Daily evening star. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1852-1854, 1854-08-16

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Land Tit!ss IN New Msxieo.-rhe proper
ssnctionaries In the General Land Office ara
engaged In prsparins instructions concerning
land claims from New Mexico, which are 70 Be
prscipitated IN any quantity upon the land
Office there In . short time. Some Of these
claims 60 back nea- two hundred yssrs. These
arc, for the most part, the titles Of the civil.
ised Indians to their village lands, which each
band OF tribe hold in common among all its
members. -some-of the titles to lands far
down on the Rio Grands, are supposed to have
been ants-dated by the protects about two
years ago, which act Of dishonesty may throw
the claimants out of thsm;. it being morally
certain that they would have accrued to them,
but for such, transactions in connection with
them. It is thought, also, that those claim
ants who show no other title than that of long
occupancy, will also have their lands assured
to them by the Government of the United
States, as was done in the case of the transfer
of Louisiana under the Government of France
to that of the United States. The rule Of pub.
lie law, it will DO recollected, is BY no means
to disturb private proprietary rights in any
change of sovereignty that may occur This
Government, so far, has rather assured pri.
vate land claims based on bona fde occupan.
cy, which, under the vaoating Government,
were not regarded as being binding upon it.
The Late Indian Battle "A gentleman at
Fort Atkinson, on the Arkansas river, has
kindly written Us very interesting details of
the last extensive Indian fight occurring on
the frontier. His letter, bearing date July
22d, ultimo, says: 1
Our red brethren, the Camanches and Eio-
ways, have been making crusade against the
Pawnees, whom they, in conjunction with the
Arapahoes and Chyennes. had battered them.
selves, and even promised themselves and each
other, 'ts wipe out" But in attempting to
kill the Pawnees, they caught a Tartar in our
ancient friends, the Sscs. who, to use phrase
not unknown to fastidiou, ears, clicked them
like sac6,' and sent them on their way
n1ow,n'ng to their lodges; when tho whole
crowd, men, women, children, horses, and
dogs came tombling into camp here like so
many frightened rabbits, IF 90 many there
"oi0-J udhCu> uhI. etdfYC0, 60Q On.
hrely frightened out of Indian .propriety
The kioways charge the Camanohes with
cowardice, and both Kioways and Camanohe s
charge the Arapahoes and Chyeunes with de-
| sorting them. The facts, as nearly as can
| learn, are tn ese: A grand confederation of all
| the Southern tribes was formed-irst, for
wiping out the Pawnees, who monopolize the
| best portion Of the. Buffalo region, and, to-
gether with the Sacs, Foxes, Delawares, and
ha wn ~ hs,L
| sure rife. The Chyennes caught 1t from tho
Pottawotaunies bat few months ago.l Well,
the four principal confederates, the Camanches,
kioways, Arapahoes, and Chyenues, assem-
bled on tho Pawnee Fork to tho number Of
about thousand lodges. On the first of this
month, ostensibIy for hunting. but really to
prosecute their grand enterprise against the
Pawnees. About fifteen hundred or two thous.
and warriors must have left this encampment
for the Pawnee country. They came in con
TACT with psrty Of Sacs, not more than sixty
or seventy strong by their own reckoning, arm
| cd with rifles. who decoyed them into a species
of ambush and gave them jessie-that is to
say, they killed sixteen or twenty, wounded
! twice as many more, {some Of whcm have siuce
died at this place,) and stampeded the re-
mainder. like unto frightened mules Thus
instead of wipirg out the Pawaees, they were
| washed out by few resolute Sacs and per.
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bread of the scullions of this camp So much
for Indian chivalry and fortitude."
Havewe Bonaparte among US 2-Yes.er-
day-the anniversary Of the birth of Napoleon
lst-the U. S. War Department received tn,
resignation Of I'd 1t Jerome Napoleon Bona
r-.'o' w the II S'--s;naent of rifaa Who i
now in Paris enjoying the hospitality of hi
second cousin, tho Emperor Napoleon ID. Hi
letter bears date, Paris, July 18th, ulto. H,
probably anticipates more brilliant mi,itar,
career in his cousins service than in that O
the United States, whore promotion depend
altogether On length Of service or extraordi.
nary mort.
Chickory We hear that the Secretary O
the treasury is causing to be prepared cir
oular addressed to his subordinates at the
different custom houses, to the end of prevent
ing the importation of spurious or adulter aztec
drugs, and that it will probably embrace
clauselevelled against the importation of coffe
mixed with chiskory, or of any other articl
with which chickory may be mixed, and, o
course, Of chickory by itself.
| Money in the q. 8. Trsasury.-Notvith
standing the recent draft on the Treasury Il
meet the payment of the seven millions on ao
count of the Gadsden treaty, there is now abou
twenty-five millions on hand, subject to draft
the payments in having been very large ans
rapid within the last few days. "
The Current Operations Of the Trsasur,
| Department. yesterday, the 18th of Aug
there were Of Treasury Warrants entered 0,
the books Of the Department
For the payment of Treasury debts $45 228 4
tor the Customs ................ 30,l52 q
For tho war department. 1905 g.
For tho Interior Department. 1854 g.
For appropriation warrant for the
Interior Department entered =, $50, 200 o,
For tho Navy Department.. ....... 1885 81
Covered into the Treasury from
miscellaneous sources .....,, l42 81
REPORTED FOR THE STAR. So
ALEXANDRIA COUNTY COURT.