The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1869-06-14

WASHINGTON, June 12.-CoI. A. o..
Mack, aid to the Secretary of War,
vice Gen. PelOuse, will assume his
duties at the War Department on
Monday.
Secretary Rawlins will be absent
from the city about ten days.
\ Brevet Major General Carroll has
been retired, with full pay and rank
of Major General
The Secretary of War has decided
that the unexeeuted decision OF the
General Court Marital Of August s,
1864, directing Private John Ford. Of
Company q, Twentieth Illinois Vol
unteers. to be imprisoned for life at
hard labor, be remitted- Ford was
convicted Of killing john Fitzgerald,
Company O, SeYenty,fourth Regi-
ment, ut Blackwafar, Miss
Brevet Major General Emery hav
ing declined the-Appointnen ut of Gov
ernor OF the Soldiers Home, the
official order of the War Department
assigning him to that position, has
been revoked.
Commissioner DelanO has issued a
circular stating that no property
seized by any internal revenue othcer,
will bs released by an order from the
commissions. until the officer who
made the seizure and the assessor and
collector OF the district have reported
the facts in the case, with their
recommendation, or had ample oppOr
tunity to make such report and
| recommendation. h-pitA
The Commissioner of Indian At
fairs has directed that Indians who
fail or refuse to come in and locate in
permanent abodes upon reservations,
will be subject wholly to the cOntrOl
aud supervision of the military au
| thOrities, who, as circumstances may
| Justify, will, at their discretion, treat
( them as friendly or hostile. Care
| should be taken to inform the
Indians claiming to be friendly,
that they must not violate the laws OF
the United States by acts OF murder,
| theft or robbery; that for such crimes
the tribes will be held response be,
| and their annuities will be withheld
until the offenders are delivered up
by them. to be properly. punished
| Applications for use OF the military
against unlawful members of any
friendly tribe will not be granted
unless the determination to coinmit
outrage be too strong, and the com
binatiOn be too great fof Superin-
tendents and Agents to subdue them
with means at their command. Pre-.
sents of goods or provisions will not
be given TO rowing Indians, or Indians
hostile to the Government, but whe1
they come In and locate on a reserva.
tion with a view of becoming friends
to the GoVernInent. and cultivatinC
arts and habits of civilized life, every
assistance practicable in the way Of
clothing, provisions and agricultura
implements may be given them.
WAsHINGT0N,. June I2.-An order
has Just been given by the Secretary
, of War directing that all enlisted mer
!, Of the general service detailed fol
/ duty as clerks, and all other clerks o
the War Department and Bureaus no
authorized by law, be discharged oil
Z the 10th inst, with leave of absenc,
I for one month. By this order, be
tween three and four hundred men
who receive a compensation of nearE
one hundred dollars per month, will
: be dismissed
Reperts from Cuba received her
9 IN. night state that there have beer
i several skirmishes between the Span
: ish forces under General Lesca an
It the Cuban forces, which resulted i
General Lesca being compelled to tal
q back on Trinidad, where lt Is said b
Y awaits reinforcemsnts. The Cuban
:, were preparing to follow up thel
|" success and attack the Spanish forces
Z, WAsHINGTQE.a June 12.-InfOrms
. tiOn has been received that two expe
= ditions, numbering six hundred, hav
= safely landed in Cuba and Joined th
= revolutionary forces.
\ Desertions from the Spanish force
= were increasing. There are frequeu
collisions between the Spanish troor
and the volunteers, and the difficuI
: ties between the parties are irrecor
2 cilable.
The Cubans have organized the