Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1865-03-22
new Vein. OF corrup,,oa Discovered.

The unearthing OF new veins of corruption is
becoming almost common in "loyal" circles
"a the striking of oil in the Aladdin like regions
of Pennsy lv4nia. The telegraph announces
that high officials OF the sanitary commission
have been arrested and consigned to the old cap
ito bastie for robberies footing up $50, 900. The
individuals are Charles Williams, ticket agent AT
the sanitary commission in Baltimore, and
Thompson the sgent at the Baltimore depot, to-
eether with an sccomplce named Charles Cook
Thompson j. charged with abstraciing the tickets
from the Office and giving them TO Cook and
Williams. who disposed OF them through agents
The first suspicion of the affair was created by
many of the Cook tickets being found shJat in
the city, and the detectives 10 hunting 10 mat
tiers found quite number of agents. who stated
at first that they received 50 per cent for dispo--
ing OF them, bu, latterly % per cent. These
discoveries OF wholesale rObberies by the phi.
lanthropic" and loyal" have become so COM
mon that they ale merely chrouicled as items OF
news. Comment would be super iuous
The Developments in the Augean stable of the
interior department at Washington, which il IN
dergoipg sort of clearing out preparatory TO a
change of secretaries, are quite rich, having i'm
proved as allsuch matters do by age According
10 the version Of tae Herald's corresponds nj
some SIX or eight years ago scrip was issued 10
the Sac and Fox Indians in X ,nsas, ia payment
for the erection of buildings upon their new res
ervation further west This scrip was subse-
quently made interest bearing, AMI by its tenor
was to be redeemed out Of the proceeds of the
sales of the reservation. These lands are some
of the best in the state and we're sold about two
months ago, the secretary OF the interior and
commissioner OF Indian affairs being large pur
chssers. Previous TO the sale the scrip bad near
ly all been purchased, a. IL alleged. BY what may
be termed ''the interior department ring" at an
average OF shout forty per cent. OF its par value
Another transaction cha ged upon these off Is
aud their friends. Is even worse than the iorego-
ing. It's enormi,y almost eurpasses belief The
charge Is no less than c01nv tnce at the sales by
agents OF the department of Indian goods 10 the
rsb.s in Arkansas and TEXAS. instead OF dis
trbuting them among the tribes for which they
were Ostensbly purchased. and 4 division Of the
spoils among members of the ring"
HIS charges borne out 0y the Investigations Of
Gen CANDY. snd If We recOilect uright Mr. Sew
ards home organ, The Auburn Advertiser has
undertaken 10 prove iron iAeis tia, could be
procnred only from high Official sources that the
hostility OF the Indians 10 the vest has grown
out Of the robbery OF their goods By the agents
OF the interior department. Aud even this hos
ulity - nself turned into source OF PROFIT oy the
thieviug officials. They fret tool The Indians Of
their goods aud sell them 10 The rebels: then By
further Outrage and i'll treatment extsperzte the
tribes and induce them 70 the con mission of hoe
Utilities the obstruction of the overland travel
and mail. &c a nd 50 establish a preter, tor
the sending OF . large military force 10 restore
us1S1,ry, - 'ss soPpcns ACC uaDsporupf OF
vhics force large conras,s and erernsss prosss