Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1864-01-09
Noon Reports.
MORE OFFICIALS ARRESTED
THE MINNESOTA CLAIM COMMIS S SION.
Another Secret Expedition Left
New Orleans.
.U.sRY'L.f.FD LEGISL.ITTRE.
GOV. BRADFORD On EMANCIPATION
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GOV. BRADFORD on EMANCIPATION
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from New ork.

Nhw YoKK January A Primer. Private
SevIettry Collector Birney was arrested ,es-
tenia, aud sch, tn Fort L ,iasetie
a special to the lines dated Washington. j an.
4 SAYS:
The removal of all rebel prisoners confined at
vari"us paints thr"rehof the .uyal States to with
ia the limits oi Gen Buffers department is to
commence Immediately
The rebel nfFicerS at Johnsons Island will
pr"i.,h, be removed 10 For' Delaware
NJ Clark head of The Printing Bureau in
fhe Navt. D-!.artmpnt WIS relieved today OF
his cwies and the keys OF the office taken from
him IL is said other arrests will be made in
fes DAYS
The Potomac is frozen over as far down as
Occoqu ~ Biv
di-p.ich To the Tribune. dated Washington.
Janu rv !. >ay~:
The commissions appointed for the relief of
sufie ing b, Idi an hnstlliiies IN MiLnesnta con
siSiiHg of C,l Aldrich md MeS~rs White and
Chase were in >e-Sinn ~ 81 Peters Minnesota
for about five m"nih>
T~" thu .nd nine hun,irei and forty claims
We're Die-ehied aud ex 'miued
large numher ci claims were also presented
but could not toe ex ,mined a the iiw fxed the
lime tor rhc ex ,,ir4tion OF their duties ut Decem
Der lst 1868
The ahuve number of claims amount 20 two
million four hundred aut fltv eight thousand
dullars The commission awarded one million
three hundred and ~eventy ty-eg ght thousand -four
hun'ire,l amt fity eight dollars.
The two hundrei thouSai dollars appropriated
the last session Oi Congress for the immediate
relief oi Ihe most neeii, sufferers were paid over
Ia "ne thousand -four hundred persons many of
whom were made willows and orphans by the
lnaiauS
Nearly eleven thousand Witnesses were ex-
.m,ued
o her testimony, re,lu .el TO writing. covering
about sixteen thousi nd sheets Of legal cap paper
WITS prduced
The testimony shows over eight hundred men
wome' aud children butvhcred by the Indians
Thousands who had purchased homeste,ds of
the United States and paid for them driven
away and are nov refugees, they being unable TO
return 90 rhe frontier
IL j. estimated that FIVE hun.lred millions OF
dollors will not reimburse the people tor the
damages done by the Indians on the frontier OF
MiI.urSoia
The Government holds about three millions OF
dollars uf annuiiie- forfeited Il, the rebelious
Sioux. IL is proposed To use this sum in pay
meIl Of the above claims and bill api ropri ,,iug
eleven million hundred thousand dollars is
being Ireiated 10 meet the balance due
The steamer \ Zoo, from New Orle lns the
3lSt ult has aiiived
Another secret ex re,tion left New Orleans on
the .tOth The strength AMI destination remains
vi know. Litte duubt i ent,r'aIcd but that il
j. intended ~ Sentu,ly tor Mobile
Ii l. Snpp,>e,. tia. P.ts>s,-oud will be occupied
for the present and an advance made on Mobile
soon ~ the rainy set<0n ends II hls rained
th ec days terriiicaiiy
On Sunday morning tle city was submerged
from one to two feet This lasted till towarC
nighr.
Netf the river several houses were washed
away
The streets are ,tiil under water back toward
the -wamp-
M army news
Nothing new from Iexas
Guerrilla iring has entirely ceased on th,
VI >si-siVpi