The Indianapolis daily herald. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1865-1868, 1865-12-06
Telegraphic Dispatches
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Afternoon Report.
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SMUGGLING on THE FRONTIER.
LAND OFFICE SALES.
RAILROAD COLLISION
INDIAN DIFFICULTIES.
KENTUCKY LEGISLATURE
MAIL BAG STOLEN.
Etc. Etc, Etc.
From New York.

ues--SmuggIing ON the Frontier.-
Judge Catron's Obituaries .. Navy
Yard WOrkmeu Discharged..Land
office sales Railroad ColIision--
Indian DifficuItics.
NEW YORK. December 5.-The Tribune's
Washington special says: The payment of the
January coupons will be anticipated owing 10
large accumulatiOns Of coin in the Treasury.
Disabled soldiers in various departments OF
she Government will petition Congress TO al
low them the same bounties paid to others Of
their class not in Government employ.
great sensation was oceasioned in Wash
ingt0n Yesterday bya report Of the preyalence
Of yellow fever on board the Stonewan.
The Commissioner Of Customs is convinced
from the character Of the reports which he is
daily receiving from the Canadian frontier.
that his action in employing female detectives
there was judlciOus, add will be of great bene-
fit in the exposure and arrest Of the female
smugglers, who have recently been so extern
siyely engaged in the contraband trade be-
tween Canada and the United States. Not
where twenty crossed before, and the mer-
chants along the border, suspected Of having
formerly been emerged in the contraband trade
are closing their stores and selling out.
Another smuggling dodge has just been de-
tected. An unusual number Of collins have
been brought across the line, of late, for inter-
ment on the American side. Last week the
United States Revenue officer insisted upon
seeing the corpse after the coffin was landed,
against the earnest protests of the stricken
relatives, when instead Of defunct BODY, the
coffin was found filled with costly silks.
Two per cent. of all the fractional currency
received at the Treasury, is counterfeits. This
comes 10 the department from bankers and
others deemed experts in judging money, and
two per cent. escaping detection Of such par
ties, gives some idea Of the extent Of this kind
Of countcrfeiting.
The Times WaShinOtou nj Al no
following; A motion has been filed in the
United states supreme Court by A. III. Gar
land, ESQ.,, Of Arkansas. TO be permitted to
practice in the Court without taking the oath
as prescribed by act Of Congress OfJuly 2, 1862,
and January %, 1885. The motion will be ar
gued probably on Wednesday, directly after
the adjournment of the supreme Court OF the
United States.
Yesterday afternoon a meeting of the men,
bers Of the bar of that Court was convened
for the purpose Of paying proper respect TO
the memory of the late Judge Catron, who
died since the adjournment Of the Court last
spring.
\ further reduction, by the discharge Of
eighty-six workmt N, was made at the Brooklyn
Navy Yard, yesterday.
The Herdfds Charleston correspondent no.
tices the arrival of Commodore Sanmon, COM
handing the Atlantic squadron. His squadron
is already reduced to ten vessels, and will be
further reduced by the sale of two more.
pendent says: Two delegates, elected TO the
late Convention, are supposed to have been
lost on the steamer ID. H. Mount, Judge Fra
zier. Of Jacksonville, and the family Of Major
Weeks, Of the Second Florida Union cavalry,
were also on board.
The Herdld's Washington special dispatch !
says: The General Land Office yesterday re-
ceved the following returns Of cash sales Of
public lands. during the month of October, at
Marysyille, California, amounting to $1,000,
accompanied with an actual settlement on
1000 acres under the Homestead Law,
In the same month at Voncanover, WASH
ington Territory, nearly 4,500 acres were taken
up for actual settlement. together With cash
sales amounting to $3.50.
The land office at Donia. Michigan, reports !
the settlement, under the Homestead Law, Of
nearly 1000 acres OF public lands, with cash
receipts amounting 10 upwards of 81 100.
\ collision occurred last evening between an
Adams Express freight car of the Harlem rail-
road and city railroad car of the Third Ave
nue. railroad, by which one PASSENGER i'm the
city ear was instantly killed. a number of 9th
ers severely injured, and the car broken into
fragments.
The Heralds Washington dispatch SAYS:
Commissioner Cooley Of the Indian Bureau
received this morning a communication from
the superintendent Of the Indian Agency in
Kansas, giving decisive information of the bel /
igerent status of the tribes in that section
The report that was previously obtained in re-
gard to the burning of a stage coach by the
Cheyennes and Apacas on the Smoke Hill route
on the 18th Of November last, is fully substan-
tiated. together with the massacre of Frederick
Mervin of New York, with five Others who
were travelling in the coach.
It's also represented that after committing
this outrage and numbering the whole force.
attacked successfully five mail stations along
the route, which they DESTROYED. and taking
possession Of the live stock along the line OF
their devastations, departed in a southeasterly
direction.
The official details of the above have also
been placed before Governor Cummings.