The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1866-11-03

diligence the whole. amount except
the expenses of survey 'would be III
the Treasury, to the credit of the In
dians, or at interest. within lone year
from the date Of the eontractl Nv
the other mode of sale hi dFibletg, the
expenses would be much greater and
judging from past experiences, itwould
be a life-tlme before the whole could
be converted into cash A few inter
ested parties desired the vacation OF
the contract for purposes of specula-
ton. 84lg 9w8d d HahHags
Mr. Harlan concludes by saying that
in regarding them as disinterested adj
viseTs, their advice was not followed.
7 i preferred TO follow my own judg-
ment of what the true interests of the
Indians and the people Of Kansas re-
qulred. ] did what appeared TO me
to be both wise and just, aud / neither
fear nor doubt the Judgment of an
impartial public opinion. My sue
cessor should follow the advice of the
Attorney General, let aside this con-
tract, and succeed in makingsa o better
disposition of these lands. None of
his friends will be more highly satis-
fed thanI know l shall be" it ia =
WAsHIsaToN, November 2-The
mission Of P: O'Day, Of Buffalo, and
D. Z. Brlen, is successful. They have
obtained the return of the arms of
the Fenian brotherhood through the
influence of Hon. jas. M. Humphrey
and II. b, Gallagher of Buffalo.
1t is also stated ia this connection
that w. A. Dart, United States At
torney for the Northern District of
New York, was to-day removed from
Office.
The President to-day removed the
postmasteFs at Warsaw, Indiana, and
Waterloo, Iowa, and appointed A. q,
Wood to fill the former, aud j. p.
| Evans the latter vacancy, $500
Tie four col0red men, who confess
ed their crime, were hung this morn
| ing, at Upper Marlboro, Nd, for the
murder of Col. VIM Lyles, near Pis-
getaway, in June last. Their object
was Dlunder, which they secured, hav-
ling taken about 81 600 from bis secre-
Ftary. A large number persons went of
| from Washington and the surround
hing country 90 witness the execution.
"A fifthnegrO, who had been convicted
of an infamous offence, was granted
respite, in order to inquire into the
tr1th ofithe assertion of new evidence
in has favor. - uf Heas s.8a sai
hoiThe following regulations, inregard
to applications for increase of pen
siohs, were issued from the1Pehsion
Ofhoe to-day III aass El88 Il -
! j Applications for increase Of pension
under the acts of June 6 and July rs,
/ 1866, form a part of the lunadjudieated
or pending claims, and their receipt
| il. not acknowledged by this Office.
| The condition of all unadjudicated
claims is reported from time to time
| by Circular or by letter and win not
| be reported TO an agent unless he shall
have been recognized by this, Depart
ment as. the attorney in the case,
| nor unless the application Shall have
been on file at least three months,
special cases excepted. Only a, duly
executed power of attorney gives any
one the right TO appear in q case, and
no unGdjudicated claim will be taken
| from the files for examination unless
| material evidence shall have been Of
fered to establish its validity. g..
4 During the past month l,741 appii-
cations of widows were received at
the Pension Office, Of which 1854
were allowed and 1877 were rejected.
| The number of applications received
for invalid pensions was $500, OF
which 3,05S were allowed and Az re-
| jected. Fi. = t 4'hte 'ltai
III KaHfs