Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1871-11-09
WASHINGTON.
rho Heel. Of the Docket.


- WASHINGTON, Nov S.-The cases con-
tinued at this term Of the Supreme COur,c
of the United States after Monday next win
be put at the foot Of the calender FIR next
term, unless Otherwise specially ordered nv
the court. This will put Of an cases So
continued over for at least 80 wears. ! :
The administration has Tot vet learned
whether Benz. R. Curtis. will accent the
position Of Associate Counsel before the
Geneva Arbitration. :, ,
-i1l9A +InsHIr !. a a.,-a ts'
Walker: Supe .cintendent of the Census
oince, WI f,robably receive the appoint
-nenl ol = commissioner of Indian Affairs,
provide, al increase Of salary shall be pro-
cured -t.tJ f1H l-se -alri-ti'r
ne President and Secretary of War had
.. Conference relative to the squatters on the
Usage lands. If they shall not remove, in
81. compliance with notice of the Secretary of
z THE Interior, they will be elected bymilitary
force
Vincent Colyer has received a letter from
Indian Agent Stout, dated ella river, Oct.
10, complaining that white men ON the line
4, of the ella river had taken the water to
themselves, SO that the Indians were de-
prived Of the means of irrigating their
grounds for agricultural purposes, and that
Chef Chin Kun had announced his inten-
ton of asking permission to take 127 of his
= men TO drive the whites off. The indians
viii have to move away if the water does
not come, or else starve. These tribes have
10 heretofore been peaceable. Ttev claim
the lands on which the whites are now set
tied on.
Gen. Schoheld is to be placed in control
OF Indians in Arizona. He will be instruct
2. ed to bring all in upon reservation and keep
them there They will be fully protected
IN all their rights while on reservation. If
. they leave or go on the war path they will
be punished. G
Cure coy and OoanterfeftIng.
The rerOrt Of the ComptrolIer's currency
Tor tins gear Is completed Its principal re-
communication relates to protection against
counterfeits
sEE--E Special to the Louisville Ledger, .
Delegate Hooper, of Utah,
viii make desperate effort this winter to
harmonic the affairs In his Territory and
the Federal Government, by pressing bill
before Congress for the admission of Utah
as State, and prescribing therein that here
afterthere shallIb e no more polygamOus mar
riages, and that the rights Of those families
who are now involved in the Mormon system
shall not be impaired. On this basis set
Element could be had which, he thinks,
would be final. Mr.. Hooper has made no
Overtures to any officer of the present ad-
ministratiOn, preferring to deal directly with
Congress, who have sole power to regulate
the affairs of Territories. .,..-. -
More Stealing.
Gen. Babcock, who succeeded Gen, Mich
Ter as Commissioner of Public Buildings
and Grounds, has Just made a report, in
which be shows MS predecessors to have &C
cumulated an Indebtedness of $4,000,
which now stands charged against them,
for charging which there was no authority
Of law Whatever. The only conclusion
seems TO be that they all will steal.
Grant ReprOVing Grant.
When Johnsonw was President, andthc Bal
tmore riots were in progress, Grant, who was
3 then General in the army, was ordered to
take troops into Maryland, and assist the
local authorities in enforcing the laws This
was in October, 1866. Grant replied to
johnson in letter, written in lis own
D hand, writing as follows: "The conviction
: Is forced on my mind, that no reason now
exists for giving Of promising the military
aid OF the Government to support the laws
IN Maryland, The tendency of giving such
aid or premise would be to produce the very
result intended to be avoided. So far, there
see. ms to be merely very bitter contest for
T,oli'ical ascendancy in the State, and inter-
ference would be interpreted as giving aid
to one of the factions, no matter what were
the intentions, or how guarded and just the
instructions. 1t is contingency | hope
never 10 see arise in this country, while
occupy the position as General-in-Chief OF
the army, to have TO send troops into a
State in fun relation with the General Gov
eminent, on the eve of an election, TO pre-
serve the peace. If instruction does come,
the law provides the method of calling out
forces TO suppress it, p.