New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1852-07-24
ting the debate on the Indian Appropriation bill


entered INTO with the Indians. by Mr. McGill.
the Indian Commissioner, upon whose conduct,
ana that OF Mr. Bruce, who acted under him,
he animadverted with much severity. who
agreed to pay for 100000 acres of land when,
from information that was furnished him, he
must have been aWaret that they owned upwards
Of three million acres. s.
Mr. johnson, of Ark, followed on the same
side, and stated that when the land was sur
yeyed, it was found to consist of five millions of
acres and the Indians dHly paid for
900 600 acres, atsthe rate which Mr.. McGill
was authorized by thsGovernment Of the United
States to pay.
Mr. Olds, of Ohio, said Col. McGill was one of
his constituents, whom he had always considered
as honest man, and pledged himself would
furnish a statement showing his conduct to have
been strictly honorable.
Mr.. Johnson then submitted another amend
ment for paying to the Shawnees S66, ,246 for
lands which they owned in Ohio 1t appeared
from the statement he made, that the Shawnees
consisted OF two bands-the Missouri and Ohio
the former Of whom removed further West
upon consideration of receiving fifty square
miles, where they agreed to settle, in considera-
tion for the lands which they reln9uished. Sub
sequcntly. the Ohio band removed and settled
among the others, from whom they received one
hundred thousand acres; the lands which they
abandoned, and for which the United States had
received the amount which it is now proposed to
divide among the combined bands
Mr.. Phelps, of Mo, entered into n brief de-
fence Of Mr.. Mc'iill, whom he knew to be good
officer and an honest man
Mr. Sweetser, of Ohio, said this was n most
extraordinary move: he insisted that the charge
had not been sustained and ought not to be
acted npon by Congress. He asked if there
could be any conceivable motive for the conduct
which Mr.. McCill was represented as having
pursued. lie admitted that Col. Mc,iill and the
department were in error, as subsequent survey
had proved, but that did not authorize n charge
ii fraud, and Congress, he insisted, ought not
to endorse it.
Mr. Sibley, of Minnesota addressed the COM
| mittee in support of an amendment authorizing
| the Secretary of the Interior to appropriate n
sum not exceeding fifty or one hundred thousand
dollars, for the benefit of Indians in the United
States who may be suffering for want OF food
and clothing; the numbers of whom who annu-
ally perish from cold and starvation he said
| would exceed belief
| The committee rose, and the House then took
up the deficiency bill returned from the Senate,
that body refusing to agree to some of the House
amendments. Mr. Houston moved to refer it to
the Committee of Ways and Means, pending
which motion the House adjourned until to-
morrow
'"''N' '"iS i'' '''-'
! SFNArE-T being the day set apart for the
consideration Of the bills on the private calendar
to which no objection was made, the following
bills were considered and disposed of
For the relief Of Thomas Pember For the
| relief Of John Jackson, Joseph Pineau and L.
\. smith. For the relief of Ann Robinson. Bill
to reimburse 4. W Moody the money paid by
| him as owner Of the British bark Sarah in the
rescue OF the passengers and crew of the Ameri
| 4 - 10.
| can snip Caleb Nnmshaw
| For the relief OF James Higgenbotham. For
the rehet OF }. VI Taylor. For the relief of !.
} sykes For the relief of Wade Allen, For
the rehei OF " \ >, Sauger FOR the relief OF
the representatives. ot Capt W. G. Williams.
/ / or the rehet OF frames Il. Stockton, For the
relief OF Mrs. Beknap
| House bills Tor the rehet OF Il ID Russey
ana the eXeeutorsoi Thomas Fletcher, deceased,
were passed For the relief Of lrah Johnson.
! For The relief OF John Mcintosh For the re
l!ei OF Thomas j. rag, For the relief Of the
representatives. OF Walter Cotton, deceased
For the relief OF John DelvIn, For the relief OF
John McAroy, For the relief of Nathan "es-
ton, Jr. ot Il. !" Bonton, Geo Wright, and
the widow ot Nlarylne :" Fisher
| House bill for the relief of W. B. Nevis.
Inc senate then adjourned TILL Monday
HoGSh of hhEESESTArlv vEs---There was an
error in the name OF the Indian commissioner
alluded 10 IN debate yesterday. 1t should have
been Medili instead OF Mc''lll, as understood at
the reporter desk
Mr' seymour called the attention OF the tom-
mttee to h'Ii sent from the Senate, providing
4 Tor the protection and security OF the lives OF
passengers on board steamboats, which was
READ hrst ana second time, ana referred to the
committee on commerce, ana ordered to be
printed.
resolution that the House, during the re-