The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1870-08-23
FROM W.4SHL.NGTO.H.
Naval Orders.

Naval orders.
Despatch 10 the Associated Press.
WASHINGTON, Aug 29.-Leutenant Amory BEEN
ordered to navigation duty at the navy yard at
Boston, and Chief Engineer Lackey to the Norfolk
Navy Yard
Colonel liaZen is relieved from duty as Superin-
tendent OF Indian Affairs for the Southern superin-
tendency.
Army ResiguniIons.
Captain Lay and Lieutenant Martin, U. S. A., have
resigned, with one years pay each.
Tax on Insurance Companies.
Special Despatch TO The Eoentng Telegraph.
The Internal Revenue Department has decided
that the act of Congress- approved July II, $780, the
fifteenth section of which provides that during 1870
the tax of ~ per cent shall be levied and collected
on all undivided profits Of an insur-
aDce company which have been, earned
and added to any, surplus, contingent other fund
annus the effect of the resolution approved July 3
1870, providing that the act approved June 3O 1864
undistributed sum added to the contingent fund
of any fire, marine, inland, lfe health, accident or
like insurance company or any unearned premium or
premiums received for risks assumed by such COM
panes or any moneys paid by mutual life insurance
com panies to their policy holders. 1t will be OBJ
served that although the act and resolutions men
toned are In direct conflict with each other, the
terms OF the act of July H. being the latest egisa-
of the careless legislation by Congress at the last
Cancelled Bonds Destroyed.
One hundred and thirty millions of bonds pur-
chased by the Treasury Department for the special
and sinking funds were destroyed by burning to-day
ils
The R0deriCk Butter Case.
A lengthy despatch was received by the Commits
sioner of Pensions to-day from special agent in
Tennessee, appointed to investigate the Roderck X.
Butler stating that the Judge OF the United States
District Court at Bristol had released Butler on
$4,000 bail to appear on the 30th of August before
that court instead of before the court Of the District
of Columbia, which warrant was returnable. PEN
sion authorities consider this an unwarrantabIe
proceeding and the question OF the authority of the
Judge to take such action will be submitted to the
Attorney-General.
Treasury Employees.
There are now three thousand and three hundred
employees in the Treasury Department in this city.
Pennsylvania Politics.
Hon. John Allison, Register of the Treasury will
shortly leave for Pennsylyania to aid in the canvass
in C.ssna's district, devotng one week to Adams
and one to Franklin county.
The Cheyennes and Arrapahoes.
Despatch TO the associated Press.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 23.-An Official report from
Colonel Nelson, commanding Fort Supply, Indian
Territory dated July 30, states that Brevet Colonel
July 81 from the Cherenne and Arrapahoe agency
where he had been sent as escort for train loaded
with Indian commissary supplies He states that all
the AIrapahOes are at their agency, and when he
arrived there there were also about twenty thirty
lodges OF Cheyennes at that place. and that twenty
two more under Big Horse (Uheyennes) came
in before he left Big Horse reported that Big Jake
would be in shortly with 200 more lodges Of
If Big Jake comes in there will be little further
trouble from the Cheyennes south OF the Arkansas.
The depredations committed in the Camp Supply
region were done mostly by the Kiowas, under Little
Hart. 4 report from General Guiir0n, commanding
Fort SILL Indian Territory, dated I'd instant states
that there have been no ecent:depredaCiOns. Two
raiding parties are reported having been In Texas,
and it appears from General Guirron's report they
are the Indians who had recent engagement
with detachment Of the 9th Cavalry near the Big
Little Washta, in which three Indians and two
soldiers were killed, and number wounded on each
side.
Iron Mountain, OF the Comanches, and Thansea
Of the Kiowas, with some head men OF the Apaches
and others, in all fifteen, were at Fort Sill, on the
nth instant They report the Indians ON their way
in, and that they were then encamped at Mount
Webster about fifty miles from Fort GILL It is re-
ported by an Indian that the Kiowas have in their
possession captives-one woman and six children
who were lately captured in Texas They are to
bring them in and deliver them up, as well as cap
tured properly. They had just held a general
council and decided to cease all hosttles.
The President has appointed John Hadley, OF
Ohio, to be agent OF the Sacs and Foxes vice Miller