The New-York Tribune Newspaper, June 5, 1866, Page 6

“THE CHEROKEE QUESTION. —— W% the Féitor o Tha N. Y. Tribuse. Sin: In your issue of yesterday sppears a long commutica- Son over the signature of “Jobn R. Ridge.” purporting to Bes reply to o correspondence in The Tribune of the 21st on | $ho same question. 1w glad that the writer of that reply Bas gone beyond the purpose of a mere answer, and endeavored ¥y documents and argument to make out @ case for the Rebe, @herokees. The settlement of necessary questions with the sivilised people of the Indian Territory 1s one of the important wubjects calling for the setion of the Government, and a rigid sod thorough scratiny is the only means by which Congress and the Executive cau be enabled to uct wisely and justly. I fberefore propose to- submit formally the maiu points about which it has been my privilege to kuow. Havingao feeling agalnst any man or iaterest, I shall not be betrayed by his ereonal reflections into anything not strietly required for & @gnificd, critical, and comprebensive statement of the ques son. X eall in question Ads rigl.. to demand a signature to that article. I subsciibe this letter, and give it the snthoriey | ‘whick my official position as Commander of the Indian Terri fory during the greater portion of the war authorized we to | @iveit, and to leave the responsibilities of my action between e snd the Goverument. TUp to this moment all of wy official etions bae met with bearty apgroval. I have in mwy porses: slon documents to prove what I say whe it is called in ques- | #on, smong other things the rejection of my resignation in 3064 becsuse my services conld not be spared. Abov all, the weoeptance by the Government of the services of all brought | #o them through me. Tt is incambent on that Government to doenme the responsibility of my official action. as these jeo Ple, durfug the times these things were determined, Knew the @overnment but through we. Before 1 was an oficer of the sarvice, 1 wos, ag yOu ar¢ aware, for vears member of The Fvibune stafl. Now, althongh Mr, Hidee bas uo right 1o de- | mand the name of the autbor, 1 desire to avow *he githorekiy of that article. Tn examining the propositions evolved by . Ridge, it is uonecessary to spend wuck 'Who wee (he author of Cherokee civilisation. ‘when a boy, reading of the civil Cherokees, and | of their chief, Jobn Koss. 1 know that it is to bis jolicy that | $he nation owes much of ber system of education, and that it wae under bhis direct supervision that her two col or of 1can remember | weminarics were built. 1know tiat {he Noss party or loyal Cherokees, ewbracing three fourths of the Cherol people. and maintainiog their (mational govervment, were not “blanketed,’ or '‘mocoasined mweu.' Thave not yet peen one Cherokee dressed in the garb of o wiid Indian 1n reference to the Cherokee Government being murder and usarpation, I would say that Johs Ross Sononely and overwhelmingly e'ecred clief for abont 40 years. A government fonnded on Wwlassnoss avd murder s not o sduring. 1 was told by & member of & missionsry's family ‘who overbeard it t Mr. Koss said ot the time of the occur- omoc: 1 would have given mot." What were the facts ¢ Men, not selectod mnder the sanction of law, with no auth y of Jaw to make wueh o treaty, made a treaty ceding the Cherckee lands east of She Missis te the Upited States Comwissioners. Read £ W Ham Wirt and Henry Clay, on he unjust, faithless and crael sction of the Government, in making & treaty with irresponsible parties, who had o right %0 make one.’ Read the correspondence of Jeflerson in reference to this vight These are matters of history, and Mr. Clay, when he Bod rexigned bis seat in the Senate. gave a glowing eulogy on e Chberokee people and their ehief who bad survived that Fapacious steauit on their interests, and were still matutain Mng their government and charscter and polioy in epite of it. There was & luw of the Cherokee Nation that Le who withont wolor of law sold Jand to the Gorernment shonld euffer death. it wouderful that the doep wrongs of that time, affecting & people not then as civilized as now, should find vent in the ded o con- wiolent sots of & fow irresponsible meni The killog or mur @er of these men occurred in June, 1639 The present Cherokee Government was establisked in the West as follows: A Nat ma) Convention was beld at 1llinois 1839, On tbat day George Lowry, President of the Convention of Eastern Cherokees, and George Guees, President of the Convention of Western Cherokee migned the articles of Usnion, as did Jobn Rose, Principal Chief of the astern Cherokees, and Jobn Lowry, Acting Principal Obief of the Western Cherokees, and by 12 prominent men or delegates of the former and of the latter, and & Sarge number of others not delegates. 1 quote from the Con- stitution and Laws of the Clerokee Nation, to which T refer. A covstitution fox the Cherokee Governmest was then adopted, and signed by George Lowry, President of the ) tlosal Convention, and by 40 delegates to such Comvention, Wetng about equally divided among the parties. In this way ‘wes orgenized the Government in the West. It is proper to State that the Chierokee Governmens had existed under a writ Ben conetitution east of the Miesiesippi; that it comprised four-fiftbe of the people, and was under Jobn Kose, ite chief. 'he 0ld settlers, or men first in the West. bad no writter con- stitution prior to this union, aitbongh they bad written laws. Rogere, one of the chiefs of the old settlers, protested against 1 terual difficultios among the Cherokee people. which shows the eondition of affairs at the time, e0 far ae the tribes were concerned. I quote from his letter “1 do wot propose, now, on the part of the Confedérate States of | Amegica. (o eutar unon auy foriher areament {n rogard to the vibject d the houor to solicit YOur sitention. nor to seek to ¢ .,, further negotistion with the Cherokee authoriti you, 10 your paople, propositions for as slimuce. ofle a, of of prote:ticn on the 3 and wardebip oi the other. is is forbidden to the Confederate States by con 1 self-respect, after the decided and unque'ified antouncem that you and the Cherokee people will remain neutral during e ent controversy. “ For the e the Confedern Cherokes peopl ugely mhuh‘u ite true fnl iace by the side of the Cre i il of whom 1 bave ehip aud allience, off ) are raising troops to_ def You that 1t Is thelr mowt warue n‘wd for femwive, an common right sire to protect e i o roupect al theis ighte, enirage, their powers aud privi leges, and to secure to them the andisturbed potsession of the wost | valusble franchises of freemen, “C1, in the end, the Cherokees should be the lose: imaction, whil ve been pereuaded to adojt stiaze of the biame wili sttach to the Confeder 1t is evident that there was no sincerity v ¢ respect for the Cherokee position by the Revel Gew MeCul- loch at least. Tbat General wrote to Chief Ross, June )2, 1561, notifying him that his command embraced the Tadian country. The Union soldiers had abandoned all the posts there. Gen. McCulloch, at the head of his forces at Fort Swith, writes: 41t s not my desire to give offense, ot fntertere with any of your rights or wikhies, sud shall ot do #o u The neutral position you wish to wain cause. Tn the wean Coniedora s lioma & by the policy of | pan themselves in cave of juvasion from the ) In answer to this John Ross writes June 17, 1861: “Your dewand thet those people of the Natip joining the Confederucy be aliowea to orzauize into s lionie guarde, (o the purpose of defending themselves vasion from tbe North, {y wowt respecifally deelived: 1 By coneent to any sach organization for very obvious reasous “1. 1t would be a palpable violat 2. 1t will place i “midst orgun‘zed by our laws, It was intimated that Mr. Ross and the loyal Cherokees Were at one time propagandists of Secession. That one point I serutinized closely at the time we entered their country in 1862, and became satisficd that it was utterly groundless. T append Mr. Ros's letter to Gov. Harris of the Chicknssw Nation. The Governor wrote to Mr. Ross of date Jan. 1, 1861, asking the cotperation of the different Nations, and inclosiog an act of their Legisiatore, from which T quote: Re it further enacted by the Legislature of the Chickasaw Nation, That the Govamor of the Chickasaw Nation be, und be ie, bereby authorized to appoint four Commissioners, one ‘from each count namely. Pavin. Pickeos, Tisk part of the Chickasaw Nation, to meei @ like set poiuted respeciivily by the Choctaw, Cre f ehe vights and i the United Stutes, feeling aiready estavlished ve- A and entered joto on the citizens of enid N nd to xenew the harn 1401 of November, AMr. Rows responde Feb. ¢, 1661, aud says: 1 was moch ecrpr! ive provos hont hav portunity to con * Although 1 regr: among our White brethren oure, to refr rucd or mysrapresented, —ra ve no direct and proper concern. utes fisble to present, at least) we 1 esnnot but confident'y believe, however, that there Is wisdom. virtos, knd moderation encugh among the people of the | uited States. to being vable adjostmert of (heboduborenses. | And 1 48 met Shieh wo rizit mmmp.u auy coutingency sdverse to the stability eral Union.” Again, & convention was beld on Canadian ground the real object of which was to try and effect concert of action among the Tudians who were really loyal, and see if they possibly could not maintain the cause. I append the instructionsof Jobun Roes to the Cherokee delegation ** In your deliberstions it will be proper for you to sdvive discretion, and t0 gusrd against any prematare wovenent. on our part, which might produce excitenent o be Lible (0 misrepresentation. Our duty is 1y (0 adhere fimly (0 out reapective treation ‘aced ourenlves uude: the protection of the United other Soverein whatever. - We are bound to hoid Botresty with any Forelgn Power, nor with combination of K one snoth pe uight be contingencien rest our interest on the pledged fsith of the United States, for the fulfill meut of their obligatione. We ought to entertain 5o apprebension of any change thet will endunger or interests. The parties noldiug the Teapousibilities of the Federal Government will always be bound to e, nd no mensures we have it cur powet to sdopt can sdd anything 10 the aceurity we now posse HeTying o yeur intaliceice and discretion, 1 add no mors. Yotrs, very respectfaliy, Jomx Hoss, Prineipal Chi T sppend the report of the dolegates in fuil, as it s brief ““Fory Gimsox, March, 15, 188). Jomn Ross, esq, Principal Chief: Sm: The undn-ma-d respect(ully report to you that they t yemded the proposed conferetice between the Creeks, Choctuws, Chickassws, Seniivoies and Chetokees, at the Creak Agen either the Choctaws nor Chickevaws were represented. Creers wd Seminoles were. We wers very kindly received by thewm, and had 8 fiew aud (rendly luterchane of opivions with thew ia regard io our $ in view of the pending difficalties in the BotLiDg. 0 keep quie e o A et ol eoes fusling wors G1oum, 4ad whetoves 826 bo the ok [ioncie of the futare, if sny siouid arise, we will be found activg in & comuon destiny. The coirve purvued was sub- Cuumcil, wnd was iy approved WiLL. I". Ross, rcert snd thario ited to the Creek Very respectiully, ahe union, but the Convention eflecting it was composed of oqual mumbers of old and mew settlers, slthough the lstter delegates represented four-fifths of the people. X will submit an extract from the report of Albert Pike to Joflerson Davis, Rebel President at Richwond io 1861, which @xtraet hrings me to the wext point. - 'lol-lptrku! MIQMM remote aa 1535 two parties had existed in ation—one 5 Mr. Ross, and in which mach the isrger A Bicods Fas o lon of clu posed to the tresty made in p sed of those who made thet treaty a7, aud the other. compo 24 i adherents. including most of the half-bioods Many acts of lndi-—-rnnnmn‘ [ and the most bitter feciings bud sil the Shuse prevailed, bot Mr. Ross bsd been regulery snd contmuous) priscipai cbief up to the tisoe when oni troubl u comumence e perty opposed to Mr. Rows bed taken open g o of the weceding States, and it was slleged that on the ot existed, of which uearly il the full mder the surplces of certain, M Abolitioniata, beld toge it by Bringent ostle. su of violense*and ontiage toward the abi bxnc fon flace bud oen povtyated by e interp f wined mien, wnd the Senthers Rights men {o Iy d for purposes terupts Lo Taive o of large the Naticn were ooy '""n;" acive of dam r. tothemeaiven, e G ihe leadors ofthie part led on Gov. MeCulloeh wnd miysel! ab Fort Smith ; and, belore leaving tuat piace, | sent s members of the party. re Samengete i ol the Loy ¥ et parte of the Lati -n the Creek Mm'] sfter 1 should e oss, @hich | hed iy intention being to enter, pon e Tefasal 10 irests o <’om‘mm wih them, garaniecing protection fo thamaeives 8 el cuio Brevenied the sitendance of scy of them.” | The ahove extracts are from the copy of Pike's repert to Wefl. Davis, printed at The Richmoud Enguirer office in 1661, which is before me. It is conclusive on these points: First: That John Koss and the mass of the Cherokees refused to enter to o treaty, and “trampled down Secession’s flag,” and was sot, as alleged, the parties invoking war. Second: That the * Waitie men” were * Southern men" and active from the first I the Rebellion; ) and Third; That Mr. Pikeand bis confede- wates intended, by threats and coercion, 'to overcope John Roar's opposition. As an additional fact I will state that com- panics of the “Southern Rights men" of the ration were in arms st an early day. Parties of them went up to the Kanses Border on their own volition to assail Kansas, sud found shel- oy b different times jo McOulioeh's cawp; and, moreover #hat & sumber of thera were at the battle of Wilson's Creek, ‘while the Rebels did not suceeel in coercing the Cherokee na, Bou into a treaty until the date I quote from Pike's report, the b October. Stand-waitie burned sud seched the town of Humbeldt, in Kensss, in 1661, T have been informed that ‘Wm. Pen Adais, the other promivent Rebel bere, was up with the Rebels at the battle of Wilscn's Oreek. The whole wass of ‘@vidence before me lesves the matter beyond a peradventure bt those men in the Cherokee nation, at the instigation of the Mebels, raised trcops and were active Secessionists from the Brat, as they rematned until the last. After hostilities had began, azd sarmies were orgsvizing « Yhrough 1be United States and the country, John Ross, as Ex- ocutive of the natios, of bis own volition, issued & proclama- tlon s follows: PROCLAMATION OF NEUTRALITY 70 THY, xflhon:l D'-Gu'h--u n."m‘l, -uu anfl C pé ,. &c rokes uation, mmudi. n.du their tresties with the Unite rvance of said treatics by Yot Rismdsata, Srwnch the peaple of al Hie portant ends. | earvestly imipress T et o 4 g.,m..h ‘1(“ :'.',?y..., ,mfl.n l-mnmlt-li:n-: i :::a' —ne. or thses rosseus | esrently jwpose Ihl‘.i.-;lu e the o nomintetfotence 1 the sfiirs of the uph of the the of unswerving ueotraity Lebween them; g thet God w! Kee, ‘or 0wh borders the deso: of war, b-na-n n. (1 A- merey snd power stay its ¥oveges smony the brotherhood ;:ru‘nhll-nly band ot the Execetive Office, & Park Hil this 10 ) Frincipal Chief Cherckes Aok, Again, when the citizens of Arkausas urged them to aid hem in secession, 1 inclose the important part of bLis snswer: by the mtwm States. It mey uot be. 1 most devontly hope “The above letier was of dnte May 18, 186). June 6 of that goar, Aibert Pike formally notified Mr. Ross that be was a Commissioner of the * Couledorate States,” and rejoecsted or Sewanded the convening of the Executive Couucil, Mr, Koss sevt him s copy of the letter to the Rebel Commissioner, M. Hobbard, in which Le declinés entering into any negotia- o of the kind, and sdds, i his Jotter to Pike: Your fumilinrity with thoss treatics will setlsfy you, | doubt not, na othor ¢ Toe 10 1) o the Chervkzen 19 folow, uaiess. thay ‘exsturle of bad faith, which ie dis) or.erable o sny ad o one to 8 weak oae. I do not Caneier That we we ty to ** onter intion with eny fomign ¥ a0y purpose wiiatcver, and, there- e inio woy ieaty with (e wi- lJ Awetice. In fouoaueimy tuis ividoni of l"?. a e 2 , Juston, which has beeis spproved by my Ezecotive Councl, | bt not you il fully sppreciate the sclems convietion of daty -\ab Iod 4G 1 wduptint lb.'.\lnhu of to be, Bz, with profound respect, yoar bl'fln ut * servant, Jomn Lo, l’r cipal Clief Chierchon Whe Hom. Ak ut ik, Commigsioncr o) (he O.ofede aie Stater <f Amevica a the Creek Agency, Crook Nation Ie ayewer to thie. Albest Fike responds, Avgont ), 166, Tokas Psco, | Cherokes L Delegation. To make the fact conclueive that the loyal Cherokees after they were abandoned by the Government tried to waintain its canse in the nation, T quote again from the report of Albert Pike to Jefferson Davis: ! 1t was forced upon me to decide o ence what L would do. Tt was very clear that (T the Indian tribes were not coucilisted wnd treatios ey ouldbeconfoderaied apaino s i ninety date. o Samineles, Libawasoa iberokoes. Delewares s0d the 18- iavs of the Prairie was then being held high up on the north fork of the Canadinn. to form o confederation (or e purgose, in protence, of ‘maintaiviog neutrabity, but in redity for thet of iding with the ¥ Au sgreeient to that efect cas in fact made there ' An :mlurkhom Faneas was mwnuxvn Teeks. The Nlnw-m, Delawares and Kickapoos Nota few wen, whites snd Indians, were mischievoosly Saped sl 12, Mo’ was comset Dtia) Creaks 1o sdhere to his policy of nautrality. & lower Creek, owniug o hundred negroes, was vpposed to tzeaty. and w0 'wae Hiopol ilicthle jebels (Oppethoielcls) formery National Speaker, aud breughi out of Ala- was 10 time to wait further orders from the Government, If 1 returned howe, seventy-five hundred fighting men, who could be made our ailies iuight Decome eur esemics, sud pars of them nly would.” In tiis event the whole force of Gen. MeCulloch's be regelzed ia e Indies covutry. milkene olmmy capended in A eouncil uing the Indians, sided us they woald the whole western Ilonfl- of Al wull le‘:?m mnot finally leoss that ves portion of louthern constry, s Tovs equivalent 10 that o 4 Jesss :cuuh-l-n ‘The above extracts will fully couvince any candid mind, McCulloch's army had been encamped near the north-east cor- ner of the Chierokee Nation for some time before the battieol Wil sou's Creek. Bull Runbad convinced the Rebels of their success. Standwaitie and bis men were in arma, and it was impossible without military force to reduce them, or make them obey the proclamstion of Mr. Ross, Gen. McCulloch, and the rebel Indians were around them, and ready to pounce on them. ‘With the exception of Oppotbolebola’s men, and the loyal Che- rokee,all the other Indians were in arms in the Rebel eanse. 'What loyalists in any border State did wore, or even a8 wuch, as here was done t They had but the alternatives of destrue- tion, submiseion, or flight. Oppoetholebola chose the latter. Seelng bis impending ruin, Joun Ross endeavored to dissusde him. It will be needless to describe the sufferings of the Creeks ‘with Oppotholehola in that memorable flight, 1f any people in Alsbama or Georgls, or Virginia, bad forssken their houses, their crops, thelr property, and struggled through 200 miles of desert, bharassed by and fighting with the Rebel army, is would have evoked the enthusiasm of the civilized world. After valuly trying to bold his own away west, op (Le Red Fork of the Arkansss River, be flod taward Kansas, Late in the Fullof 1661 the Rebels awooped on him on the Verdigria, Ou the 7tk of October the Cherokees signed a treaty tg bscape detection, and to preveut Stand waitie's Len from overrunving the country, and under it srpulailons the Drew regiment was raised a8 *“Hofig Guards.” The matter had to coms to an istue. ‘Lhat regiment was ordered out with the Rebel forces after Oppotholehola. Then occurred oneof the most memoravie events of the war, which will be more fully described by future bistorians. As one of the secret signs of recoguition of the “Pin Lengue,” or Union League, as agreed on by the Upper Cauadians, the men of Drew's regiment put combed-out shucks in their hats for recoguition, aud went over to Oppo- tholebola wud fought with bim. T'he wary old ClLiet fired the grass 1o e wind io the face of the Rebels, and with these, his alltes, followed the retreating Rehels, fighting them and defeat- ing them, the latter retreating to the Arkansas River. 1t s neediess to point out the embarrassmonts of this situs- tion. It was u time of violence and war. Most of the Chero- kots who had thus participated were unwilling to abandon their families to the wercles of the enemy. They had the hardibood to go back. The case was too great & one to afford the hope of punishing al! the guilty, Neither could the Rebels afford to drive them as guerrillas to the mountal All the address of Johu Ross wea required in the emergency, and the speech be then made to explain it is now quoted by those who were bitter Rebels to the end, and by the Indian Bureas, to show hie was a Rebel. The offense was overlooked, but it was evident to the Rebels ‘hat the Drow regiment could vot be trusted. Johu Drew himself had not engaged in it; Capt. Jim Vaun bad to flee to the mountains, pt. White Catcher had to coueeal Limsclf for some time; Cagt. MeDaniel, aud & pumber of men with bim, went with Oppothoiohela. The Rebels sent o hearior force with Texas troops after Oppotbolehols, 1t was Winter. Deep suow lay on the ground. Ob, the untold miseries of that horrible/retreat. His ammuni- tion was expended. < Men, women, and children, when they conld be out off, were ruthlessly slain; some lay down in the now to die. Mothers parted with their children uever to seo them more, At last the old cliof and his parts reached Kau #as, and the Rebels went back to tell horrid stories of those they slew in the Verdigrls, or who died helplessly at Dave | Vaun's cow peu Early in 1862 an expedition was to enter the (berokee no- tion from Keusew.® Owing to delays it was June ere the Fede- n under Colonel Wolr, with tbe first Indian troops, warehed sontk. 1 remember, far X was with i, asking Op- potbolebola sbout Jobo Koer. The eld cbier descrided & men NEW-YORK DAILY TRIBUNE, TUESDAY, JUNE 5, 186¢. bonnd with ropes lying on the ground, and said when we cat these ropes he would raise a triend. The Federal Arwy lu go- ing down were in communication with the Cherokees. Under orders, T was sent outside our lives to bring in the Cherokees. Iu one day 1 led into the Federa! camp twelve hundred armed avd mounted men, 1 saw John K at his house, 1swore 1n his gusrd while be stood by my side for the Federal service. At that time we were not assured of victory; Rebel forces lay near. Asasingle instance, T will say that at one time at his house John Ross quietly told me where the Rebels had their ammunition stored; aad as I had no transportation the wen took what they could and destroyed the remainder. 1 never witnessed more enthusiasm in our course amorg any. troops than among the loyal Cherokees, It wasnot in wy province to give them any assnrances, but two agents, of sub- agents, Martin and Carruth, of the Indiau Baresu in thecamp ou Great River, assured the Cherokees that the United Stad Government wonld faithfully observe Ler treaties toward them, an did the lamented Dr. Gilpatrick, in the secret ser. vice. 1 have no time properly to describe the arrest of Col, ‘W eir, or the retreat of Gen. Sclomon, or the canses which led toit. Suffice it to say that the Federal army, after advancing within one day's march of Arkansas River, retreated toward Kunsns, Al looked dark. There was not suflicient transpor- tation to move out the Cherokee families. After retreatiog 1 was sent back with troops 60 wlles to check the enemy from erossing the river. Following me, Col. Cloud went to Park- bill, and moved out Chief Ross, and tho archives and aaiborl ties of the Cherokee Government. An immense crowd of were helpless refugees followed me. 1 will take no time in deseribing thelr battles or magehes in the nosthern border of the Cherokee nation, Arkansas aud Missouri, of 1862, 1t was a time of faithful service, in which the g reater portion of the Cherokeo nation stood by us snd aided us. This, then, is precisely the position of those devoted ailies whiose loyalty bas been impugned. That it was entirely satis factory to President Lincoln, T have bot to subjoin the an- nexed to bim; “Wasmxeroy, Jan. 26, 16, Jomx Ross. ‘Ou your viit to Washington in A. D. 1663, 1 was with olo, snd was present whien, you e I the Yeason why your peopl eee. had made & treaty with the Kebeler "The President ap be watisied th it was done under coercion. and was the ouiy the aud property of your people; aud, on that secount, that you snd yo eople, who bad returned to your allegiance, were excussble for” the ateps you bad tak the Chere W. P. Dotw, late Comn oner Tudian Affain There is st!lll one other point. Iu 1663, while District Com- mander of Western Arkansas and the Indian Territory, T ceived President Lincoln's proclamation offering amnesty to all who would embrace the Union canse. 1 circulated it not only in Arkausas (where we were raising regiments of Union Arkansas troops), bat in the Indian Tersitory. 1k copy of it transiated iuto the Cherokes and Creek, and ciroulated to | the extent of my ability, I always understood that it was meant in good faith, 1 did not and do not suppose that the Govern- went made offers the responsibilities of wl it proposed to repudiate. Durlog that dark year of the Federal fortazes, several bundred, chiefly Creeks, flocked to oar stand For montbs besieged in Gibson with but the three Indian Regiments and a battalion of white troops and one battery, these loyal Indian soldiers were true as steelin circumstances of terrible trial. On less than balf rations they worked on the fortifications, and ceaselessly warched and fonght, The line of supply was 165 miles lovg. The Rebels, three times their number, Iay in their immediste front or harassed their rear. Had there been a single disloyal element in the camp, it could not bave existed. Tam minute here, because strict justice requires that T sbow that they did not come 10 & canre which bad won a victory, but gave the most efficient aid, | unto in securing that vietory—a part of the glorious privileges of which justly iuures to them. They did more. In sympathy with oor cause, the Cherokee Legislatore solemnly and unconditionally abolished Siavery in Febroary, 1863, They also disqualified those who remaloed in rebellion after a certaln date, for oftice, and the Acting Chief issued o proclamation invitiog all back. From time to time I endeavored by documents, the President's proclamation, snd every means in my power, 1o bring back the portioss of the Creek and Cherokeo Natioos still with the Rebel The Crecks (Rebels) evidently had little heart in it, but by design- ing men were kept away. The prominent wen with the Chero- kees South were evidently bitter Kebels, and remained so through defeat and disaster. Buch are the lessons of the war, The u# from it are plaso, To ralse the question of disloyalty now, 1o those whose long servioes wo sccepted, is distouorable. Jobn Ross lies at the pointof death in Washington. His three sonn served the Goversment three years, aud the resder eas | U. S Ga, Judge how he served it. Perbaps before this is published Le will have gone to his rest, harassed by auxiety lest the G - ment for which bis people Lave dene so much may uot do them Justice or vindicate bis fame. His beantiful residence was burned by Standwaite during the war. M fortune was wasted in it. He dies peor. History will show whether the Government has any apol for raising such quibbling, techuical questions. because would Iike to break the fulth of treaties. Wo owe them now wore than simple justice. A jon we owe them and the Creeks a debt of gratitude. Oppotholebola is in his grave; Billy Bowlegs lies below the trenches at Yort Gibson, and the Cherokee Chief will soon be no more. They leave a duty to their people with the Government, aud history will tell whether promises made in the day of our weakness are to be broken in the days of our power. Albert Pike, who, although a Rebel, I well versed in Tndian watters, and who seemed to comprehend the polity required, i the report from which T buve already quoted, says: “1t was useless 10 tell these Tudiave tiat they bad nothioe to foar v ol of land of the people of the Southern States, but that the tates of the North Would vevitably rob theas of tiese lands. The Comwmisslover of Indian sffaire was red by the Secr Smpress this on the Indians. and the Commissiner e todo o, He did it bimeef, n e letter 1o ) astute Clief of the Charokees, who quirtly repl Toot-tracks of the ted weu were now Lo be seen on the Teunessee niore than o0 the Oblo. The completeness of the response leaves hitle to be added to it." Agnin Mr, Pike says: “ Their just clafme for dum v s S oy By ves o A by iyl ot for mote than & third of & century,and inade quate couwpensation Snaly ...t for puit, in soie cases, on condition that they woaid reiesse the Teat.” Certainly not a very dignified thing to do, but Mr. Pike, who secmed 1o be desirous of reform i Indian matters, continues 0 say in the report from which T have quoted: 4 Wo have made them Joulous sod vusplclons by the treatment th have recebvad ot hey are patarally anforgivine d l- , o yh.';:- lnlpl‘Hn. ‘l"brn: promise or vio.:hd o wrongs dove them by treaties. obtained b bflb-ry oF htefe, by thiowis and Iotimideliont; and_ seme written one way d suother, the sgents of the (e rutner Tabed thern cantimoa) orien sk Wastivgion bos lvmdm ’-vl 3‘:-* exorbitant compene- tiom, which was sbared by clerks fu the Indian 1 uross, and sonetimes by embers of Conpress. Cofce s, to o tifbe W not Ay years ago. was exel i Bouthern tihes weie ok ir est ot w6 wuch per he profte of the contrar ts were r-alized (rom u.. able Iudians. Frovisions furuished thew b Dow weigh essares with falg Wottoine ted by the practice of thewe lo e Garetioo with thess wese vislabed srshent, sernple, ovon within the Jaat six yeurs, ot as soon s the ik was dry on thew, In- commpetent agents were appointed to reward po'itical e vices, and who e ofi o8 i order (0 share the fees paid by the Tudians. These pernous. contimaally abaent from theie, posta, cuied It for thove un der heir charen except se b soutce o piot, und the vist extet of newly-scquired country had so sdian That the z:unh‘boum L0 unwieldy 10 bo managed. end the Tudian OF was st ouce the most eorrupt and incompetout in the Govern- e lows ropula w|yfiywh- ol the tril dering bar ¢ Bontbern tribes who bed established frea go and civillzation ; witle unreasousb! 4 technien spet, ot the arts weng. interpreted snd led Ill lll'b Tl harsssod sid snnoyed these In the closing paragraph Mr. l'lh exhibits the whole ques- fon ps regards the civillzed Indisns. To treat them as we wanage the [udfaus of {he Platns, is Tdiculons, They uoed | Bogton W-ler?‘r |Mich. 8. & N. I. o sgents. They need o have their righta aud property re. | 3 513! 1,500.... b10. mi spected as men. They need, in fact, to be treatod justiy, and | Maripe P"‘« 800, . 804 Jokslone. The two preceding paracraphs Jn the quotation | 20 3‘ from Mr. Pike ure very consolin that & young party, newly-clothed with power, was not re- sponsible for inaugurating such a system, Itioalso gratifying 10 reflect that there are some subjects on which the conflicting seotions can ngree. Astothe other question, whether the Indian Territory is " ' the scene of murders and insecusity, T do not think for some years before the war it was leas secure, or justice was worse uaminhlcmd than in the Stateof Arkansas. That it might have been worse 16 years ago, T adwit, and the inclosed letter illustrates that poiot: D.C, May 29, 1965, W asnvaron. . Wi, A PRILLIG—Sir: o pep o o ".% L nrrply Loy uylulhl lavene Jobn Tol ¥ Seatirut of herehen N on, e woald respectfell . (‘hfl.s;:'!:“ufln Pll'l L oot l” e's l'lnll‘: o e okes Notios ge Davi ell, while ) 1414 hod sessssinsied & M'lx '"h:n{- hie neighbor, . Rid, ¥ od Jota’ (ke Bigteof Arhoroas - A reveeh Ly e seaivenof rough b f Arkanses of justice, and e hus not (1o oor lnn-lnh-) bean bacl '0 lll Nation, e of ey wlf o Kol cmanned o b st 18 Ll y«n' ‘Sedient servants, 8. 1. Brwos, Juu Mciiban, 4 Ch s Cavcuin, ; Cherokee Delegator. SwrT O, With that piece of testimony I am content to close the WiLLiav A. Priuire. 3 Very res The New-York Yearly Meetiug, made up of fifteen quarterly meetings, 1s now iu session in this City, The first public meetings were held on Sunday ut theiz Twentieth st bouss in New-York, moraing, afternoon and evening; also, at the Packer Institute, Brooklyn, lu the morning, in each case with full houses, In addition to the miuisters of their own early meeting, there aro in attendanec—Samuel Rettl "l[lhu, ohn Scatt and Deborah na of Hnlllsn.nr:’ Eli Jessup of Towa, Jaoob I1s ulm{m’ Indlans, Lewael Gifford of New-England, and Jesse T. Hartley avd’ Rebecoa Upter. graph 'of Ohior with iinutes ‘aa miniaters of Lholr st veral memings. The ufi—-mg Sunday w18 prineipally by Samuel Bettle Josse T. Hartley, Deborih Thomas, Jacob Hedicy, John Seott, Ell Jessup, Flizabeth Comstock, Esther Weeks, David Beosott, Dalel Baviand, Fhebe Hathaway. Josesh Brown. d Step | by Rebecea Uptergraph, Elizabeth C and Jacob Bell, in the morniaz; in th on. ¥ , David I, Ben- nett, Jacob Hadloy, Phebe tobecen U prergraph While supplications were put ap by Wi, Wethere! and | i wnetimes lv‘nurlh\ Bank. They prove conclusively | ot Union Tel. 100, 3. 60 Delaware Dis- | Mich, 8o, & N. l. 150, prayers #poke Joseph Brown. The evening meetlug was maiuly for the . called togetber by Eli Jessup, who had the- principal Berviee, with prayers by Jobn Seott and Deborah Thomas. There we raview exercises of the scholars in the worn- ing at the Thirty-cighth-st. Mission School, and in the pfier- oon at the Twenri Sabbath Sheool, the children in both | tares repeating ymns, apswering scripture and other ques- tious with u readiness which showed good proficiency —partic. Wlarly the latter, under the charge of Robert Lindley Murray, ia the morning meeting, with ** All souls Saperintendent. Samuel Betile rose, ine, saith God; s the soul of the father, so the soul of o is mine, and, ‘awiul sentence which no man can re. yerse or revoke,’ the soul that sinneth it shall di and “if Yo die in yoat sins whither 1 go ye canuct come.” Now to og under the ‘bondage of corrnption and 1! , I bave glad tidings of great joy, for, the Apostle, while we were sot sinners Christ died f us, the just for the unjust, that he migit briug us to God. What will all our conviction for < avail without a ransom, wll our groaning without a deliverer, our longings for redemp- tion without & Redeemer? Christ died for all, and the offer- ing was nccepted as most satisfactory, thus opening the door ion. Some fail to experience the benefit of this ation, beeause they look to another for help, ndlnlul be “Come ye, why will ye diet” He who now ap- pears as our Redeeuier will one day sit as our Judge, and no change from his_decisions can then be made, “The summons, n now, is, * Prepare to meet thy God,” Has not God vis: woid of the warrior yetundried t God has spoken by one of his messengers, War, and il he speak 10 pestilence or famine! 1f Le is preparing bis judg- what can wo poor mortals dot Shall we be like those discerning the face of e why but not the signs of the times? There is in our hearts that we are evil Come, theu, lot us reason togetier. In that solewn hour what shall & man give in exchange for his soult Let me eutreat you to ba reconciled to God, and If we meet no more on earth, that we meet where the wicked cease from troubling and the wenry are af rest. John Scott invoked the people to come to that same fountaln to which they were invited on the Inst day of the feast, for he beiieved there were thirsting souls Lere. Jesse T, Hartley urged that the audience should be more of a praying people, W become practically acquainted with trae wid 1ivig prayer, in the closet, the chamber and in the field. Eli Jessup spoke of the sublimity of that prayer atiered by our Lord, so unlike the battle of the warrior with confused noise aud garmeots rolled in blood. Do we believe there is war in heavent Liat prayer entieats that **Thy will may be done on earth as it is in beaven.” +f such had been the earnest aid constant praser of the ¢hure mrm more than 1,500 years, would war sthil & Elizabeth Comai outcast and degra the reconc to Him who took upon Wiwseif the iniquity of us sll. language is, * count of the many ucried whether they of this o d were visited and the hand of sy inp. .:ny aud kindness extended “Goye and briug in the 50,000 children who ctioi, and who are strangers to the biessings sufficiently all Yo ‘ Io- to the erriog. e no fnst Are Blackwell's Isiand and the prison ts of our solicitudet Go ye and visit these, the Lord; for was not 1his the langnage spoken: whn 10 asmiuch na ye did it not unto one of these httle ones, ye did it uot unto me. began his evening appesl to the youth in the lan- apostle, ** My little ¢ things write I hat ve sin zot, but if auy man sio we huve an advo- Father, Jesus Chr " He tien and earnestness drew the tween o buviog s sait at law in which much was ic- volved, who would employ the best 1 and bring bis case before an upright and impartisl judge, ard the all important suit where the interest of the soul was at stuke. Here wo have the best and most able couusel, aud no mat oot and unsbie to pay the foes, fhe pieuds as carnestly, and his rela- tions 1o the judge are such that Lis intercessions are the more effectual. Thi ist such a case as Jobn ded to when be wrote to the children with_reference to their suits before the nigh courts of heavea. ** We have rebelied against God the Father and have merited death, but be Lus seut his son as our advoeate and we are to have a fair and impartial trial. How many of us bave !mphira that advocate? Do we not desire to have our cause tried by sach an lmpartial tribusal 1* The closing prater was by Deborali Thowns of Baltimore, formerly of this city, who n feeling manner nddressed the throne of grace, petl hat souis may this uight be born unto you t cate with the with much feelin | in the day were 60§, but at the Board the stock was in God, and that ou mm..m- may be turned from time to » manifest bimeell in the assem- Uy in tbe hearta of those present, ud in pardon. * We thy blessiog. oPantil thou bless he praises our lips can -mr-n-lmhmmm me and 1 roity. Business mnuy- will continue until Wednesday, when s publie meeting, at 10} 'clock, will probably close the ression. COMMERCIAL MATTERS, i .-In - II' lauh Exeh uo—.hm- 4 52018, »b.“l’cnnnylvmll Coul o i2| Cumberland prf gl I'IP . 1,500 102§ Ca K Impmnnwnt i & I8 7i Clove. & Pitts. . 84} L. 118 Chicago & N. W 100 . ! 100. 21 cail. -mi meum W. pret C hwnga &RL . ¥y S . o Averican Gold, 10,000... l‘lu nix Ban 1 0'CLOCK BOARD. 1‘7 8 6o, b-flc M W.;:ll Un. Tel. l' 8. Bl I)fi? 3,000, ¢x int 125 Prla pre{vrml Cleve, & l’nu 100, 800..... b0, #of 98} Cleve & Toledo, | 1,500.. 105 uu‘P. F.W. & Chic. Mariposa pref. 300 vos N. Y. Central. - 1033 | 500, Erie. 1084 800.. Jl 0'CLOCK BOARD, |;leun y!!'f- md Hudson Riyer. 4 " 100. Reading. 5,000. . 7 C; nmln d"Coal | prer. 100. weee 40] Unlon Tel eeee 61 OPEN BOARD OF BROKERS—IP. M. 200.. 3. ’J‘:’tMe &N, W 1 £30. 97§ % ..b3. 98] OPEN BOARD OF BROEIRS—3) », M. Boston Water Pr. WA-AL Union T 5l 200... Cleve, & Pnu wrie, " 51y 0. rui' Spruce Hill Coal, Chie, & MONDAY, June 41, M. Gold opened at 140}; sold at 144, and closed ut 143} @ | | " The market has been very excited, and large amounts have chaoged bauds, Governument bouds were lower on 520s, and steady on the 7.30s, with a small business in all classes of bond In Stato and Railway bonds there was. but little doing. | The miseellaneons shares were generully strong: Masiposa | Preferred was sold on the eall at 25} by one party, and at | tho same time another party elaimed to be buyivg | the stock at 20j@2). The wovement to-day is | brands, ¥ | I8 in moderate deu based upon @ telegrun recoived from the Superin- tendent of the mine which states that the new procees o LR L e is in full operation, md the results of 7 tuns shows $28 per tun to 43 before of same rock. Boston Water Power sold at 51; Cary Improvement, 18; Western Union Telegraph, 60]. The Railway Share list opened finn on New-York Central, 98}, The opening sales of Eric early active demand and sold at 61} The rest of the list was dull and steady with the exception of Fort Wayne, which sold down to 963, The market closed dull. Be- tween the Boards Erie was in active demand for cash, and s0ld as high as 62} At Second Board the interest eentered on Erie, whieh sold at 63} aud closed strong. The balance of the list was firm. After the call Erie sold at 64} and elosed at 64264, The stock islargely oversold and deliveries are made with great difficulty, One-eighth per cent was paid to-day for the use of the stock for cash delivery, Hudson River was lower, selling at 111; Cleveland and Pittshurgh advanced 1 per cent, aud Fort Wayne §. The market closes firmer at quotations, The closing prices were: Canton, #260; Cumberland Coal, 45} @46; Mariposa Mining Company, Preferred, 24@24}; Quicksilver, 51}@51j; Now-York Central, 98} 29%); Erie, 61264}; Erie Preferred, 74}a 75; Hudson River, 111 2111}; Reading, 1083 2109; Michi- gan Central, 107 108; Michigan Sontbern, 8032803 ; Tili- nois Central, 1163@117; Cleveland snd Pittsburgh, 85} @ 854; North Western, 28} @237; North Western Preferred, 583 @59; Cleveland and Toledo, 1047 2105; Rock Island, ®]293); Fort Wayne, 97a@%}; Obio and Mississippi Certificates, 28@ 28}, Money continnes to grow easier, and large amoutts are offered at 6 per cent ou call. In commercial paper no change. . The following are the changes from the retarus of last week in the bank statement: 7,010,571 Loans . Specie.. Ine. 2,121,164 Cirenlation. Ine. 20,458 Dec. 10,85 Deposita. . Leyat-tenders . Dec. of the Loans, Specie, Circulativa, and Depouits, in the Banke Jor the loeck ending Natsrday, June ank. 40 ¥ sed the Capital of cach Average | Average | A Amntof | Amount | A i I v st 484169 2,520,005 | nuu Union. Bank of Ame Phenx. s 2,01 1810 3 9 480 466 Zodly 4009 ] 43 Tevoan 1o 3636 141208 2,400,414 1213635 | " 625,440 , 000 6500 141766 149,449 716,816 11,547 630,460 OT220 s Exchange 11,502 71 Commerce. 22an,212| 634 260,500, 506,398 mm- 2o0dml waiee | 1,638 749, 618,496 2 1506670, 504,710 L218.000 526000 50 561 64 00| 1940 4do) 4 83 12,49} lnsur' 140389 }Iun o Association, Norih Rivei.. Fast River.. Ilm . \l‘ 3.,“5 mn.s 1,207,473, . $21.85.093 . 194,127,289 3,535,444 32 3391 66 29 32200 93 63 19,041,001 62 In Freights, the engagements to leurp-ml are 7,000 bush, Corn at 5. To London, per steamer, 14,000 bush. Corn at 7d. A British bark to Belfuet, Cork, or Glasgow, at a round sum; aud an Austrian brig, with 20,000 bush. Graig, to Bristol, at 3. 9d. Foreign Exchaoge opens stroug, and with indications of a large business in sight bills, The following are the nowinal rates: Loudon, prime bavkers’, 60 days, 11l1@ 1114; London, prime bankers', sight, uominal; London, prime, commercial, nominal. Tle steamer Nova Scotian brings London dates to the 25th of May. Financial affuirs eontinned dull and gloomy, and more fuilures were repor Cotton continued weak, and had declined to 124, for Middling Uplands, and 124d, for New Orleans Middlings, Five-twenties were quoted td@id); Erie, 41§a42; lliinois Central, 75j276; Con- sols, 86} @863, The Bank of Eugland rate of discount continued at 10 per eent. Trade at Manchester was de- pressed and prices we The Chicago and the fourth week in May: 102,199) Lowne and Dise'ts. Cireulaticn Cleartngs for . Western Railway carned for 7 04 | 1865, ..9212,126 08 | Ine 270,270 %6 ings of the month of May wore: 35,062 &1 | 18635 .. $149,450 99 The Chicago Tribune o Basiness was in & measure suspended to-day. The Board of Trade beld no session. ‘Toe bauks were open iu the forezioon, bat closed at 12 m., in bonor of the late Gen. Boott, Monetary matters were unebauged. At the leading houses thero was a good demand for currency to remit to the conntrs. Exchange waa without any decided change. The counter rates were par buying and 110 premium seliiog. Round lots were placed B¢ bar by banks which were short of currency. The Cincinnati Commercial of Saturduy says: Business at tbe Commercial and Stock Boards u New York wan suspended to-day, pending tbe faneral of Lieut .Gen. Secott. ~ Conmsquently we are without our usual re- ports of the (ul\l and gtock markets. There was a good, although not very pressiug demand for movey to-day, and the market is steady at £210 per cent in- terest for good mrulnularper aud 7 per cent on call, Corrency was considerably reduced by orders to Govern- ment disbarsing cfticers to transier tholr balanees from the National Bank ptullurlu to the Governmeat Depository, i1l s sufliclency for all the legitiwate purposes of Excbango was rather easier, the receipis being more trade. liberal from the conntry and,the demand vot as beavy. The Cincinnati Gazctte say The ri aod Missisaippi Railroad fs to be sold at auc tion o0 nof July. This road extends from the eastern boundary of the State of Towa, at Davenport, to the Missouri River, at Council Bluffs. and includes a branch from Wilton 10 Oskaloosa, Town. Al the property is coverad by moit- aves, which have been forcelosed. Al t dto ‘ho State of Towa by actof Congress, to aid in the construe- tion of the main line of the road, end h“ e General Assembi of the State of Tows grasted to (ke Rairoad Cowpany, wil alro be sold. The Boston Travellcr of last evening, remarks: There is no material alteration fu_the plethorie condition of the finances, tho supply of currency being more than sufficient to satisfy the wants of borrowers, The common rate of inter- est for prime collateral loans on eall is 6 per cont, with oe- casional exceptious at 5 on pledges of the publio seonrit round sumws; and it id that even lower rates have been ac- ool in some instances. The banks find it duflicult to get full employment for their loose balances, but are sot disposed o lend on long time. (‘lnn‘lu. I‘Arm(‘ Rul.llou- STATE A1v BoNos. Nt Pri ANU. payable Murketa~CAKEFCLLY KEPORTED yor TE N. Y. TRIBUAR. MONDAY, June 4, 1866, B| ll‘«S—'lhl market is firm with moderate demand; sales 2) 813 75@ $14 for Pearls, ery light, and the sales to-day are nnmmnl holders, as a v offers from buyers are 14 —There 18 nothing doing in the market beyond fog lots from second hands; prices are nominally VLOT 1t AND MEAL—The market for Western aad State Flour is dull, but prices have_uudergoue no wwsential change; wales are 4,200 bbls,, at §7 504 8325 for Superfine State; 3 5 for Estra #9 20281025 for Fano, ydu .ueu for the low grades of Western 1ur Mnmnn' Oblo; B0 w8142 for Trade aud $1123@ 817 for St. Louis Extras. French Fiour sold to-day on private to without ohany Cowtuon grades olose icav for the lv grades of Ex Family Soutbern Flour is dull, but pr e ghang les are 350 bhle, at $10 70 wielto perfine Country Bultinore, $16 7 r.'mdu-ua Fawily brauds. 1 »1- -m--md! bat duli; s are 150 bbls, at 86 #6 75. Corn Meal s fnactive o Wheat market is woderately notive, but prices thout material change; the sales are 14.000 bush. No. 1 Club ot $2 10, aud 5,000 bash. choice Amber do. at Barley 18 quiet bat Araly beld. nnrlev Malt is pominal. Uats are in more act b salos are 60,000 bush.. st 3 ‘for Canadian. Kye 15 in bette 108 for Wiscorsin, & padian, the latter rate for a | for export asd the bome Dbushe), and s 610 120,000 basb,, at 50 2 e, for Unsound and SLaRhe. for fair to very flue ,ufloat. and gl agde. for Western Canadian note fu prices. . 81 .“ \‘l‘"'“fl are w AMiwankee 1M P—Maniia o dull and beavy st ¥e gold . otler Kinde pactive and o' HOPS are firm and we qlmlc-tflv-m, general has been in moderate dnmnd No. 1 Prime. to-day, but For tiare dulve operate. The snles, eash and reqular, | @830 75 for Mees, and 824 252824 tirm, with a fair demand; sales of 0id Plain Mess, 8102821 for New Extra, and 8202824 for Now lm Haws lh dull and nominal, it Meats Bilicd e, ickled H-n Tiacon is dall and nom| Prime Western is h about 22§ 22| in lots, chiefly City, at 21@2ljc, AFIERNOON PROVISION 653 for Mess. PE'I'RI)LVUI—TN mi lower; sales of 1,000 bbls. 1,000 bbls. Refined in bond 4le. Free Oil is firm, at 572 RICE—Ny changed, Beef et cou! ! (prime Lig and with the advance in '1'1;, @10}, for fair Refining, e 10§ @ 10; i 16e. for Hard: Liossed ix dull at 63 te derg 10 good ¥apply and are hetes, whlle ine prices ate without ebauge, « WHISKY sales At §23 - . —22.439 bbls, Flour, 224 | wols. Lovl H'll. 00 sacks Corn Meal bush. Wheat, i#2,34% bush. Corn, gs Lard, 6.943 bbls. gn. Lard, 2% ki Financial, JOTICE is hereby TIFICATES of INDEBT® A o approved March § and 17, 1862, that the Secretary of t Trean- condance with said acts aud toe 1 m before waunty all Riliog doe in. Jue, July or August, thereon, if preses thereatter such certificates will ceuse to bear sentation t thie mwnm nt with HUGH McCULLOCH. ~e AL SR coruer Hano No. 59 W J OTICE date, unssimously adopted the 'l‘hu a'call for FIFTY () PER CE. 1868, b m- oame hoiders of the Bokon the 2ith day af Ma ach shage irided under th ita, ~l of the @bmpany. evsdeed, That aaid prsrments aiay be the Ist day of August, Afkl the siid Ist day of June. raance with the terms of the waid By order of the Bourd of Directors. THEOQ' c-m.-. An NORTH-WESTERN RAIL Offica of the Com; Ttk day of Jume, of 11¥nols, il be paid ot the GCEAN Yok, on the second to e sxteenthy do atoring on the first THREF EIGHT HUN LD AND S CAPITAL STOCK OF THE YANK ¢ SOURL FOR 3 ALE.~The uuders iu bel.alf of the State of Missouri for mc State in the Bank of the State of Missour, sal for the purchase of said Stock of any .. of MO Sank of the State of Missowri 10 30w ide {or the sale of toe stock ovmed by this :Lu‘n the Semiaary and Comuion Sehoo! o d most state the r= CLE hds., chietly Caba, at 10§@11] i3 ¥71 bysh. Oats, 11,39 1 70 pkgs. A-hu 878 bbis, Pork. 524 phgs, Cit Meats, L AxuRY DrpARTHRNT, WASMINGTOY. D) (. n to the holders of « DNESS jssued ander aets of Come uted for redemption o1 ..'».v New. Vork May 16, 1660 Va Tt TO SCRIP STOCKHOLDERS.—Notice 1E A\NLM. NH—TI\(. nl-‘ TF HOLDERS AND STOCKHOLDEGS of the CHICAGO & WAY COMPANY, will uun.«m. peny | yum ruy ..lu- cago, on THURSDAY i h\)fl',l R VOl NG, H«_mm ECTION for nine l)lkr ( '1 nks nf vb. P 'ARH?IIB’ LOAN AND TRUST COMPANY -Alhe Lol ol inclusive, of July, RIDG TNDAY, June &, 1606, in putumice of an ack of the 0 mbly of the State of Missouri, entitied “An act to suthorize the. iie e ¥ Nutooud T, 0 e State (0 said bank. sni @ and, and provide fei 8. Approved March Sth, 1866, well snstain firm at 81 40282 BROVISIONS—There bas bees » moderate bus) jeosare wihout material change ere lers are materially above :::n:?:::, 2&-'" .ll l.|7 hm 15¢. for Smoked Shouldtu, ud & inkh Lard v dup, | holders are asking higher prices, the m-rku closing unses!| -d-omm Lari nes dall, rude, on the l“’llt. .t ht Straw to White) 0 sales are reported; prices are nominally wy. SUY Gul\!-—’l'h-dmnld for Raw Sugars has pricen ake .......“:‘u'..'.z.."‘. & ek fleeces Receipts of Prednee. Whisky. wake, bis. 5 acks € » Petrolsam, H.yfl 1 r of oertil rotary of the Te Wt L OWPANY, Tollowing. viz. wreb Serip Stock, the sune, ET. JO“N@N Seervtiy. ) MOX 180 Stato SHARES OF THE STATE OF tie Stock he! receive ik thervol until 12 ¢ Ner o o0 e State ¢ MARKET, 5 0'CLOEK. " fair business done in Pork at tull prlcno" alen d 3,000 .bh_ r| o 1o essentlal change; eommon and 0earse graden ave: —The market is inactive and prices are pominal;, for State, aud 82 26} 282 27 for Wedtern. is hereby given that the Board of Dicectors at theie stated neet toavirer. DS—(irass 8 ‘lea’ln are peglected and nominal; Caleuite. TALLOW—The market continues qui prices 7 ah 114D1540; on Weatorn nd Cilp o 1wt b YOL—Domestic fleeces remain quiet bat priees b 0 soare deriand and very firm; Foreign deseriptions rewain dull bags o 08 A in casb, payeus e, de made until snd Suclusive by (i Intersst ot 7 per cent per aunnm 101 40k - amoant paid thereon. will be lable to forvitare in P -1,.;...- "o or before the said 1at day of Angust, 1866, ‘Certificates of stock will be ready for delivery on toe pa) ' carrender of the certificates of Scrip Stock st the Gompauy’s Ofic . BON h, the office of the € y. No. 26 Exchan: ESDA 12th instant. The polls will openat 12 e i cle o'elock p. m. i G. P. FITCH. Becretary. ' mas it Tlln'.'llll' Orricr, ' - ?T’ (L Hl' INTEREST on the l’l Bl H DEBT of the. DAY in July, 1008, FATIO% AL '8 XK ofthe ity o N MILLION EIGHTY-SIX THOUSAND AN v DRED mnkv.ns EEING TEN THOUS AND- it S been appolnted Acesd e ope- ek ,’ CTI0N for Dim,« ToRS of tie NORTH AMERTCAN FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY, Reidat thee ofee, No. 14 Broadway. on ONDAY, by 26t .. the follos ‘Lmn-mn were unaniuoosly Jamea IV, Wilam White wright, mm* Shepard Wyllls Blackstone, Jolyiston - s I!luchlo'd, Juhn-.v Hieuay,” Wiy biools Caleb Swe Clill, Parish, oy AT I T 8 L Daniel B. Fearing, (M"S (‘flll’. l:d\l ". L Lyvas, Charles Williams, At s subse OTIS wae o “Orvice or THe Eo-m-u'n; Tax OTICE TO S’I‘OCKHOLDLRS OF IM‘(K'! - inder the provivions ited A Act authoriing the s o AN Soticein Jeneby civen, that Laws of 1006, be of Stockholders o' shareholders of b Connty of New-York have vaine n’ Ibfl' l' tock nl lh. surplus fc the votes of electors ug ther day of May until 9 o'clock a. . on the 12th o mmd-y-um. oo, hulnw;-elu-a A o aws -'-n:n, of Chapter ™ o Dlxmm Jun:s w \V BLEICKBI Secretary, B H s of Sevings Banks, | + WILLIAMSON, W V. ALL: OW. u, ii( HlL Secretar: AUGUSTT: VH AL MEETING ction of Trustees for the eusaing year, of the Company, No. 69 Liberty-st., on at 2 o'clock. F. New-Vork, May 2, 1664, z ANNUAL of Dizector Company, iu the city of M; at 120'clock v The Tran opened on the 16th day of Juse uest. U\l()\ 1l UST (' No. 73 Broadway, coruer of CAPITAL.... Tor the ensaing yeur, will be wi ¢ drawn at any time. exccuts ISAAC H. FROTHINGHAM, W. F. ALDRICH, Secretary. T TRES A A Low, 8 G Wugrnen o, W, R Travins, Honack . CLARK, 3B JORISTON Dasia DEvLIY, il Davies, HICAGO and ROCK COMPANY.—The Board of Directors rasolved t (In- Compan; 1land Railrosa Compor Bonds or Obligatio dispose of thew to the the par value of the Stockholders vro rat of the Transder Bocks The payment of n-'r- ot r- miist be made at the off et st which date the Boul- will be "‘dfl o Tr Books will be closed on opened on the 12th of Juve sl TEW-YORK PETROL! N The -l.a swall be r:’i Honds wil 90 days after notice (hat Jone-baif of ¢ v scribed. [ = Vluol Lockey, Secretary. r .l‘ way, N. Y., Room No. 0, Aunual Meet Disector, June 19, 1066, 0t 1 o clock, - OTICE is hereby given, that t Hook of the Company will T2 “Otice houte trom 11 te 13 ojclosk, | AND WARRANTHJ.{H«I [ & 8 4 SCRIP PURCHASED o J-'\\‘oli;l' Booke will be closed on the Hh dar INWBREST ALLOWED ON DEPOSITS, Howsw, Hump X Booanr ISLAND onvert Stockholdersat the rate of T FRANCIS n 1‘1 IXAS GOLD MINING OFFIC ustoos of the LAKE MAJOR GOLD MINJ. G- oo MONDAY, June 4, 1866 'No 31 Courtiaodest. The Transion the STOC! of will LIOTT, Secretary e HAS. l' ILPIN, Acting. Rectorat. President. 5. Wesie W WRITEWRIGHT o * RAIL RDA of the Chic o fmne $2. nto stuck) i be apportioned K J’ May. sud LV, u B Au President ting for the Klection he Amnual ING COMP ot 12 0 peews 11 MAN. No. 6 Waloa s the Inapectors may od decessary, to receiv pectars may essary K- ANN HOLDERS o the BULLION MINING Co. (o Colordo) o ESDAY, Sone, 160 EL! AvL KATLWA! ww-Yonk, May 21, 1868 ‘ MEETING of the STOCKHOLD ERRS and B‘)hu"(}labl'u“lh"t‘fllly lflu“fi“ . sukee, on the 16th day .( June Ill of Juve, wnd' erviary. WMPANY OF NEW-YORK. . A.V.STOUT, JOHN V. L. PRUYN, Vice Presidents I) sty Por Cent of o jotered as such oo the ¢'ueing. Zomt of cho pat v of he Bondy > c«wuny hy the nn day of Jums ‘Co —Books for subseription 1o the o s Co ny arn HOW at the Bauking Offica of .))v Lt M;‘ £0-243 Broadway. “Thi it xed g he v s U et from conl—niu inut and free from those olgioxivus a d can Ivn‘hll’nth ’4( about 0"' TNIRII the paesent "f' coal-gan. Terms: 10 por cent on ‘nhlfHNn l . bn m“‘:..fll - No. 150 Bm.ul' and Bavking Associations iu the City s 1 been mesessed, for the year 1660, on | o therein. ‘now prepared, and will remain opes | ¥ T VER RAILROAD COMPANY for th.. ERS of the HUDSON i1 ELECTION '1 THIRTEEN DIIH.L'I\)IIM for the v--hq yoarwi '’ be held at the office of the Conipauy, West Thirtieth-t , New hn(ul o0 MOKDAY, Juse 11, "{ug6.. Polle will be open from ket m. until we much louger, not beyoud the of th The Tranafer Books wil be clowed, from 4 o eluhp . on the 2es which way be with THIS COMPANY fs aothorized to act s Receiver, Execotor, . Trastee for marvied women, Guardian for infants, and generaly o - legal trusts. IT 18 A LEGAL DEPOSITORY for moey paid luto Court. Wa will take charge of and mannge the estate of persons going abroad, & + who do not desire o give their petsonsl attention to business. - - N FRANCISCO CITY and CALIL ORIA STATH rates. 'Ulll' or COLLECTED at COUPONS BOU OOLLECTER. Electioty EerANE o 4