7 ah. . ." kWiia-'aa'aviav ...iejabir'. Br1 C mut,0 i OilittttCD; 'JrA,'1 ' t evu,?t I .11 .': ' . h j k ' Va 1. 1 b d 'm iiiu TeVi tiit CimutiM r any nmjittt i.ni . ert gmm rwataaytTunJu. ( " , ' , ':. ,1., t" II! ll- Tumi of Sttliioription.' Jf 'salt la Una-, trwtfala I monthi..... OO ' Tf paid after t aad beore ( months.,......, B ,A0 vfi fit Oft tbe top Uatloa of t mbntaa.V i po tttaAaiaat 4vertlaeWBta, per square at 10 Uneeof test, I tlmeier leee.....-...........l to ..,. Joreaehrubieeuent lntertion-.,,..,, 40 Admlolitretori' and Kaaeators' no does. 1 (0 AoUMore'netieee. ...... 1 tt Cautions and Bitreja.,,,. ,.,., ,...., 1 ftO tUaonlilUoa notiooe. t 00 eofenlonal Garde, t UnM or lesa,! year..,, a 00 leanml aoai,Mt ila.... g YXAKLY ADVEBTIBB JIESTS. J Mi...,M.ir.$S 00 I eolumn.......,.,JS 00 ft .iiaree- .H 00 I i column.....,..., 41 00 Hoar Jv o 1 1 .rio,. .:..., if oo a. i , I'vtJ, lob WorK'.V.'.",':. BLANKS. I,,.;' . ftt4W4a.-J..lJ qillrt,pr.qalr.,$l To I aiiaa,nr,olre, I 0 Over , per auire, 1 10 MAnDBILLS. ft ekeeA,!! at leee,tl 0 I I sheet,! at Wilts I I M,nlw, I t liheet,lorlM,Ol est M at aaek at above it proportions rmU 00 proportionate ratee. tJwORQB B. BOODLAnPKR, . . ABOKOS HAwB&IY, Cards. FRANK FIELDING, ATTpRNEY-AT-LAW, Clearfield, Pa. Uttl attend I all bulMM satroeted to aka r end faithfully. .. i . aovli'7t -tuua a. vauaco. avi l. cum. . wmt a. tuun. . joss . waiai.Br. I, WALLACE & KREBS, j,..; hutMm to Walloon Fielding,) ATTORNEY8-AT-LAW, U-mi Clearfield, Pm. . r. im.Mii, a. . a. a. Tin Tiin, a. . 'DBS. WILSON & VAN VALZAH, viaaraaia, ra. v ' Mm la twldme of Dr. Wllooa. Ornci Bocaa: tiom Uiolr.u. Dr. Voa Taluk oaa ko feaai tl aig ht la hh omm, amt 4oi I BaraaMK Irwia Ini( Btoro, ap otam. : ; aot joii R. JEFFERSON LITZ, WOODLAND. FA. rlU preaiptlj itUod all tall! la tho lloaof bli mua. aor.iy-7 'ipatila a. mmallt. Biwiii, w. a'ccaoT. MoENALLY & MoOUEDY, . ' " ATTORNEYS-A.T-LAW, 1 ! " . Cloarflald. Pa. ' 'Mh Loral baalaaaa attondad to promptly' With ' BdalUa. Oftoo oa Baaoad itroot, aboro the Pint Rational Back. - 0:11:71 r- Q. R. BARRETT, AttOlNIT AKD CoCMtCLOB AT LAW, OL1ARPIBLD. PA. BaTlaf iMlfnod h'.a Jsdfoahip, hao nmaod 0a ptaoUoo of tho low la hit old offioa at Cloar. old, Pov Will attoad thoooarta of Joffmoa and Klk oaaotloi whoa ipooiallj toialaod in oonnaotion :wUkMaMoatoouoial. 1:14:11 WM. M. McCULLOUGH, r ... , 'ATTORNEY AT LAW, . . . CloarBald, Pa. 'JpP-Ofloo'ap OUtrata Weitora Hotal bollJinf. Mfl bailnaai prooiptljr attaadod to. Rral aiuto ,M(htandnld. . Jall'iS ). W. BANTZ, ATTORNEY-AT-LAW, , Clou-field, Pa. -WOOffloa ap (tain in Waitera Ilotol balldlnj. AA Ural koalaou oatroitod to bn care promptlj Uaodod to. . Jul 2, 1171. .. T. H. MURRAY, I -ATTOMIY AD OOUNBSLOB AT LAW. Proapt atttatlea giron to all Irral bntlnon atraatod to hla eara ia Ciearflold and adioloiojr oaatloa. Offloo on Markat it, opporiu Nauglo'i Jowalrj Btoro, Claartald, Pa. Jalt J3 A. W. WALTE R8, ATTORNEY AT LAW, Claarflal4,Pa. VOao la tha Coort Hoata. daaS-lr . H. W. SMITH, 1 "A TORNEY-AT-LAW, tl:l:tl CloarBald, Pa. WALTER BARRETT, ATTORNEY AT LAW. . Moa oa Boooad St, Cloarlald, Pa. aorll.OO ISRAEL TEST, . ATTORNEY AT LAW, Clearfield, Pa. . aaT-OBoa la tho Coart Hoaao. JjrU,'(7 JOHN H. FULFORD, ATTORNEY AT LAW, Cloarflald, Pa. Moo aa Market St., oeor Joieph Skewerr alreeery itero. Jan.3,1873. tT . JOHN L. CUTTLE, ATTORNEY AT LAW. Aad Real Batata Anal, Clearfield, Pa. OSee oa Tklrd itreetrbet. Cherry A Walnut. BaVRoepeotfally offer! hla lerricei la lolling ad kaylng lead! la ClaarOald and adjoining eontiea , aad with aa oxperlonoo ol over twenty yean at a tarreyor, lattori hlmielf that ho oaa eaaer latlifactlon. reb. 28:'3:tf, J. BLAKE WALTERS, REAL ESTATE BROKER, . . . - ABB BBALBB 18 Saw IrOgM and Lumber, CLEARFIELD, PA. Ofiee la Maaonle Building, Room No. 1. 1:31:71 ; J. J. LINGLE,, , ATTORNEY-AT-LAW, lilt . Ooceola, ClearSe4 Co Pa". y:pd . ROBERT WALLACE,- ATTORNEY-AT-LAW, , Wallace toa, Claarfleld Coanty, Penn'a. ataV-All legal boiinaaa promptly attended to. CYRUS GORDON, ATTORNEY AT LAW, , Market Knot, (aorlk aide) ClaarOald, Pa. nflgT'A II legal kaiiaaaa promptly attended to - Jea. la, "I. DR. T. J. BOYER, raYSICIAN AND SO RQ EON, Oftoo oa Market Street, Cleartold, Pa. afOSoo koarai I to II a. m., and I tl I p. a. jyR. E. M. SCUEURER, f , HOMEOPATHIC rnYSIClAN, " OSoe la retldeaeo oa Market it. 0 April It, 1171. Clearfield, Pa. D R7 W. A. MEANS, " mYSICIAN SURGEON, LCTUBRSBURO, PA. Will attoad profaaiional call! promptly. aogl0'70 WILUAM M. 11EXKY( Jubtici " Pa.tcaaitnScaieaaaa.LlIMBBR CITY. ' Collection! made and money promptly paid oeor. Article of aarenent and deeJ. of Doafoyaaoo aeatly oaooated aad warranted cor- J2V7I J. 8. BARNHARTi ATTnnwvv i . I i ii.rr, eaolUtonlo, Pa. Fl"'"44 Coorti of I oolloottoa of olaimi made epeeleJUao. al'71 JAME8 CLEARY, . BAR2IB s SALB DEESSEE. . IXOOIIO BEBT, T"l VAVaVAwriCAiP, P A. (4,; . la..!") f ;ti'-ll' i,.",..-,I ,' 1 A ll A . 0, OTP:1 ,,; 1 - i G00D,LANDEB 4 HAQEBTY, VOL. 48-WHOLE" NO JOHN' A. GREGORY, . C0UNX? StJPERINTESTDENf, OBo la tha Coort Boom, Cleartold, Pa. I ' Will alwara ho found at koiao oa tao BBCOND and LAST SATURDAY of oaoh aiodtk.. l foba B. Orvla. 0. T. Alaxaadar, C. H. Bowart. 0EVI3, ALEXANDER & BOWIES, "ATTORNEYS AT LAW, u.i , . .. aaatlalbBta, Pa. -v , J. Hs KLINE, M. D., PHYSICIAN & SURGEON, TTAYIXQ located at Pononeld,' Pa.,' offara hli II roreattoaal Mrrtoai to tao paopio or to at plaooaadedrleaadinf ematrj. AlIoaDafinaipt'r auondedto. ; oct.-ia tr. , , , GEORGE C. KIRKt- Xoatioa of thi Poaoo, Burrow and CoBTOaaoor, " .... Latharakurr, Paa--.'ao.i All bnilnaii Istrnittd to hlta trill bo prompt It attaadod to. Pariom wiahing to omploj a Bur roror will do tall to alva him a oall, al ha flatten himself that he oan nndar aaliifaotios. Deed of eoa'ayanoe, articlel of a(raemeBt, and all lef al papen, protnpll and neatly executed. il0nov74 JOHN D. THOMPSON, Jaitloa of till Peaoo and Berlroim,' -Curweoavllle, Pa. km. Collection! made and manor promptly paid orer. fel)217IH aao. ioaaT....Bar aLatBT.....w. auaar W. ALBERT A BROS., . Manufacturer! A eitaollreEealen In Saved Lumber. Square Timber, 4c, V WOODLAND, PKSH'A. aT-Ordera aoltclUd. Bill! Oiled oa ihort aotloo . .- aad roaaoaabla tonal. j Addreao Woodland P. O., Cloarflald Oo., Pa. : J.16-IT - - W ALBKRT A BBOB. FRANCIS COUTRIET, MERCHANT, ' ' ' FroBxhvlUe, ClsarBcU County, Pa. Kaeaa eoaotantl oa haa a fall aaaortment of Vry (fooaa, Hardware, urooonoa, aao otottuiidi oaaally kept la a retail euro, waiaa win oa aoio, lur oaaa, aa eneap aa eiaawaera ia we eeiui. rreoiavllla, judo Jl, mei-ij. . THOMA8 H. FORCEE, ,: axaLaa 11 , . GENERAL MERCHANDISE, 1 CRAHAMTtUf, Pa. - Aloe, eitenaire manufaetarer and dialer In Square . Xiaibw and bowed Lusher ol all ainai. , SVOrtren aoliailod aad all killi prompt' glled. ..... - . ..... . l'jylO'71 CHARLES SCHAFER, LAQER BEER RRE-WER, Clearfield, Pa. " -' HAVING rented Mr. Entrai' Brewery he honoa br (triat attontioa to haaiaeii and the manufacture of a luperior article of BEER to reoeire the patronage of all tho old and many aew outonara, et3iiur,71 J. K. BOTTORF'S PHOTOGRAPU GALLERY, . Market Street, Clearfield, Pa. "CR0M0S MADB A SPECIALTY.'a NEGATIVES made ia cloudy ai well ai la clear weather. Conitantly on band a food aiiortment of FRAMES, STEREOSCOPES and STEREOSCOPIC VIEWS. Framea, from any itylaof moulding, made to order. apr2B U REUBEN H AC KM AN, House and Sign Painter and Paper Hanger, . Ciearflold, Penn'a. svWlll execute lobi In hit Una promptly and la a workmanlike manner. arra.OT ... G. H. HALL, 1 PRACTICAL PUMP MAKER, NEAR CLEARFIELD, PENN'A. floyAPompi alwayi on hand and made to order on abort notice. Pipe! bored on reoannable tarma. Allwerk warranted to render latiifaotion, and delirend if deiired. , mylitlypd E. ArBIGLER A CO., piaLtai ia ' SQUARE TIMBER, aad manufacturer! of ALL KINDS OF SAWED LUMBER, t-7'71 CLEt-RPIELD, PENN'A. .' JAS. B. GRAHAM, J dialer la Beal Estate, Square Timber, Boards, SUINdLES, LATH, A PICKETS, 9:1073 Cleardelil, Pa, ' ' 1 ' ) ' JAMES iiri'CliELL ) i I Diatan IB f Sqiiare Timber & Timber Lands, JeH'7S ;.' CfcEARFIELD, PA. roil N TROUTMAN, Dealer In all klndi of FUCloN ITU RE, .j Market Street, One door oaat Poit Offioe," augl7l CLBARFIE1.D. PA. E Ll IIARMAN, PRACTICAL MI LL WRIGHT, LCTI1ERSBURQ, PA. Agent for tho A-neriran Double Turbine Weter Wheel and Andrew! A kalbaob t heel. Can litr nllb Pnrtalil. (iriilMilla im ehnrt nntl'e. irll'T DR. J. P. BURC Hf1e L Di Late Burgeon of the 8!d Keglmeat, Penaiyltanla . Velaatoori.kaving returned ftom the Amr. offera hla profaiiional lerricei o theclil.eni or uiearnele: ooaaty. JaayProfeiiloaalealla promptly attended to. Offleo oa Seooad atroot, formerlyooeupled by Ur.Wooda. , apr,'e-t! H. F. N AUGLE, W ATI II MAKER & JEWELER, , Bud dealer In Watches, Clocks, Jewelry, Silver and Plated Ware, &c, iTn CLEARFIELD, PA., ' S. I. SNYDER, PRACTICAL WATl'UMAKER ABB BBALBB IV i Watches, Clockg and Jowolrr, Urtikan't Sam, Jhrht Arret, rLEAKPIF.LD, PA. All klndi of repairing la my Mm promptly at- rrompti 1.1, ) ended to. April REMOVAL. REIZENSTEIN & BERLINER, ; ho1Ml dtiavtsrt ia GEMS' FI'RXISI1LG GOODS, Have removed to 187 Church itroet, betwaes Pranklla aad Wkita iti. New York. (JyM'71 Miss E. A. P. Rynder, AaaBT Bon Cklekarlng'a, Stain way 'i aad Kmerrea'i Plaaae, omiin e, aaaooa namua'B ana reioooot'i Organi and Melodooai, and Oroeer A Boker'l Sewing Maoklaaa. a La a vaaoaaa a Piaao, Salter. Orgaa, Mormoay aad Vooal Ma ale. He popli takea for leal Ikaa kalf a Una. C'Rooaw oppoeH Oollck'a Furallure Pioti. rtold, May J, IIM If, PnbUshera. 2356. ..-' ' THE REPUBLICAN CLRARFJELO, Paj , . i - . , ' . n i WEDNESDAY HORSING. PBD. t. m. i!.: . I ll THt POOR. hr Bane batii. "(Wee mi aeftaer voeerre wor n'elee," PaoTimaa Tall not tho poor that poverty kaowa c i e A hliaa that wealth will aever diaeloaai That their eleep Ii aoand, and their krovd la eweat, oevauee oi oeir tun torougo ooen oaa Boat j For poverty robi, aa well i etaaltk, Tko oboek of it! bloom, aad tha palea of It) kaalth They both an orlli for ataa to hoar, ,c But porerty hai tho jreater ahaca. i .'. With tha oominrti waalfh may now obtala, '.. ' ' Tho wlotar-tempeit may boat la Tain I But how doea it tell on the hajf-elad rem a trv. Eipoaad to the ebilllng winter itormi. Or crowded together, aheorlen aad eold, , . . In arnde dwelling, open aad oold, . , u That rattlei and oreaki ai the eold wlndi (lew, Aad lift through tha chlnkt tha drifting mow I O-yo who foait, till yoor leniea pell, ' On the bleiaioga Uearea deilgned for all, : To ho happy, learn, of your hoarded itoro, Yon need much leaf, and Lhe poor need more. Ye brood n'er the wealth. ODbnaied and aad. That ibould mike your hoarti and ihouiandi glad, nna torget mat yoa caaaet oi happy alone 'Til the bliii of otheri that makea our own. BOBBING THE GO VEBNMENT. Frauds in the Indian Office. Starting- Revelation of Ofllclat Pavoritlaaa and lilaboueaty la Several of the Agen ctraTeatlmony that Caunut bo Ignored -How Immenea Tracta of Timber Laud Have Been Hold Illegallythe Whole Troth la Halation to Many Dark Traaa aeUoua I. aid Before the Preeident by a arle ' ii I,.- -r Bku.j.ibki. The following Jotter wat aent to I'rcaiaetit urant on Thuradur by William WeUh, Esq., of this oity. Philadelphia, January 8, 1874. To His xcetlencji, V. f. Grant t Mr DbabSir; Allow me to recall to your mind our first interview, a few days after your Inauguration. when I waa acting aa chairman of a committee comprining Judgo Stronif, Uon. Eli K. Price, Mr. Georue ii. Stuart, and othert. We were druwi, to you by the following pantirraDb in your inaugural addreao: ''The proper treatment oi tne original occupants ol '.in una, tne inuians, is one deserv ing of careful study. " I will favor any course towards tuem which tends to their civilization, Clirintiaiiir.ation. and ultimate citizennhii)." To aid you In promoting this praiseworthy object, we tendered our co-operation ana mai oi tue large body or citizens whom we represented. In the course of our friendly discussion, it was ad nutted (bat frauds in tho Indian Office and service bad become chrohlo and difficult of cure. We soggeHted as a remedial measure, the appointment by you, after procuring tho authority ! oi Congress, of a smull board of un paid commissioners, men of tried in tegrity, to have Joint control with the Secretary of the Interior orer all ap propriations tor inuian service and thus to lift this service above political Influences and other demoralising ten dencies. . - , You, and the then Socretarr of the Interior, cordially assented ti this nro. posnl, and Secretory Cox drafted the first law that was enacted, thus i "The Hoard of Commisnionors is to eierciso joint control with the Interior De partment over, the disbursement of appropriations, Ac. " . You were pleased to anooint me on that Indian Commission, and my col leagues elected me their chairman. Owing to influence from without and from within- the department, the sources of which wore carefully con cealed from that most excellent Soo retory of the Interior, instead of giv ing the board tho joint control indi cated in the act of Consress, its Bow ers were limited to that of a more council of advice. Having a more thorough knowledge than some of my oolleugues of the political power of the Indian Ring, and of tho deen seated malady in the Indian Offleo, and being unwilling to assurao renponsibilitioa wiuinui any power or control, I per emptorily resigned my commission. at the same time pledging myself to you that I would serve the causo at a private citizen with equal zeal and without cost of any kind to the Gov ernment. The proprioty of my course occame munilcst in 1871, when the Indian Office was investigated by a Congressional committeo, and at this time it is, in my judgment, ttill more manifest. , Before I refer to the present lamon table condition of the Indian Office, allow mo to thank you with all sin cerity for jour invariable kindness to mo during the five years in which I have, at much cost of time and money co-operated with you in your noble effort to save the Tomriarl, of our American Indians, and tberoby to re rrovo a fearful stigma Irorn the nation. Ws all owe you a debt of gratitude for taking Indian agencies from those who ordinarily wcra using them as party spoils and for transferring them to the care of religious bodies, who ex pend hundreds of thousands of dollars annually in successful efforts to civil ize and Christianize Indians. Again, when under authority of law you de prived lbs Governors of Territories of their ex offlcio right to the superin tendcy of. Indian affuirs, you eradi cated one of the most prolifia sou root of the evils from which the Indian sorvice in our Territories and now Stales is slowly recovering. As you have been fully sustained in these and other heroic acts, and as vour Indian policy is no longer experimental, the present condition of the Indian Office should not create any despondoney, for I foul sure that Congress and the people will sustain you in applying a thorough remedy,! At our recent appolntod Interview I fell constrainod to Inform you that since the last lotting of contrnols for supplios a powerful Indian HlDg, com prising men whom I named to you, had been formed.and that in soma nn. accountable way it bod acquired mob iao r-apvaaca jor jue poinn or lbse PRINCIPLES! ''"'"I" I an Influence' in the Interior Depart ment that,' if Unchecked, it would Un dermine yoar, merciful policy by ttroying the confidence of Congress, and (hut blridering the appropriations necessary la promote Indian civiliza tion.1 A' you remember, I farther said that 'my . belief In tho integrity of the Secretary of the Interior bad not been impaired, and that having thoroughly cordiul relations with him, I desired to exert every persuasive in fluence before invoking your aid. iAl these effortt have failed to procure vuo rciormt in toe louian umueneoe .. . . . .. - ce lb oary o protect tho Indian and (roveroment, I now present the cam to Jou in ah open letter, as I dq not J.. l i : . L i , . iooi nee vuiuur wieu ytiu privately nboot the duties Of A Cabinet offliier. I notified -Air. Delano, as A friend, that he was surrounded by influences that woro operating adversely, to the interest! of the Government and the Indian. He insisted upon my prefer ring bpeciflo vlinrges' against his offi cers, instead of looking into the office of tho Second Auditor, and also into the Returns Office himself. He could in tho lutter office bavo scon that the law was constantly violated by 1toep ing contracts from publio observation. although there is a penally of impris onment ii cacn contract ia not speedily recorded in that office, where it is to be kept open for public inspection, The Secretory of the Interior was, until I recently advised him, kept in ignorance of a contract made by Ajent Smith, now the Commissioner of In dian Affuirs, on the 8th day of Novem ber, 1872, for the illegal and, as I be lieve, the otherwise wrongful sale ' of immense bodies of pine timber, with out the knowledge of some of the In- alalia to whom it belongs, and against the openly expressed wishes of other bands wbo own a portion of it.' The commissioners for investigating half breed scrip, Airent Smith and Jodt-e Joner, one of the present examining' commissioners, bad previovsly report ed limber, said to be far less valuable than ibis, to be worth S2 50 to 3 a thousand, and yet this contract was made at II. 15 a thousand, without advertising or in any other way in viting oompetitfon. A portion of this timber had boen previously sold by Agent Smith to ClarU at f 1.85 per thousand, and Clurk tonlifies that he was williotr to arive that nrice lur the whole, but Agent Smith subsequently notidtd Clurk that the contract he hud entered into with him was void. because the Indians at Oak Point had determined not to sell their pine lim ber. : Subsequently this timber, with large bodies of limber bclontriniy to other Indians who bad nottheheen consulted, was sold to A. II. Wilder at $115, as r-cfore referred to. ' It is true that this contract received the approval of that most honorable gentleman, General F. A. Walker, the luen Commismoiier of Indian Affairs. Uis explanation is given in the fol lowing extracts from letters written by him to me, dated December 5 and Is, and to General B It. Cowen. As- aistaut Soorolury of the Interior dated November 13, 1873 General Walker sent a copy of the lutter letter lo me, from which it appear that General Cowen was a party to the negotiation. (Docomber 5.) 'With reference to the apocifie matter of your Inquiry, I would say that do not remember ever to hare beard of the refusul of the Indians at Oak Toinl to allow the Clark contract lo bo consummated, until I learnod it from you at our in terview at the Ebbilt House on Sat urday last. If it was ever reported lo the office it either never reached my eye, or I was inexcusably heedless in rocpeot to it, for I cannot recall the circumstance." . ' .' , , (December 18.) "Agont Smith was thoroughly cognizant of the situation, yet he recommended the aula of the timber, and approved tho terms of sale in aoiaii and as a whole" Xovombcr 13 to General Cowen.;- "Mr. Smith, then agent for those In dians, now Commissioner of Indians Affairs, being at the time in Washing ton, represented to the office In very strong terms the inadequacy of the provision that would be effected by the sale of the timber first offered" lo Wilder, boing the same timber that had been sold by onnlraot lo Clark "and the necessity of doing something mote to rolieve the Leech Lake Indi ans Irom tho miserable condition of vagabondage and almost of stravalion in which they woro." "In the mat ter of a fair price for the whole body of the timber I had A rea sonable rcforonce to the judgoment of ngani oiuiiii, woo siBicu mat oe was fully conversant with this location.and doe mod the sum named to be reasona ble and adequate." "The question submitted by Agent Smith seemed In c fleet lo be whether the Indians should be permitted to starve in possession of valuublo property which thoy could not uso, or whether that property should be put into a form which would allow them to receive their own self support." "Certain 1 am that it was this view of the esse as presented by Mr. Smith which determined me to recommend that tho department en tertain Mr. Wilder' proposition for the entlro body of tho Leech Lake timber, and accept the same oo two oonditions first, that fair prico could be obtained lor lbs wholo; sec ond, that Mr. Wilder would make paymont in advance of a considerable sum (I think 160,000 was the sum mentioned ) to ennhlo tho agricultural improvements to be commonced Willi the opening of spring. Upon the question In this form llio consultation betweon you, Mr. Smith, and myself was free and Informal." "Weiiroall responsible, thoreforo, each in disown place and degree, you and I for giving unduo weight lo the representation of the Agent, tho agent for making representations which If false he must hate known lo bo fulso." "The amount wbloh Mr. Wildor was requlrod to de posit in advance to' tho ordor of the Indian Office, and the substantial bonds required from him for the prop er completion of hi contract, Ao.1, If, Mr. Wildor paid tha 150,000 of ad vance money, it is eerlsin lhat nn nart of it ever reacbod tho United Slate TreAsury, or thn, fl9 PM dojlaf of It ' ..I l)vja -.11 titriia W Imit ,vmw. I aavta-Ma'CIipi in'l J ill V j ijl.tiU 1:U -r - '- rf 'PlMiKllm'li'.i II iMJUX. MEN. H "'".vt- l.l 'lll ll J.I In V.'J ' .'iiiiJiiniiii"fi u -I. iim'i-i!i t . i n poo, perishing Pillager Chippewa. trenerni w amer, wno still has confl. " NOT do-4doso in'the good Intentions of Agent trSmhb, WRa1' evidently ' hastened I Into an approval of the contract without toe xnowieoge mat tne rtghtlul own ers of part of the timber had refused tolH It be sold,' Ubaot'th knowl. edgo that it had hot been advertised, orabe.ssle open to fair 'competition. ..J ..1. tL. I l!-.l.-i A, . 1 mu unuwr one uuiidi aunt inaian, inr, buient throagtr starvation, yet desir ing'limpleroentw! Of"- husbandry -and toads, VOuld' b relieved In the earlv j spring. " By reference to the report of - 4jri. 7i'rry too will learn that notm. I . . . T . . . pisment u Husbandry br Seeds were sent to tnoe Indians, and that, conse quently, they hVj disheartened nd almost tUrvirig. Even the f 10.000 which was to- have been paid under the terms of the contract on the 1st day of May, was not reocivnd into the .treasury until After the exposure oi thisttnpendous iniquity:1 If the whole truth in relation to this and other similar transaction in that region ia brought to light, I foar that the band of white pillager will outnumber tbelr red brethren of that name. Secretary Delano appointed four commissioners lo examine this and other alleged irregularities pf Agent Smith) and they, supposing that they had power to subpoena witnesses, summoned me before thorn at St. Paul, Minnesota. 1 had not thought of preferring charge against A gont . Smith until after tho receipt of lhat summons, when being uiiauio to aviena m person, l prepared charges at the (request of Secretary Delano. - I append a paper from tmv attorney, who withheld the copy of my cnurgc mat i ii au scut to tliem, uccauso, as iney say, in tne midst of a community 'personally interested in these lucrative contruots, an examina tion by a oommissioo without power to compel tbe attendance of witnesses "can result in little more than a fare." Aftor I beard that, Instead of handing to my attorney the oopy of my letter tnai a asa enclosed to the commis sioners, (they wero going through the form of an investigation, ii teleirruDhod them that Inspector Duniels. who was present in St. Paul at the request of tne necreiary or in interior, could wrote the aid or lb federal court, anu in us etiioroe tue atteudanc of wit nesses. -- a :. . . From the reply of Ibe commission er I infer thai they acquit content with th examination of parties to the contract and others likemindod, allow ing tho presence of an attorney for cue accasea, wimoai Ditving any one present to conduct the prosecution. i'lio vordict ot such examiners can have little influence upon tbe mind of any aisintercsted person. I stand reaay to verily bclore a. competent triuunai every vnarge that I made against Agtnt Smith or openly to re tract them, and also to add numorous charges against his conduct as Com- mtrstanrr of Indian Affair, sucb as the following: ; Without consulting the Board of Indian lomrhissriiimers, in accordance wunaspeciflclawolcongress,and with out advertising, Commissioner Smith made extensive private contracts with A II. Wilder and others, for supplies ana tor ireigtit, ana substituted corn for contract flour, and burrelod pork for contract bacon." Some of tbe vouchers approved by Commissioner Smith fur the oxpensot of Indiansvisit- ing Washington, give evidence of fraud, and surely thore was great ex travagance in the allowance of forty five dollars per trip to a clerk in tho Indian Office for railroad faros from 'ew York to Washington and baok, each time he spent Sundays with bis family j also, six dollars a day fbr ex penses in addition to his regular sul- nry. These are more illustration thst chance to be before me at the moment, and although trifling in amount, yet nicy give indications oi tbe general munagomont of tho office. 1 do not claim that tbe Secretary of th In terior 1 accountable lor all these irregularities, a vouoherk are often passed in spite of bis remonstrances. Thus, there bad been a porsistont at tempt for a long time to foist upon the depurtment a quack nostrum of doubtful morality. Commissioner Smith purchasod it to the extent of five thousand dollars, and having di rected that it should b charged to tbe appropriation for tiaa'in virus, it was for this cause brought to the nolioeof the Secretary of tho Interior, and by bim disallowed, aa on former occasion. It was, however, subse quently approved in the Secretary's office, and charged to other appropri lion. This serve as an Illustration of my statement that the Secretary of iiie iiiteriror anouiu not be made re sponsible for all th aott of those un der him. I will, however, refer lo at tor which he is dirsotly responsi ble. When the Assistant Sooretary of the Interior visited Indian agencies be was allowed, in addition lo all his expenses, eight dollar a day, whilst receiving salary a a Government officer. , ... Tbi violation of the law, although unimportant lo amount, is ruinous to the morality of tho department, a It prautiuaily sanctions still greator Ir regularities by others who hold infer ior office. Tho Board of Indian Commissioner will assemble in Washington about th middle of thi month, and from them you can learn tho purtioluars of tboir rocont efforts td chuck Irregular utld fraudulent practices, and ihoit wunt of sucuos in these efforts. Since the last publio lolling of con tract fof supplies, tbe contractor navo combined, and seem to pdssoss greater practicul influence in the In terior Department than the Board of Indian Commissioner. Vouchers, I learn, to the extent of nearly half a million of dollar were rejoctod by tho Board of Indian Commissioners nniW tho beliof that they were fraudulent, illegal, or irregular, and yet most bf these have been naid bv order of th Secretary of the Interior. . Ai beef Oontraotor, whose fraudulent practises r on record in tbe Interior Depart, ment, and whoso bid wer conse quently rejected by th Board of In dlan. Commissioner, wa allowed to sub let the contract for the last flic) liiil J-is i, tv laiwtiii i7 o-ilal.naiiil I I' I I .mi. j W3 .'.I w.li Jj!l a 'i.ij ini 1 ikl ?1 i.l ill J JT. I aii Oil, B.I I, m .. ! .til ) j'lit.. uri .l ).;.! : . year.: io guard lAgaiost , th cur renoe of thi glaring wrong to Board of Indian Commlsoioners cuusod the following paragraph to be inserted in , the proposals for supplies for tbe car root 4 fiscal year : ;,"iio. oontract, or pari thereof, will , be permitted o be assigned or Olledy other partie with out the written .consent if the Secre tary of the Interjor.".'.,, . I was invited lo be present at , th opening of these bid, and wa privy to tho lacl that the Board of Indian Commissioner endeavored, to avoid the poasibility of the recurrence of the, wrbug ofclho preyiou, year.,, They divided the contract for cattle between residents in Minnesota, in ehrask, and in Kansas, and yet the same ob jectionable .contractor fiat boon ' per mitted to purchase one or more of (he shares, And, to, eupply the cattle for the. otbor .contractor or contractor, wiU the full knowledge of the Inter ior: Department. , When Awarding contracts for cattle and ior freight, w were all surprised At the urgency of General Coweu, Assistant Secretary of the Interior, And of . Indian Corn!-' sioner Smith, that large contracts should be, given, to. A.' H. Wilder, of Minnesota.. Tbe commissioners tele-' graphed to Minnesota and foubd bis mercantile standing good, , but they were left in Ignorance of the tact that 1 five months before that lime the some what .notorious contract for pine tim ber had been concluded by Mr. Smith, and approved by General Co wen. Act ing Secretary of the Interior, without having . been reported to Secretary Delano, Aa he testifies. Had thi fuct keen known, I am satisfied lhat th Board of Indian Commissioners would not have approved the contract , with Wildor, and certainly they would, not have removed' the objection urged against Agent Smith ip' tbe Senate, when hi nam was brought before it for confirmation ti Commlasiouer of Indian Affair, ', , ,' "' At your request the' Board of In dian Commisionor wil! undoubtedly report the extent' of purchase and contract for upplios and for freight mado without' conference with them, and of voucher paid without baring been submitted to them in accordance with a law of Congress well known to the Secretary ol the Interior and tbo Commissioner of Indian Affair. I do not ask your help in cancelling the illegal and tbe fraudulent con tracts for pine timber. The Secretary of Ihe Interior bus already suspended action under them, and if neither he nor Congress see fit to annul these contracts, the rights of tho Indian can be sufficiently protected by the court in Wisconsin and Minnesota. I do respectfully but earnestly ak your aid and that of Congress in pro ducing tuch a reform in the Indian Office as will protect the interests of tho Indian and the Government, and insure tho Continuance of the bumano policy that ha, from tny own obser vation, been more successful than even the best friend of the Indian dared to hope for. ',' Congress is, to a certain degree, re sponsible for part oflhewronir. A aula- ry of three thousand dollar a year is entirely inadeqnate to secure all the time of an intelligent and competent Commissioner of Indian Affaire. Sal aries varying from six to ten thousand uunuis ana upwards are paid in oar Ineuranco companies and bunks to of ficer of lea capacity lhan is required property to manag the Indian Office. A ulry cf twonty-five hundred aonar a year to eacb Indian agent would be true economy, In soineonsos in religious bodies pay the United States Indian agent a salary ia addition to the fifton hundred dollar received from th Government, becaus they find that sum wholly inadequate) lo socure honest mon with sufficient ca pacity for that offleo. This dividod responsibility should be avoided, and it i rather humiliating to the Gov ernment to huve charitable associa tions eke out the salaries of its offi cer, and wholly irregulur for Gov ernment agent to bar two' pnymae ter. When agent purchased tho of fice with money or political service, and wore expected to enrich them selves at tbe expense of the Indians, the salary wa a small portion of the income. Now they aro instantly re moved from office if known lo yield to tompiatinn that atill bav great power through long usage. .. . -Agent with families livinir nn tl.. 500 a year, whor food it costly, and ouiigea io entertain strangers because of the absenoe of other house, and to assist sick and poor Indian, are of necessity straitened. Poverty and debt docrosf-e respect for the Govern meat and olten weakon moral princi ples. At such a juncture, men who had withstood other temptations have yielded to tt puersnastv overtures of oontraotor and speculators in pine inuuur. , j ne power oi tnese tempta tions I frequently increased by an al leged or rosl Influence in the Interior Department. Sometimes the agent, whon entering upon bis duties, finds hit reservation under th control of contractors, and, before be becomes aware of it, h ha appended hi aiir. nature to voucher certified lo by hi employee. Tho dlsoovery ot this has, in several cases, demoralised the agent and plaoed bim under the oon trol of ibe experienced employe. That contractor known to be adopt In thi lorm ol villainy have Influence in the Interior Department i an undo- Diablo fact, causing much anxiety lo oin of the best friends ot Indiau oiviliaation. . , If .h whole Indian ftervir-a nni.lH be placed under tha entlro control nr th Booioty of Friends. form of doirtorfltiautlnn. nnw an hela. ful lit their influeiibe, could be chocked, Indian civilization promoted, and I do bellev a million of dollars a veer saved by th Government. Thorn Is A devotion to thi cause in the8ociety of Friends that I do not find At marked in any other religious body, fend thi, with their large experience, give them Mcaiiar laulliiiea I and supervising oonscleniiout agent I Such a plan, It practicable, would not Interfere with lb missionary opera ration of other rallainaa Kli-. Indeed, ftm of them would prelnr Jrj ) ATH ,2 .f1 ,omoijiaU I i ' ,"( uo Jm i" ilji iw lv ' . :. ,;l I ... f .... t . I ...it .1 I. ii h . aI J ..a' JUi'aIiJ:aR-N'0;i I I I 1. 1 I 1 1 ll ' I a '(Irlj. H . .U HV..I '!, y. aii $t;i!.Jl fa4 l,wiq '." confioa thtruselvts to their letritimAte work, .allowing tha GoverntcentAl or ocular duties to . devolve, on otheraJ better jotted for It. ., Jhjs,,ihowvAr, may be impracticable ; .but Ihere U, a change In th conduct of the Indian Office that I think :c be, made ad vuntge.ou!y. I understand that in the TrcoNiry .Department, lb j entire appropriation for Indian servicexi in cludeo in on general Indian account, although .Congrea at much., .labor Uemizo lis ppropriation. i tTbr it, therafore, no sufficient check.upon the Indian Office, and uDoneiaminetuin it will, no doubt, h found tbAtUadi-'j recuonsoi uongre, AMnot always regarded, I Thus, tb 05.060 pont for quatk. medicine wa. dimcicd) ,'.o. be charged to i account, Ual ahoald hav covered vaccino virut only The sum of. 1710.31 aHowed to th,. clerk before Referred to as car far Althrce limes itl actual cost, J endxiraod as follow: Approved: cbarg, appro-, pnauun inr inciaentai expenses, Indi an tcrvlce In Pukota.'Edwiu p. Stnlth, Commissioner,"' . Jf the items jn tbe appropriation bill are not to bo regar ded, the eiponditure is at, tbe discre tion of the Interior Department, and it will, be much mora satufuciory, bereaflerloppropriatoaspecifioBm. A roform io legislation, fori Indians was commenced last year by prevent ing the use of apnrnprialion in ad vance of th fiscal, year, and i by re manding , tbo ' unexpended balauce back ln'9 tbe Treasury. The absence of Inch a law ba . hitherto been a fruitful aource of demoralization. Tbe uniform oourtey with which I hav beon treated in the Interior De partment make tbi frank statement of wrongs a painful duty, an4 yet it is one that I could not resist, becaai-e impelled by pledgos mad time and again to Indian and ' to, their, beat friend. ' I desire it to be understood that I fault no wcll-ictentionod per son because" of . improper appoint ment to office, but only when auch of ficer ar allowed to remain after their fncompeiency could and thoald b known.' I have counted the cost of making this publio staUment, and, a In former instances, I am quite pre paid for misunderstanding and mi, representation! from parties who seem tb glory in wronging the. Indian and the Government. The usual course with such persons is to charge the ftarles friend of tho Indian, wUb pomonsl vindiclivoness, lhat hi influ ence my thereby be decreased. Hav ing now performed my duly a a prl vute cltizea, 1 am quite content to leave the work of reform In the hands of one upen whom tho responsibility has been plaoed by the people of this mnu. iuur veryTpeeilully, :,''' wm.'wbuhv'' ' - 1122 Spruce street ' TEE DEAD SIAMESE TWINS, A lUratwr Ibat etelned Them b, x.in i Dratb I helr Suci.i ta.y,. their W Ivea and Vamlllea, and thslr Mental t'tiar- acioriaiicaA eUvinf Itody Bona to ...atorpoe., , , , , , ,,, Tha dealii of tb Siamese twin in Mount Aiery. neor Salisbury, N. C., on tho 17th of this month, ended one of the most remarkable of nnLurnl phenomena. Tbey cam to thin coun try in 1829, when ihey were 18 year old, having prevIonMy boon hown in Europe. They were born on the coast of Siam, and their parent lived by fishing. ' None of their fifteen broth er and sister woro deformed. Al though many of them wer , twin. They made the tour of the United States, und, exoepling Tom Thumb, were the greatest object ,of wonder, ment to the psoplo. Nor was the ca riosity regarding them confined to gaping ruralisu. To many 'men of scienoe they were the first specimen of joined and living human being. Tho fleshy llgaturo which linkod them wot about a foot in length, two inch cs broad, and four thick, and through it ran a large artery and many veint, making their Circulation identical. Their liroathing. too, was simultan on when thuy wore asleep., Tbey wer not to entirely one.however.but lhat each had an entirely separate ex istence. One could not Tool a hurt in flicted on tbo other, the ligature be ing the only part In which tbey were sensitive in common. Their sense were totally disconnected. Muoh cteniiflc discussion arose oon aurning them, tnltinly boa ring upon th question of possible separation. Their urB in mew yob. . Rarnum got tbo twins in 1850, And ior icvoral year they wove shown in bit old tnusoum. At that tim they spoil English vory imperfeotly. They wer bolow the medium site. Ctang was larger than Kng, and looked ev eral year younger. He wa, too, the mental superior of hi brother, Altho' both wer ignornt,And had intelli genoo that acarcoly rot ubovo low euomng. Their litoe wero peculiarly repelling, yellow in boo, and clotely rosomblinc those of the f.'hinoe. ,u.r ellors of Chatham street. . . Ph.n wat lb most robust and good nt tured. Eng wa often sick, and al waya moroeo And peevish. Thn l...ri A tlooping room in lb muipurp, a did the other curiosities, And on night A rumpus wat heard In it. On break ing open tb ddnr. the twin were found fighting. Eog wat on th floor underneath Chang, who wa choking him - Am - 1 rt 0 -.... . uuwover, Lnng was mor foreboarlnir than tha irriirtki. disposition of hia brother warranted Thoy pluyod chequer togothor tome time, and look lossont Id English with slow reeulk. Tholr pay wa 100 a week, which they equitably di vided And pat Into savings bsnk. i They novur visited their h eemed to havo no cure for their fam ily, "nennng was stok Chang nursed him, bat porhsps d'd so from telflsh motive, ut th aerlou illness of one mad it necessary for th well nna .1. so to go to bed. Chang had some thing of an sppreoiatlv vein of fan, and liked to giv cnselest anwer In brokon Engfish," to the bamberless qoMtlontof pliltor. TheyremAln.d wiu HArnam antil 1855, And it was wllwd that tbey hAd.thon saved sbout lo.ooo Aoh: . c.!:. .!!: Of show life, tb.y decided to ..til. a pocbh yipim,Krxtr I In their Havel they bud been In North Caroliiiat, aomi" ii . wiinat had pleased them. : So tbey btrujilil two plaoWJoa, and proot.d to com plot their dimwnth7Mtobllhroent. ,Iicr -y Wok tit surname tl'JI ink-sr.- lhsy wrvrtlien e' ! of 'orfj'-foBr. They BaurrK J b si-, ters,".'agd twentyslx and tty eiibt. Tb girl had been (ervant, and it il id that A Laneahii dialawt tUI piingi to ,tbenv The i aiaktvj :f the double match,, in volred much taouble, for although the twjpi .wiir not anduly sxaotHAr, Itvwo bard to find women' who were both .willing aad at All dewraWe,' There wras nu forynakrng- berorsr- tbt-Tngagomnt, lbs coNttiog was don br proxy And correspondence, nd tbe ladies ,bad seen their futuro husband only' At ,, ihow In London when tbey' Accepted th Offer of mrrlge. J th twin based Ibeir i hfiew a port liken oAea fbrwrded by their Agent, who gar aesuraqec, of tb ( respeclabiiitj'rof th girls.' All having beon arraiiged they wer brought ,p America, trie twin paying their xpenses, andrtb marriage was solemnlxod quietly n Salftburyt 'Tb wives wars not beau, tlful, bt wei alrwatr, baJtyj Enoiiab workipa girl,, .Ilea) oVrmeavie 4ivs of tbe couple wero peculiar-. Each faro- lly bad it own house, servants, .and d()met'ic cstsblishmenf: "The plantov tion wer owned And managed tepo. rately, although in '.matter ot eonatv nuepuA Chans: .was.psually tbe tnatler. Tli wives lived entirely at their re spective borne, aod ,lb husbana al. ternaied staying on week at , Eng's house and the next week at Chang's. Each looked after hit plantation -and Mher buainos daring the weeks -if living at hi own piaae, ABU lb Visit ing brother wa not s&ppuacd to .in. tor fere. Tbe wive did nut agreo very Well, And th irangely tied families quarrelled to seriously thst lhr siiteYs frequsntly bad perious of emn'pttuieis. trangement, lasting for week at:a- i A b;t DOMESTIO IHrtLICITY.. ' So, althoegh Chang and End;1 war rich, they did not live happily.. Mrs. inang Baa the nr.l chi'-i, and It waa a deat route. Th families increased rapidly, until Chang had six children and Eng five. ' Of these children four never tw, beard nor epok. although in all other respect alt . were strong and not deformed. Eight are living, th oldest, a daughter of seventeen, buviog lately beeu married to ttie- lea see of a neighboring plantation. About eight year ago Chang became converted in a religion revival,- and Eng also ombraeinr tb beliof, they jointd tb Baptist cburuh. They war regular in iuir atteoflanoe thertalter, and retained their standing aa good Christians. ' Tbeir'tempors, however, ware not Improved by the spiritual change, and before) th emancipation their slave wro the most whipped of any in tb region. Tb rebellion fred tbeirduvca and tuherwise Impaired their wealth. ' To repair their loam tbey .' again 'exhibited 'ihemaelv threugh lbs country, And at Wood Museum in tbit oily j but thy , were only moderately,, successful, owing purtially to a rapacity which prevent ed manager from having anything to to do with them. - A greater curiosity in their line bad spruug up, too, in tb two-headed girl two pegro children from South Carolina who Are joined at tb hips, and who aro on exhibition in Paris. Chsng and Eng hd grown agtlur a they had grown older, th latter especially being wrinkled, thin, and bent. Their temper were soured, and they quarrelled with each other constantly. Tbey had gained greatly in intelligence,', however, end wer more sensitive to the gaze of the crowd. . At tbe Revere House, where they boarded, they received a few vis itors, lo whom tbey complained of the necessity which bad driven them back Into ahow life. " They also reuined atrong secession proclivities. During their absence their wive managed tb plantation. Thooe of the children who wer not deaf mutes were sent to school, And are now well educated. Before their lat exhibition ber tbe twin had been again in Europe, a - A CBBTAISTY OP UNION tl DtATH. t Th cause of their taoiosenesa as tbey grew oldor is, believed to have been the probability of the fatal effect of one's death upon ibe other. ' The idea of separuling them by a surgical operation hud been often broached.but phjrsinians had generally agreed that it would kid them. The:e6r.each wa haunted with A. diead of bring left bound lo hi dead brother, with almost a Certainty of dying under any attempt to aever bim frorr, t,, corpse. While in Pari and London, they consulted the most eminent sur geons. One experiment, however, dashed all hopvsol separate existence. Tbe ligature waa ccmpresnd until al) circulation of blood Utct thetm was Mopped. Eng oot fainted, and a removal of the compres was neces sary to prevent death.. This proved " that neither could sustain a Anparat circulation of tbe blood, and to have cut the ligature Would have killed both. With thi. knowledge tbey returned to their home and lived a they had done before. ' Lstor the health of Eng grew worse, and Chang was frequently obliged, although well himself, to keop to his bed with bis lck brother. But about a yoar Ago Chang uffefed a paralytic irok,from which lima bis health wa the worse of the two. II took to drink a a re lief from suffering, and the lives of th twint grew wretched indeed, , Tbe detail of their death are mea gro. Chang died first, and a few rao mecU afterward Eng, who bad for a few day been well, Warn doliioo and raved wildly. Tbla may bav re ulted from tbe mental (bock end ap prehension at to hi own fate; ' but more likely it was th result of a cei tutlob bf blood circulation bptWeen him And bit brother. A stupor fa), lowed, tnd he died in two bours Af terward. iV. Y. Sun. - - ' ' ' ' "' Don't bb too Cbitical. What.... you do, never tot up for a erltia. W don't mean a newspaper one, but in private lifo, in the doinestio circle, In ooiety. It will not do Any pn ny good, And It will do yoa harm-rlf you mind being called disagreeable If yoa don't like Any ops' pose, or object to Any on a chin, don't put your foeling into word. Jf any on' manner dop t pleaso yoa. re mom bar your own. People are not ell tnada to suit onttaate, recollect that. Tak thing at yoa find them, unUt you t-an altar Ibom. Evon A dinesr, after il is swallowed, cnnot be made any bettoc. Continual fault-finding, con. tmoal rritioiant of th conduct of this on And the -speech pf that on, the dret of th otber and th opinions of t other, will wiAke horn tbe upbanpi- , r . r- -"v est Mar under tha sun "
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