The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1869-05-07
men of the nation whom honor /;

/ TO repeal an injustice, and polrt oul
g quality in our party OF which il
may behoCvc Us to beware. The Re
/ publican party needs the great serv
ices General Ashley is capable OF
rendering in Montana. 1t is i'm
portant that the period OF her adoles-
cence be improved by the employ
ment of the best and most efficient
political Instructor, if we would see
her ripen into Stateship permanently
irnbned with the catholic, lasting
principles of Republicanism. And
yet some Republicans would be only
too happy to crowd this man aside
from such work, for petty personal
considerations.
ALL SORTS.
The retiring Commis siOner, Cox,
OF the Pension Bureau, and about
2S4 employees of the oflice, had
mutual leave-taking, with resolutions
and speech making Friday.
The Commissioner of Internal
Revenue has just made decision
relative to Bankers and Brokers,
which it is estimated, will increase
the revenue in New York alone ten
millions of dollars.
The first of the season open air
musical sOirees is appointed for this
lst of May evening, at the Presiden-
tial grounds.
Ex Senator Wade's friends are
indignant because he did not receive
81 appointment as one of the Pacific
railroad commissioners. He was
urged for the place, and his friends
declare that he had reason to expcc ct it
Mr.. Richardson, Asst Sec'y of the
Treasury, authorizes denial OF the
statement that he has d, clined the
appointment of Justice of the Supe
ricr Court of Mass.
The Ways and Means Commit
tee will shortly visit Canada for the
purpose of comforting with the au-
thoritles upon the opening of nego-
uations for new reciprocity treaty,
free navigation of the St Lawrence
and protection to the fisheries.
INDIAN MATTERS.
Gov. Mccormick, now Delegate in
Congress from Arizona, had an
interview with the Secretary of War,
and presented q memorial of the
requesting that the citi
zens of the Territory be loaned arms
and furnished rations whenever they
can effectively cooperate with the
troops against the hostile Indians
The present Governor, Goodwin, and
Gov. Mccormick both expressed
in recent conversation
with your correspondent, favorable
to the policy of the frontier States
and Territories being entrusted with
all the agency and all the fighting
necessary, with the Indians and
their view is very plausible. The
frontier people are the most con
cerned.
1t is reported that the President
and the Secretary of Interior are
considering the expediency of
detailing retired army officers, and
those who are not assigned to any
duty since the consolidation of the
troops, to act as Indian agents.
That looks well, too provided these
officers must remain in the pay OF
the Government In that case il
would be an economy in salaries and
an economy in a more faithful ac-
countability of all moneys to be
entrusted to agents; the military
service having less liberty to indulge
in cupidity than the civil service
The new Commissioner. Parker, is
about to institute an investigation
into the frauds practiced upon the
Cherokee soldiers, by which they
have been swindled ont OF their
bounties, estimated in the aggregate
at several hundred thousand dollars.
Indian agents are said to be impli-
Gated.
You have seen it repnrted, /
presume, that it has been brought to
light that an agent has been, and is
now, under pay for the Delaware
Indians, which as tribe, has been
extinct since April 10, 1861.
1T Is NOT TRUE
That the HOnse Committee of