The Arkansas advocate., 1835-07-17


 We take the following article from the \. I. Evening 5tarz-an extract from the letter of one of it's correspondents in Washington City. We have heard much whispered against two of the Commissioners, but till this, have seen no definite charge, Let us have light on the subject.
 To say nothing of the Post office reports, and the frauds disclosed in the report of the Land Committee of the Senate, I will pre-. sent and prove a charge of the most npre- cedented malVersation Tn office and which cannot be unknown 10 the President, and the head of the War Department.
 The Indian Commissioners appointed by General Jackson to facilitate the transpor- tation and settlement of the various tribes west of the Mississippi, 1t seems have re. ceived uncommon indulgences from the government. Without any object of pro- noting the interests of the Indians, one or more ot them were permitted for months to pursue theT own private business or plea sure at the entire expense of the Treasury of the United States and there IS nov on file in the Department, the written evidence of the fact. Moreover, have information in my possession directly from Arkansas, detaiiiiis5 particulars f .!sc .hc most ,awar rantable speculations in the public lands, and misuse of the public money by one of the commissioners while acting in his pub lie capacity Among other things, it is charged that he has received in addition to his large per diem allowance (Ss.0o), the full amount of his private expenses for some months previous to the organization ot the Board; and d#that too while he was exploring the country with a view to his own prlvate specuations. This extraordinary allowance was made in the absence of all vouchers to the gentleman as sole commis- slonef, who was secretly prepared with a large supply of Indian goods in the neigh bourhood of the Indian territory, to trade with the settlers at the different posts.-- Alter purchasing large tracts of the best land and all the eligible mill sites in the vicinity of Fort smith, he strenuously re- commended the removal of the cantonmen! E at Fort Glbson to that place, and mado other arrangements for large and profitable investments, under the power and privilege ot hs commission. In fact, I am prepared to show from the records of the War De- partment, that this commission has been most dlsgracefully managed, and that large sums oi the public money have been prohl- gateiy employed to further private specula- t'ons. The organ ofthe government dares not deny itl
 The following from the Washington City Telegraph, may explain it.
 INDIAN AFFAIRS.
 Can the Globe tell us what has produced E the dispersion of the late Indian CommE' sion Tn Arkansas! The dispersion at ba bel was not more complete. North, Soulp East, and West, have all got their shafe Lascyeg Ellsworth gets snug place la Washington. Person Schemmerhorn nas gone to pick up fe,u crumbs of co'afMa among the Cherokees, (glorious picking lol a parsoa.l Secreterg Stambaugh pocEaeD his five thousand dollars year at St. fe, sS ter's, up :he Mississippi; and the son o honest old North Carolina, Gov. Stokes M IS sent Query, as punlshment!) out up.oas the prairies, where there is nothing to p'f' ss'< up but buffalo or a wild Cumapene k