Daily national Republican., 1863-03-11
LOCAL NEWS.

.abtn Oou FehoWu nan, last night, was Atteno-
eaT Ahghly respectable and appreeiative Audi-
Father BessOn opened the exercises BY stating
the object Of the meeting 70 be 10 such facts
asWould prove an oifset 10 the falsehoods which
excited and mistaken persons are circulating 10
The prejudice Of the Indians He spoke through
the Interpreter, = half-breed Chippewa, to the
chief Of that tribe, nine OF whom were present
telling them that although there was deep and
Widespread feeling against the Indians generally,
on aeeount Of the disastrous affAir IN Minnesota,
a. soon a. the people knew that the Chippewa ma
tion had no hand In IT, and that no other tribe
would have had n Justice had beendone to them,
there will be reaction and sympathy for them.
Ne concluded BY telling them IL should be their
aim 10 make a. many friends and as few enemies
aa poasble that u was to their greatest 10
live In peace with the Sioux and all other tribes,
a. well with the whites, and that by quietly but
peraeyerngly demanding their rights their friends
would increase in power until not only the Indians
but the negroes and the poor white people, and all
classes Of men would have their great rights.
The great ehiei replied, through the interpreter,
that he was pleased with what he had heard from
his white brotherj that his heart and the hearts Of
his people were true 10 the whites; that although
hia own brother and his son had been killed BY
white men, he had shaken hands with them, and
wished 10 live In peace. But he could not see how
Nwae that the good words which had so often
been spoken to their people, when treaties were
wanted, did net appear on paper when they were
readj and he did not see how II that the large
sums Of money which the treaties spoke Of for
their use never came into their hands, they sold
their lands, but got poverty and not proht by the
trade. His people thought that It was hard that
the Government should again want them to move
further north, and again TO leave the graves Of
their mthers and Of their children behind them.
Aiter few remarks OF similar Import, Judge
Day, who q few months ago returned from q spe-
eial mission among these Northern tribes, gave
most interesting and somewhat startling account
OF their condition and treatment. He instanced
the case Of teachers, with liberal salaries to in
strust Indian children, who themselves could
neither read nor wrte and Of schools being report
ed ~ In successful operation where schools ex-
listed, and Of An Indian agent, with . comparative
small salary, amAsGing in four year fortunes Of
eioo,ooo He affirmed that IL was q great mistake
10 suppose that the Ipdians had no cause for the
outbreak, or that itwas Just to execute them As
traitors.
He oontrAsted in strong but just language the
lehisnoy which is shown towards those who arc
rebels and traitors TO . Government which has
been lavish in Its benenoenoe and the severity to
wardS tho Indians II has utterly failed Of protect
ing from the most terrible erueltes and injustice
Mr. Day said that he had hardly begun the long
Lat Of specified cases Of wrongs to the Indians
"hAon IN inc outuFehki ana a. mAlOT
Gnbrath, the agent for the Sioux, was present, n
was proposed to adjourn the meeting, in order that
the details might be fully presented to the public
Whereupon, . committee Of three-Mesars Day,
MoNair, and Beeson-were unanimously appoint
ed 10 prepare report and resolution, and to call
another meeting as early as practicable.
THE CAsE oT"wM. wooDn TO BE FURTHER Ex
AHMED To-DAY.-A further hearing In the case
Of WIN. Wood, who was arrested on Susbision Of
being an aocomplice In the murder OF the German,
Albert Schirod, early yesterday morning. will be
had bsfore Justice Clayton at I O'Clock this after.
noon.
Ono or two OF The witnesses have expressed the
belief that he II himself the murderer while Others
assert positively that II was altogether different
looking person. All, however, recognize him a.
ons Of the party making the assault.
He 10 an lishmAn BY birth, and is represented Al
being very desperate fellow. He was committed
70 jail some time since for most open and daring
robbery, but was soon after bSiled out by friend
since his discharge from Government employ az
teamster he has been roaming at large, having no
visible means Of support, a. he himself admits.
brother Of Capt. Dubant has been summoned
aappsAr this afternoon. sIt IL thought his testI
mony will be Of most Important character, and
will probably lead to the detection Of the guilty
party. .g-
sslITMsoEIAE LEoIUnEy-We call the attention
Of our readers to the Smithsonian Lecture Of thiI
evening. DR.. Solger, the learned othnologist and
hntonan, the friend Of AgASsiI and the late Preai
dent FELTON,, will speak on the IRaoes Of Man, ,
o, Historically considered.
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style would do we'll to call at this favorte dininI
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