The Van Buren press., 1870-12-27


the council adjourned till Monday 10 or.
der to give time for deliberation on -
important measure
PROGRAMME PROPOSED. "A
II is understood that the plan II sdopt
ed by the council will be submitted to the
people or the legislatures Of the various
tribes. Much opposition is anticipated
One OF the principal obstacles to over
come is the diversity in regard to various
funds and the treaty stipulations with the
United States. The plan is liable to cen.
siderable modification, and Il 10 probable
q provision will be adopted for rcpresen.
tstion in Congress bt delegates The
confederation Is favored by the Chero
KEGS and Choctaws principally, but
strong opposition is nevertheless expect.
ed from prominent Cherokee leaders.
~ r. css 80 -.
Grants Nepotism.
The New York Sun says truly that
Grant has established shameful system
OF family government, and publishes the
following list Of the relations and CON.
nections Of the President, who arc suI%
ported by the national purse. The Sss
calls the list "court register sHd u
reminds us very strongly Of similar
list Of dependents found among Napol.
cons private papers after the capitula.
ton Of Sedan. We reprint It that tho
decent Republicans in eur county may
see, with deep disgust, how the Presi
dents family is pensioned:
I. Ulysses Simpson Grant, Presaisat
Of the United States. 0
ii. Jesse Root Grant, Presidents fath.
er, postmaster at Covington. Ky.
Ill. Frederick Dent Grant, President's
son, cadet at West Point lAif
Nv. Orvil Grant, Presidents brother.
partner with the collection OF the port a
Chicago. .
" Frederick r. Dent, Prc.iienys
father-in law, claimant Of lands 1t Carsn.
delet, Mo euchred by Wilson, commis.
sioner Of the land Office. fv
vi. Rev. M. J. Cramer, Presideuts
brother.in law, minister to Denmark.
VII. Abel Rathburn Corbin. Presi.
dents brother.in Law, ncgotiator OF gold
and real estate speculations with Jsuses
Fisk, Jr and Jay Gould. T,g
VIII. Brevet Biigadier General r, 4.
Dent, Presidents brother. ia. Law. chief
usher at the executive mansion. FIX
TX. Judge Louis Dent, President's
brother in.law, counsel for claimants b.
fore the President Fees estimated -
forty thousand dollars year.
X. George W. Dent, Predicate bsstA-
e. in-law, appraiser Of customs, SAD
Francisco. ~
,n,laMw. I5ahv lRanh ,Faaeid4 I'm 4 .krssess:
co, under Indian bureau; place worth
Sl00. 900 a year.
XII. Alexander Sharpe. Presidcnes
brother in.law, marshal Of the Disttictof
Columbia. 6e h.t. 4ti "a
XIII. Jas. +. Casey, Presidents
brother in.law, collector Of the port Of
New Orleans place worth 80, 900 year.
XIV. James Longstrcet, Presidents
brother-in-law's cousin, survcyor of the
port OF New Orleans. g,,
Nv. oilas hudson, Presidents Own
cousin, minister to Guatemala.
XVI. Orlando II. Ross, President's
own cousin, clerk in the third auditors
Office, Washington. mss a
XVII. DR.. Addison Dent, Presidests
brother in. laws third cousin. clerk In the
registers Office, Treasury department,
Washington.
XVIII. j. +. Simpson, Presidsnt's
own cousin, second lieutenant twenty.
ffth infantry.
XIX. John Simpson, Presidents own
cousin, second lieutenant fourth artillery.
Xxx. George B. johnson, President:s
mothers second cousin, assessor OF in.
ternal revenue, third district, Ohio.
XXI. B. l.. Wymans, President's cous-
ms husband, postmaster Of Newport.
KY. 8s taT NJ
XXlI. Miss T.. A. Magruder, Prsst
dents brother n.law's second eessin,
clerk in General Spinner's office, Trsssu.
~ department.
Annually from government Of rglW
ces, ol0k.6OO
Indirectly from busipess through
the frcsiden, 10000
Total one year for family. SSH, 600
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