, 1870-01-21
ARKANSAS.
The Tobacco Frauds In the Indian
Country.
Seizures Of F'actorleS-
The Indians and their Country.
The Freedmen.
rYson QUE apEuAL CoBAE5foNpKNr.l

pAtf1ted aRatnst tho Revenue uepaftmeur VII
at least serve to bring It into notice. Inas some
Of tne beauttea q our Indtau policy viii oe mAae
evident thereby- Is 10 be hoped a. result- Fot
sor,e tina a II see.uB Comulssinuef Dee2oo. II
Washington. h8a tsd his susplcfons dtecsed 70
yatts the Nation as tho theatre Of lmmeose
fsnnds. UPON his department, IN tue nAnu1ae@ofe
n} tnhaeco II beng Impossible to Obtain knytnsax
moro than measre intelligence Of aught ac1nany
,4ansp.rDg within the Nation, hiS suEpic1ous na!e
not u1fu lately, ahown themselves In tanGnle
xbapc. 4 abort time atuce. however, CONVINCED
that he wa correct In as sa1nee',
GENERAL John Mcdonald, Supervisor Of Internal
Ravenue. ard Assistant John A. JoJce, we're de-
eps,chcd nom Warrington TO take 3 thorough sur
rev OF the premises. The result MSS
not only sstounded tnemse1ves, but Will
probably astound the pubic ~ well
Ar,1ytru 4 In Little Rock the Geuesal tarHed fos
few days to arrange pralintna1fes preF1fato3
a 1ual descent upon the pEeufsea' From aete ee
nen,r,ed for For. saith as a base from which to
80 nnnn me eneuy = works. TIE nrst attack
resulted in the cspzure Of a large tobacco factory
In ina ne.ghtothood OF Fort Smith. owEcd By two
vh,1e men named Bostw1cE and Ryan, TINS
seixurs together u1th a large amount OF tosaceo
vas made on the 18th Of December last FOLLOW
tpr this was the seizure, on the go or Deoemoes
as q still roro extensive manufacturing establish
u1enr near MaysEIilc, owned, or At least Claimed
".
acert ball-breed. Some idea OF the latter estaa-
llsbuent uas be formed, when 1t fs said thast
emptoyed no tess than dlty hands, and turned Ont
An average OF nye thousand pounds Of nanusac'
tured tobacco per day. Following c!ose upon tne
Hus the selznre OF tHo Other isctottest OWED o7
Nessrs. TandY, Walker Ausgsose, manutactat-
me each so1ne two thousand poanda Of tobacco
.-s,--. --t-rrs OF the factories and all
thes appurteuancea, was tuas II AGAR ten thousand
pput d5 OF the Manufactured article
This was valued On the preulsea at one dollar
per pound. The whole amount thu government
will net from the Et1zu1e Will not fall short OF
nalr million Of dollars. Ltbela have been fled
against the factories and their contents. As the
proof Il Of nature begoud al caVt, there can b
little doubt as to the relulk Criminal proceedings
have also been instituted asanst the parties urder
the set Of July euth, 1858, Section lot Of which
declares that the Internal revenue laws relating
10 tobacco and other articles extend TO any por.
ton Of the government whatever Within the ex-
teriot boundaries Of the United 9taiea The caaes
were heard before United States Commissioner
Churchill, At Van Duren, and the psrttea bound
over 10 appear before the cext grand jury Of
the United States Con1t, In tue s1m OF twenty
ave hur dred dollars each. In these sezu-ea and
the persecution Of tho cases connected there
with, General Mcdonald acknowledge to have
received much valuable atststa1ce At the hau0a
CT the Uutted Statca District Attorney Huctte-
berry sEd Aarnhal Vim. a. B1itton, Of tho West-
EN- D.st1,ct Of Kansa4. TaKets ali In. all, this "a
ore OF the Ecs: Etuqerdons tTaods as yet dis
covered, and too much credit cannot be given
General AoDonalo IN 1he premises.
Some idea Of its nagnltudc may be given IN
few words, The cspactty Of these fout Enannlae~
tories waa fully tEelra thousand pounds Of toosc.
co per dag. 1t Ia In evidence that they have been
constantly at wezk for the past two Years Mat.
Ing liberal allowance for all oreaEazes and stop
FH on $fA
at ten thousand pounds Of manufactured tobacco
daily. There Is not oven sh4dow OF proof that
eirsle pound Of all this ever ratd tax to the
government We have here, therefore, At tnt
regular INK OF lhlrtJ-tWo Cents per pound, daily
s9indle upon the government of lhree thousand
two hundred doilarr.s Allowing three h0ch1ta
working cays 10 The year, We have, IN these two
yea1s, Rross fraud OF Eer5 neaziy two millions OF
dollars. Little wonder, Indeed. that General Nc.
Donald has kicked mp terrible Fumpuss Ii the
Indian Nation. OF course, q howl Till be rAisea
at snis onslaught upon the rights. privileges, aod
irnmuplues OF thst model OF Innocence aud manly
virtue, the poor, onfutosed baysge. For oace,
however, the government has clear case.
The ouly possible defence Is clause in the
treaty with the indians alloEing within Its boun.
dartes Of The manufacture tsea from ta< OF all
products OF the Nation. In this c1se, however, As
1t SCENE II evidence capitalists have Invested in1-
uense sulns IN manufactures In tho Nat1on, uslng
Iudtaps undcr the coEef OF oEuefship but In
realty n agents. in tho Carrying out Of open and
bsre.faced frauds upon tho government So far
l1ou @ue loaaeeo having peeu .ueu ~ .ae Ha.op
II seeluh " a1'e oeeo 1suaseo ~ 'n..son.'' nSn-
Lsss AkaaaAs. aua esea AensusAy aao tuku1- l
4ne @anu' 'a1tu!eu atuet' " .o.u "ae gun .aapusa
into Texas md Mexico, and sl11&2led Into tha
Gulr States, AL along he borher the honest
teslsFs bAre been fairly run GU. Of the Market,
Is the ltcat deaers could p1tchaae At 80 per cent
leas tnaa themselves IL aaus seea NJ" AZ
lnalan tFea1J mas oesn usea 81 cioae 70 cover up
sose OF tAe Huse Asupe1oooa tauoA opoo toa
government ever oscoseseo. ~ cou!se rus Sos'
eiameht HlA looS wen .1as Il sanefs Holn ~ 1ep-
euton OF INC lRe Again. ...
ASIDE nom suca euecb however, u 's u leass 70
be hoped thai the unea1thinS OF these fEauda VIII
call the attention Of Con2re1s to the actual co1dl-
tiGa u, and WALL OF proper leg1s!auoa IN regard
10, the 1hdtsn Nation. Probably comparatively
few SECTIONS Of our common COUNTY, IL 80 little
known. And Jet heIe, presentlLz harrtcE to csy-
illzation and improvement, Is N imGenae area Of
country which, Tor logelueas Of cline and wealth
Of Eo'l, Is uus7rpasseu on the American Continent
Through miserable policy OF nsstasen pa1.ac.
th1cps 1t is IS inaccessible to The houest settler a.
though surrounded by the desef:s Of Arahia. 1ta
population, proper, conaa-5 OF soma thsftS thou-
sand 1ndlana. To tbesc nust oe added ao11e
Thousands Eore or less Of miserable freedmen
t1a Ae4.sA0 RtSa4&da1 "AH4 pefHaper q FEW huo'
osed 'radefs "ho. as ciess, from reputation, sra
rec Eost fascaD5 Ecoutdrfs Of the lo!. To be
so1e, sone 70" o. tneae ioolaha are cuIti7aeeat
ara smah psopoftloa sho" no aEna1 advance
eens n cisst'tatao. Ihe ssess na1oEA3, MONEY!
ef. aye, a. ncst, pat eonpe1aIse sasa8es' desplte
tneI Hao5 aasaataSes" ...-.. ...
NHa aA tasS taes ase' ~ esase, VAC most oa"
Hll!9Ated leoeis We na7es tneu !oJa!'S eoos.sane
N tnesr ee2eEcenca aaa Iosn,us eEe. Las' n
noAe, tae neA.5 atp4o.oue nos ueus "oiIa Ice
papss en snlea .nsy AZ w.'tsee. = *oman ma!
- Ns s'euAn y. ~ uoss oessuJ oa,tase. aeo
suets ~ teRst teutes't IN saat .aehe Ii ~ II
!oueGe9 me caee. %, too, o. o'ga~ay foooef5; ;
.oe ,'eun Mus& g.an ahu oeas " aa oess nc may
10. hh Q. any a~ oeaflax opon inc sane.
h.cn 10 sa1o u .oe "le1ene" couolaon o. Tue
lIesoneu Al VIZ lac 1epstAaas s1ates. 10 oe
Aofe' We upon 1ae g1ou1a, 'a'1S nocn OF TILL
e3nfa.hg eoGeNnas oVeforaFn-tnat In fact a.,
they here are literally tue political masters OF u
al Well o. tttlf late rebel oTtetS, oatAdefs
Ahou!d he content, at least, to zee them paadte
their own cscoe. What will those 10 interested
In their welfare with Ca hare 10 say Of their Rcsun1
condition IN the 1ntan Naaon7 Bf al oversight
IN the treaty. the freedmen In the Na:1on hAse not
e7en the benefit OF the Civil Rights bill. They
can re!sher acquire property nur caye they any
protection IN thetr peraous-
AZ matter Of TACT, they haTe absolutely no
rights At III. BaVe It be the right to be shot or
scalptd at the will Of \ drunken Indian OF Me1L
can gIes6ef. With MI this the Indian Nation ues
r1eht the path OF future railroad enterprises to
the Pacific II Is oce Of tbs most lovely and en-
charttng portions Of the Amer:can Continent
Thrown cpsn to fote.s settlers, It would sooc