend the transfer exactly; the second report was more for the organization of a different department for the Indians. * General Scales—I think yon will find that they did recommend the transfer in that report if you read a little further on ? ey! Schurz—It may be so. You know their opinions don’t keep over might. At any rate; they ouce thought the army department unsuitable for this charge, and 1 think they were eminently right, CAUSE OF TRE WARS. The Secretary then referred to the statement of General Sherman that there was a great deal of cir- cnmlocntion at present in calling upon the military at the time of Indian otitbreak ‘0 go through the whole routine laid down would. probably take some time, but whenever prompt action was necessary—a few telegraphic despatches and the whole thing was done in two hours, instead of two months. The re- quest for the transfer of the Indian Bareau seemed to be based particularly upon the assumption, very industriously circulated, that the Indian civil service was responsible for all the wars. It was said that the Indian agent steals the Indian supplies; that the Indians at last grew des- perato, and there were wars. That was not the fact at all. There was acarcely a single instance where it was the fact. The real cause of almost all of our Ind- ian wars was the breaking of treaties and the en- croschment upon the lands and right of the Indian by the white man. Then, also, it must be considered that the Indians themselves were not angels, and that they had in some instances been guilty of outrages which had provoked the resentment of the whites. HISTORY OF INDIAN WANS. Hoe then went on to quote an exhaustive history of Indian wars, showing how few arose from the mal- administration of Indian agents and how many bad occurred while the War Department Jhad previonsly had charge of the Indian Bureau. "Bome of there conflicts might have been brought on by the subor- dinate officers who had looked upon them as oppor- tunitics for advancement; but thero was no reason why the Indian agent should want war. He would be the first man to lose. his scalp, and therefore he would take care to avoid sny complications. Senator McCreery—Have any agents been scalped? Secretary Schurz replied in the negative, and ro- peated that none of the wars had broken ont in that way. x OF THR HONESTY. It had been urged very strongly, arid as far as the r= were concerned with a great deal of effect, that he conduct of Indian affairs should be transferred to the War Department, as the latter would prove very far superior in point of honesty, correctness and economy. This also was one of those fallacion assertions which seemed to havo originated in the forgetfulness of the past. It was very ungrateful to make invidious comperisons but he must say for the civil service thet wherever an officer was found doing wrong he was at once «um- marily doalt with. He read in the papers a statement by General Marcy that when in the War Department the burcau was worked smovthly enough; that there was no mism: jement, and, iu fact, no suspicion of any. It was, in fact, as he had said, as if angels had deecended upon the earth doing gentle ministrations among the savages to lead them to & higher state of well being. It was casily proved that, this was far from being the’ case. A report of a committee of the House of Representatives, made in 1844, when the War Department had charge of Indien affairs, charged the clerks with unpardonable negli- gence; that tho accounts showed an almost total wantot method; that the accounts of expenditures were so careles#ly kept as to furnish scarcely any traces of expenditure of very large sums. For severs! yoare the entries were made so slovenly that the very clerks themselves could not explain ther ere was not aaingle entry referring to Indian land, and all the records left by the Indian officers of the Wer Depart- ment were scraps of memoranda, pencil notes, &c. SAMPLE OF MILITARY MANAGEMENT, To bear out his statement, with respect to mal- feasance, he quoted from the report of Lientenant General Hitchcock and instanced the action of the department in reference to the removal of the Chero- kees. The contract was made at $10 per head and 20,000 Cherokees were removed, But 16,000 in excess of the actual number were charged and paid for, tnak- ing: the actual payment $24,276 98 in excess, or $109.25 per vapita, He alao read a report dated 184, which showed the exorbitent prices which the Indians were charged for various articles, and concluded that from all this {t would be seen that the record of the War Department's management of Indian affairs was by no means go Clear as General Marcy tried to make ont. ‘He was not going to pretend that the civil adminis. tration was pure; no such thing, but he would say that they had had no scandal quite so bad as the Cherokee affair, He alluded to the difficnities of the supervision of the different agencies, but said that many abases that had formerly existed were being swept away. With the exception of the Treanrs Department's prosecution of the whiskey ring he did not think any department had been more active in b Adena ga J its contractors when they were once de- ted. They had, perhaps, some fifteen or twenty Rader prosecution Bow, aud only a few weeks ago one of these contractors was convicted. Now, he should be very slow to assert that the army officers, as such, had ‘dishonest tendencies. He thought the army deserved, as 2 whole, its reputation for honesty; that is to say, for honest intentions, yet it would absurd to say such a class of men were inaccessible to the bud impulses of human nature. THE COMPARATIVE COST. General Marcy had stated that while the admin- istration of the War Department cost $1,800,000, the Indian Department cost $5,000,000, a difference of $5,200,000, Such a comparison was absurd. The Tndian business in 1449 was nothing to what it had now become. He read @ statement of the amount paid per 100 pounds of beef by the two departments for the Indian Bureau and the military, which showed # saving of $644,000 in favor of the former, General Miles had stated that the transportation of the army cost $4,000,000, while the transportation of food, clothing, &e., for the Indians only cost $225,000, A glance would show that the Department of the In- erior oe its transportation at cheaper rates. He did not attribute any of these thingy to the dishonesty of the army, but rather to their cavalier way of looking at and dealing with things. Soldiers never thought of the cost of a thing if it was thought to be necessary. As an instance, he mentioned that at the close of the Sioux war there were about twenty thousand horses, ponies and mules taken from the Indians, for which cows were to be given to them, and it turned out that these po- nies and mules cost $19,412 96 besides the cows, and that to sell them cost $5,683 additional. This was an instance of their cavalier way which was not found in the Interior Department. RECOMMENDATIONS AND SUGGESTIONS. Secretary Schurz enumerated one or two other instances of a similar character, and concluded his remarks by showing that the Indians themselves were very much averse to the transfer of the bureau. In the first place, he did not know whether -it would be best to make it an independent department, as the Agricultural was now, for this would entail a re- organization of the Cabinet, but he thought it would be well to authorize the President to place such reser- vations of Indian tribes as might be involved in trouble or threatened to become so involved under the control of the War Department and under martial law if the constitution admitted of it. Second—The President might be empowered to em- ploy officers in the Indian service. ‘Che inspectio: force there should be increased so that all the age: cies might be visited twice a year instead of once, as at present. He did not know anything more desira- ble than that the whole army of the United States should be constituted a committee of one for the perpetual visitation of Indian affairs and to report to the Indian Bi jureau. Third—A measure of great importance was the in- crease of the Indian police force. They had Indian police at twenty-two stations, and found them ex- ceedingly effective. Tney wero found perfectly relia- ple in the discharge of their duty, and it would be well to increase tho number—450, to. 1,000 or 1,200, Fes would relieve the military of a great deal of the rol Fe ble they had now. fourth—-The spprouretions made by Congress for the support of the Indians should not only be ample but should be made promptly. A want of this in the past had created great embarrassment and much dis- satisfaction at the agencies. Fiftk—An appropriation of about $100,000 shonld be placed in the hands of the President for the pay- ment of the Indians who assisted the troops against troublous tribes. For instance, in the late rising the Bannocks had only a few cents a day, relying upon hunting for the rest of their support. Senators Saunders and McCreery said they had no questions to ask the witness. Mr. Hooker said:—You were speaking of a state- ment made by General Marcy, in which you said it would be improper to compare the big etter of the Indian Bureau at the time to which he referred to the cost of the War Department, because since then the Indian Burean had largely cktended its opera- tions. Would not the same apply to the expenditures of the War Department in former years? Secretary Schurz—I only wish to point out how much the Indian service was enlarged. In further réply to Mr. Hooker the Secretary said there were several agencies which had no military ts. my METHOD OF CALLING FOR TROOPS. “What is the method by whieh troops are called upon to interfere in Indian risings?” “I think the report of the Commissioner on Indian affairs in Oregon with reference to the Bannock troubles best shows that.” Mr. Hooker (severely)—I have the report before me, sir. I want to know is it the custom for the Indian agent to call upon the officer at the post in case of disturbance, or report to the Indian Burcau ? ‘The Secretary—If the agent finds himself pressed and he is # man of sense and has soldicrs in the neighborhood he at once | a to the officer of the fort and the officer helps 5 Mr. Hooker—In this case the agent did not advise the resident officer at all of disturbance. ‘The Secretary—Precisely; that is what Mr. Donald- gon was censured for. Mr. Hooker—lIs it not true that at present the gov- ernment has two agents accountable—a civil agent for the Indians and an officer at the fori? ‘The Secretary—It is true, but I believe it to be a principle of republican government that the army eh be under civil authority. DIMTRIBUTION OF RATIONS. “Now, tell me,” said Mr. Hooker, ‘chow are the rations distributed ?”" “By actual count of Indians by tho agent and bis report to me,."* Mr. Feige egw ht ever discovered any inaccn- racies in those rej y¥, certainly, and to a: large ex- ‘The Secretary- 5 tent, sometimes.” YOu see how difficult it is to keep track of them by the Cherokee removal which I have mentioned. ‘With regard to the Sioux, from 1873 to the present time, I think there must have been con- siderable inaccuracies; but I doubt if ‘there are many appreciable ones now. Bhi Q. Are you aware that sayergl.army officers have been detailed as agents to the Sioux Indians? A. Certainly; that wae done at my request; ' Lieutenant Lee took the place of Mr. Howard at the Spotted Tail Agency. %. ‘You said something about the purchase of sup- plies in the army department. Is not thet carried out very correctly there now? A. lam not aware; I suppose it is. é Q. Are you aware that itis impossible for any mal- administration of moneys to take place in that de- partment without detection? A. My experience in public affairs leads me to be exceedingly spering in my expressions of judgment that @ certain thing, such as that you mention, is impossible. You know that the Cherokee affair— Q. Ldidn’t mean impossible; I will say improb- able? A. I don’t think it would be wise to express any judgment. Q. Has the administration of Indian affairs by the officers appointed been satisfactory? A. Precisely; but the Red Cloud and Spotted Tail agencies are being settled, and the officers will then be relieved by civil officers. Q. Did not Mr. Howard send in an account for ra- tions for 9,134 Indians when there were only 4,614, and were you want of these facts when you re- moved him? A. That was before I came into office. If you read the of the committee appointed by me you will find several such cases. 1 had them Pointed out so that they might be remedied. Q. Your opinion as to army officers seems to be much the same as General Crook, that some would be found competent and others incompetent, the same as civil agents? A. Unquestionably; but hero is a civil service interested personally in the prosperity of these Indians; the interests of the army might not be identical with that prosperity. Q. If you_had such men as General Crook, for in- stance? A. If all the Indian agencies could be me intended by General Crook I should have a great deal of confidence in them, but General Crooks are not plenteous in this or any other army. The Secretary was thon turther cross-questioned upon various other suggestions he had made. After a long talk of two hours and a half, in which he showed an intimate knowledge of facts connected with Indian management, he retired to attend the Cabinet mect- ing. an PEELING AMONG THE INDIANS. Mr. F.C. Watkins, one of the Indian inspectors, was next called and, in to the chairman, gave ion that the transfer of the Bureau to the War Department would in no way benefit the Indians. Tt would discourage them in their facee toward civilization, reduce the amount of their agricultural jands and militate against educational movements, because the Indians regard the army as their enemy and they would ubtedly protest against being overned by force. He knew the feeling of the In- dians themselves to be against the transfer, From his own observation he found a very large majority of the Indians in favor of working and becoming in- dependent. THE CHEYENNE AGENCY. A SHARP LETTER FROM MAJOR MIZNER IN RM- SPONSE TO SECRETARY SCHURZ AND INDIAN COMMISSIONER HAYT. Sr, Louis, Dee. 6, 187% Major J. K. Mizner, commanding officer at Fort Reno, has addressed the following letter to Head- quarters Department of the Missouri:— Fort Rexo, I. T., Nov. 28, 1878. As the Commiesioner of Indian Affairs has thought proper, in an official report to the Honoarble Secre- tary of the Interior (published in New York papers), to reriously reflect upon statements made in my report to your office, September 19, 1878, in eflect charging that my statements are not sustained by facts, I desire to sey that the information contained in said report was fur- nished from the office of the Cheyenne and Arapahoe Agency, and can be fully sustained by the evidence of Ageut Miles and his clerk and the books and records of his office. Had the Commissioner joined Agent Miles and myself in our efforts to secure to the In- dians the fnil allowance of rations to which they are entitled by treaty stipulations, he would have ‘heen credited with # laudable Zeal in the/interest of human- ity, and @ weak resort on his part to absurd personal abuse would have been avoided. IT wish to distinetly easert that no statement of mine in official reports can either be disproved or de- nied, and Tam satisfied that if the Commiasioner is acquainted with thy affairs of the Bureau under his charge he should as familiar with the facts ‘ret forth by me as either Ageut Miles or myself. [ om prepared to produce evidence from the records of the office of the Cheyerme and Arapahoe Agency that the ‘Indians of said agency have never during the past three yoars re evived the full "allowance of tations — to which they are entitled. The efforts of Commis- | sioner Hayt appear to be directed toward concealing | the truth, and shielding himself from public ecnaute by specious reasoning. A candid admission of the true state of the case, and of the inanfficiency of the to provide the supplies jation of. Featured, would hsye,yeen ia hevter toate Abad Hin ats tempt to slander aud abuse men in the public service for using their honest endeavors to sccure justice to the Indians, J. K. MIZNER, Major Fourth Cavalry. a etn ’ SPOTTED TAIL AND RED CLOUD. Wasurxctox, Dec, 6, 1878. Telegrams received by the Commissioner of Indian Affairs to-day from Pine Ridge Agency indicate that the Red Cloud and Spotted Tail Indians are actively and cheerfully at work transporting their own supplies to the new agency. An ox train of fifty-six wagons arrived yesterday from the Missouri River landing, distant about one hundred and seventy miles, bring- ing 75,000 pounds of rations, and 150 wagons drawn by ponies are preparing to start for Sidney, on the Union Pacific Railroad, to haul supplies of ‘flour to the same agency. The Indi furnish their own ponies and serve as teamsters, &c., for $30.4 month per Indian. INDIAN AGENCY FRAUDS. THE KING. KILLERS A Revolutionary Organization for the Extermination of Princes. BLANQUIS SPIRIT ABROAD. Interesting Expressions of Opinion by Lead- ing American Socialists. eae Renewed efforts were made by Hemaxp reporters yesterday toascertain the probable naturo of the doe- uments said to have emanated from New York inter- nationalists and found upon the three men who were arrested, as telegraphed from Madrid on Thusrday, while trying to escape over the Portuguese frontier from the clutches of the Spanish police, Thesemes are suspected of being accomplices in the reeent at- tempt of Moncasi on the life of King Alfonso. Rep- reseutatives of various European nationalities were interviewed on the subject, and while some ridiculed the ides that any such documents were found on the prisoners, others acknowledged that they might have had communication with certain parties in New York well known abroad for their revolutionary princi. ples, Enough was ascertained, however, to prove that the king killing business is not at all regarded among some of these men as the work of maniacs. It would seem that a thoroughly organized system ex- ists to-day which aims at ridding Europe of what these men call, in one general term, “princes.’” PREPARING TO ABOLISH THE RIGHT OF ASYLUM. Mr. Jonas, editor of the Volkszeilwng, and recently the Socialistic candidate forthe Mayoralty, stated that the reactionary party in Europe just now is so des- perate that they are determined to spread all sorts’ of false reports, and if they could possibly involve this country in their troubles they would not hesitate » minute in doing so. He did not regard the cable de spatch announcing the arrcet of these men with Now York documents on. their persons as @ canard. The despatch was no doubt ‘a correc® report of news made pw ly current in Madrid, but he doubted, in fact ridiculed, the idea that any such documents were found onthe men. Only it suited the reactionists to spread such reports, the same as they had spread the report of Orsini bombs: having been found in Hamburg. If such bombs had: been found had been placed there by the reac- (BY TELEGRAPH TO THE RERALD.] is Yanxron, D. T., Dec, 6, 1878, ‘Tho United States Grand Jury adjourned after find- ing forty-four indictments against Dr. Livingston, of Crow Creek Agency, and his accomplices. There are 130 cases aguinst Dr. Livingston that have been out- lawed, based on false and forged vouchers from 1870 to 187% ‘The government will institute civil suits to recovel the money embraced in these transactions. None of the cases can be triogphis term. ARMY INTELLIGENCE. Wasatxoton, Dec. 6, 1878, Captain Arthur Morris, Fourth artillery, is ordcred to report to the Superintendent of the General Re- cruiting Service to conduct a detachment of recruits to the Pacific coast. Captain William 8, Stanton, Co: of Engineers, is the Commanaing relieved from duty on the staff General of the Department of the Platte and orde: to proceed to Willett’s Point for duty with the bat- talion of engineers. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. THE QUINNEBAUG AT ANNAPOLIB—NAVAL BRIGADE DRILL AT THE ACADEMY. [BY TELEGRAPH TO THE HERALD.) Anwaporis, Md., Dec., 6, 1878, ‘The United States steamer Quinnebaug, Commander N. H. Farquhar commanding, arrived here late this afternoon. It is probable that the Quinnebaug will remain until after the Christmas holidays. She will be accorded the usual military salute to-morrow morning. DRILL AT THE NAVAL ACADEMY. The cadets at the Naval Academy were exercised in the naval brigade drill, embracing infantry and ar- actics, under the direction of Lieutenant | tionists themselves. It was now their great stock in. ard Poloy, with Lieutenants J. M. trade to involve all countries in regicide and D. Kennedy in charge of infantry exercises and | manqwuvres; it suited their purpose. In this connec- Lieutenant W. H. Parkor in those of the artillery, | tion Mr. Jonas pointed to the significant remarkw ‘The exercises were witneased by Commodore Whiting | made by Kaiser Wilhelm at Wiesbaden, on the 12th and Rear Admiral Scott, who arrived here this after- | Novem last. Speaking of the Hadel and Nobiling attempts on his life, the Emperor said, ‘Against such crimes new laws have now been enacted, and other countries will enact laws similar to these, ag the danger is one common to all nations.’* These words, continued Mr. Jonas, are very ficant, they mean that Germany is determ: ta noon. A CADET WOUNDED. During the, skirmish drill Cadet Engineer Kennett McAlpine, of Virginia, of the third class, was slightly wounded in the neck by the premature discharge of @ gun by one of the rear rank cadet midshipmen, the wad of the gun inflicting a slight cut.’ He was | dragoon other nationalities into enacting the sama conveyed to the Hospital and received m: atten- promeniptire laws, and what 3 godsend it would be they could impress upon the government this country that conspiracies aro ig 601 here, and that new laws sre required to check them. ‘Tho despair of these men is something awful, and the condition of the German people just now lamentable indeed. All sorts of Rored m it you tion. THE COAST SURVEY STEAMER BLAKE. Key West, Fla., Dec. 6, 1878. The United States Coast Survey steamer Blake, four days trom St. Helens, has arrived here. CHANGES IN THE DUTIES OF OFFICERS. Wasnincton, Dec. 6, 1878. Lieutenant Seaton Schroeder has been ordered to duty at the Hydrographic Office, and Ensign W. H. Nostrand to duty on the Coast Survey. Lieutenant W. J. Moore has besn defached from the Coast Survey are being concocted there to make an im! upon other countries. The first country il hear of as having been taken in hand by the reactionists will be little Switzerland, where, until now, the right of asylum has been guaranteed. Bus. it will be sono longer! Already tho German Minis-. ter at the Swiss Republic has tendered his resignation, becanse he would not obey the com- mands of Bismarck, who instructed him to demand, in Mag a of existing treatics, the deliverance m4 and placed on waiting orders. Muster - Lewis C. | German focialists who had fled from the wrath Heilner has been detached from the receiving ship | imperial persecution. If now these men Poe uel a prejudice against the United States it wor them amazingly in their chase after socialists gen= erally. * VIEWS OF A RUSSTAN SOCIALIST. Mr. 8. E. Sevitch, a Russian gentleman, residing in New York and occupying s prominent position on, fined tae fact abet, internationsliata ino longer x fi tl int oe * from et Colorado and ordered to duty on the Coast Survey. Master James H. Bull has been detached from duty on the Coast Survey and placed on waiting orders. TILDEN'S CIPHER - DESPATCHES. WHAT EX-SPEAKER MAGUIBE KNOWS ABOUT THE SOUTH CAROLINA ELECTORAL VOTX—FIFTY possibly hao letters in their ponsorai ‘THOUSAND DOLLARS REFUSED BY A “NIGGER” — ds in America, but were wot’ king nearer me is on killers, They were constructionists, not destroyers. MR. TILDEN'S KNOWLEDGE OF THE NEGOTIA- | King killers belonged to the snarchista, who Bakunin -as leader, and poe A Chists even in Enrope was very siiall. wi the man who, though residing most of oe ied Geneva, first tang! t his followers how to create confusion here, there and everywhere. Chaos waa his watchword, only he never had accomplished: much beyond making a fuss. What was singular, also, was that the small bend of anarchists in Europe were looked upon with considerable suspicion by socialista generally, as they always came out of 6: unscathed, and many of them were looked upon ag mere spies in the pay of royalists and impel ta, Here in this country these anarchists had but very few followers. WHERE THE REGICIDES ORGANIZE. M. H. Hanser, a member of the French socialistic party, wae asked by the ter, “Do you know of any documents that might possibly have been found on these accomplices of Sfomeasi?” “I know of none. These men have no direct come munication with any of us here. Their orders are no doubt received from Lor “What about those orders from London?” “London is the headquarters of the Blanqul party, ‘Their object is plain and simplo—“Death to % Here is their first article:—'‘La société n'a qu'un devois inces—la_ mort! Elle weet tenug ite tatation d'identilé.” (Society duty to toward princes—death! She ia only Poa a one formality that is to identify them as such.) Now it is all nonsense to ascribe these attempted regicidem to socialists, internationalists, trades unions or labor ies. These men are all talkers; they are good: to keep up the agitation, but they are not revolu- "TIONS. ALBaxy, Dec. 6, 1878, Jeremiah Maguire, of Elmira, who was Speaker of the democratic Assembly in 1875, the first yoar of ‘Tilden’s State administration, and who was among the foremost of those democrats who opposed Mr. ‘Tilden’s political projects, has been here a few days. To-day, in reply to inquiries, he made the following statements regarding the clpher despatches :-— “[ never read the despatches as they appeared,” said he, “with much interest, becauso in December, 1876, and January, 1877, I knew thoroughly all that was going on down in the disputed Southern States, I was kept informed of it by friends who were in it themselves. I know that Smith Weed started for South Carolina right from Tilden’s own house in Gramorcy Park. He stopped over st Raleigh under the name of Keith.” Here the ex-Speaker interrupted himself to say :—‘‘Why, I always called him Keith to this day on account of it. It he were to come in that door now I would greet him as Keith.” “But how,” inquired the Hraaup correspondent, would Weed take it?” * “Take it? Why, he'd laugh. He can’tdeny it, you know. Hoe'd*have to laugh it off.” “Rut aa you were saying. ” “He went from Raleigh to Cohumbis, and was there on the 13th, the day the college met, and while the envers lee qua hotel registers were filled with the names of distin- “, at guished ‘men of both parties who hed come thero | Honists. | These men, argue; te Biandal party legitimately to see the count fairly made, Smith | [ave ft a ga OE ar gg Weed, who was known as a particular friend of ‘Til- | how the ate“ thamestees ao. int -kate? den’s, was nowhere registered; yet people try to | their leaders. Here are ‘ ps,’ it is trne, with, make out that he was there on legitimate business.” In continuing the conversation Mr. Maguire ssid “TI know, from sources that cannot be doubted, that $50,000 were offered to a colored member—and it is to the credit of his race—to a ‘ni * member of the Flectoral College to give his vote for Tilden, and he chiefs who alone are in communication with ¢ leaders, but one chief even does not know the c! st CS stewed group. mak the a aro) nationalities are represen: “Who! selects the king killers and how are they selected?” asked the reporter. refused it sternly and persistently. of Yt kno When asked who made tho offer tho ex-Spoaker | 4:7 ee or ao ae ea isn at ie lnc, laughed. as to the rest yor a “Oh,” said he, “there was plenty of chance to buy, but nobody but Tilden himself was anxious to bay, and he delayed and haggled too much.” Mr. Maguire then alluded to a talk with John Mor- Tissey, who, being dead, cannot reply. “saw,” said he, “in the report of some proceed- ings down there that two men came on to New York and offered to sell a Tilden vote for $1,000,000 to John ples that govern the lyon re ionie must form your own conclusion.” the perty fs bis sbuenee?” anked the reporter. ns of the party in his co?" as! ‘. M. ‘Eensee emphaticaliy declined to answer thig question. From another source, however, it was ascertained that the active head of the is Edouard Vaillant, ex-member of the Commune, author of a work entitled ‘The Elimination,” pub- Morrii ‘When I read it I went up ‘to Morrissey’s : “ room and asked him what there was in it. ‘Well, it's eee iio oh s about thirey tout, pease O38. eee nota thes wad. Leh, Mamenen the opinion that the king-killing one for $50,000. “Then, ‘why "t you foie? You sre consi n’s ham only just in, and that in course of time there would be fu ed to the ample oppor Sanity $0 descent on regicides ana the like. | LIBERATED FROM SLAVERY. Tt was reported yesterday that Sefior Franciseo Agramonte, formerly of Santiago de Cuba, but for some time @ resident of New York, had liberated eighty slaves belonging to his hter, in ance with her instructions. On inceariag last evens “You have observed, Mr. McGuire, that Mr. Tilden | ing, it was learned that the slaves were not the prope has denied any complicity in the cipher deapatches.” | orty of Mra. Bromosio, the daughter, but weres “No, be hasn't,” tho ex. er. “He | owned by Sefior Agramonte himself. denies that he received them, that they were read to | emancipated a short time ago by him, each him or that their contents were imy to him, but | ceiving the papers declaring his freedom. he doesn’t deny that somebody in his confidence re- Dr. Arango Cuban gentleman§ now resident in this ceived them and had power to act and did act for him | city, said that the value of the property thus tarily relinquished by Sefior Agramonte, was in regard to them. It was just like him to keep him- at least self so far clear of them that he might make such a | $50,000, as the eighty slaves could ray Agee deer sold in Havana tor at least $600 each. aid also, denial and yet know all that waa necessary about them. If there is ever an investigation by Congress | thata number of Cuban manumitted their slaves in and he has to go on the stand 8 sharp cross-examina- way, tion will show it all up.” ing thus the possible decision of the government om the project of a general emancipation, LOUISIANA ELECTION TROUBLES. MORE ARRESTS BY FEDERAL OFFICIALS—A QUES TION OF JURISDICTION TO BE TRIED. rats THEEGRAPH TO THE HERALD.) New On.rans, Dee. 6, 1878, especial c! pion, why didn’t you doit? ‘Because,’ said Mor- Tissey, I wouldn’t cross the street to make Tilden President that way. He's ungrateful and decetving, and if it had come out he would . have dénied sil knowledge of it and thrown all the odium upon me. Besides, nobody wants him in the White House any- how.’ Then I told John that I thought he was an especial champion of Tilden, when he declared that he wasn’t, but he was opposed to John Kelly aud so joined forces with Tilden.” TILDEN'S DENTAL. i 3 | CHARGED WITH WIFE MURDER. Coroner Woltman yesterday@hold an inquest om the body of Margaret Downing, who was murdered on Tuesday last, at her residence, No. 434 West Nine- teenth street. Several witnesses wore oxamined, ‘The Natchez, which arrived this morning, brought | ae eae i ae i those published in the down Z. ©. Goldman, G. Hirsch, F. Adams, C. L. | Hemarn at the time. The jury fo Kemp, Thomas Burnett, fA. 8. Davidson and —~ | had died from injuries received at the . itter was Rice, who were arrosted in the parish of Concordia on | Dusband. John 8. Downing. ‘the lates te tea Jurys an affidavit sworn ont by Fleming Branch, before United States Commissioner Lane, charging them DOMESTIO MALOCONTENTS. with breaking by force of arms into the dwelling of J. W. Fairfield, and shooting and wounding the affiant | Patrick Kelly, # teamster, residing at No. 168 Eighty and two other meu, thereby preventing them from | ®Vente, Newark, was terribly beaten at his home Ias@ voting, supporting and advocating the election of | evening by his sons—Frederick, aged twenty-two Fairfax as a member of Congress. The parties oc. | years, and William, aged twenty years. It seeme cused were arraigned, but waived examination, and | that some time ago Patrick was at the gave bonds in the sum of $6,000 cach to appear before | instigation of his wife, who has been summoned tq fhe United States Cireuit Court, appest before tho Grand Jury. Laws Ma wife andl Husband came home somewhat tipsy, hia sofs being seated at the supper At once he picked a quarrel over the Grand Jury simmons and shook his fist. at his wife and threatened to beat her if she dared to go and testify against him. This enraged the sons so thet, seizing and irons, they fell upon the father him most nnmereifally, cutting him about the hedd and face more than adozen times, At tirat it was feared that U MORP. ARRESTS MADE, Tam informed that there are six other parties now under arrest in Natchitoches and in charge of a deputy marshal, who will probably be taken before the United States Cotumisioner at Shreveport. The United States Circuit Court will assenible to-day and a grand jury will be appointed, Before this the tfon cases in which fraud or intimidation fs eb will be brought. It is held the Pnited Haton are inoperative in such cases, but | the mp ape Lh) lice wur- +d ci orney assures me ho intends to test | geon «' ireseed the wou aro seri- that without doley. 7 ous but nos dangerous, Lhe sons were arrested, ‘\