The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1871-08-26
WASHINGTON.
A LEGAL QUESTION IN THE P,o DRPART.
MEET.
Nput VnDu Au1uat ~

says that an interesting legal question
before the Post Master Generals Depart
ment, arising out Of an application mad
by detectives for three letters lately re
ceived at Council Bluffs post office, bear
tee address ol fictitious names, whicl
were returned to the dead letter office
The detectives state that the letters vii
afford n clue to the counter.eiting opera
tions at Council Bluffs, where larg
gang OF counterfeiters have been arrested
but the Post Master General says that tn
delivery OF letters sent to the dead iettC
office is unauthorized. There will proba
bly, be reference Of the case 10 tho dc
partment Of justice. y ..+ +eS
The Commissioner Of Internal Reyenu
decides that the rev0hd6 law will no
reach the case of cigar dealers who usl
imitation imported stamps upon domestic
cigars. fie says that unless importers re
ceive protection from the Courts nothing
can be donc without additional Legislation
by Congress r..
VINCENT CoLLYEH AMONN THE INDIANS
The acting Secretary Of the interior
received Vid Santa Fe, sthe following dis
patches from Vincent Collycr, dated FOrt
Craig, New Mexico, August 90: ar
rived here this morning and expect tc
leave for Camp Apache on Tuesday. A
party of Apaches arrived yesterday al
Canada, Alanosa county in six days from
Coehes's band. They report him in the
Lenona Mountain. His band has beer
scattered and elk killed by Mexican
scouts. The Mexican government Is offer
ing q large bounty for the Apache scalps
COehese Is killing his horses for food. The
story is given for what II is worth
The following was also received IRON
Colyer, and dated Canada, Alamosa, Co.,
August 20; Iarrived here yesterday, and
found nearly all tho Indians scattered
from the agency, from fear OF an attack
threatenedby the miners Nt Rio Mine
United States, New Mexico. hope 10
gather them In few days. Soldiers arc
here. Tho Kiowa Indians at Fort Sill,
on the 11th inst, brought in thirty.eight
mules and one horse, which with two re.
tanned at n former delivery, make up the
forty.one killed or driven of by Satanta
and party some time ago, and for
which O. demand had been made upon
tho Kiowas. The mules were Of good
quality and accepted by the agent Tatom,
who then had a talk with the Indiana and
told them that the Eagle Head, Fast Bear
and Big Bow chiefs, who accompanied
5atanta on his raid, would not be recog.
nized as chiefs, and that they would not
be arrested unless It was ordered to be
done from Washington, and provided the
KiOwas made no more raids, In which
case those chiefs and any others who en-
gagged In the raids would be arrested and
tried by tho civil law. No chiefs herGaf.
ter engaged in raids would be recog.
nized as chiefs, but Kicking Bird aud
PAGER would be al once called upon
to nominate their successors, who, If ap-
proved by the agent, would then be re-
cognized as chiefs. lie assured them that
The whites dcsired to live ut peace with
the Indians, and pointed out the advan.
tages the latter would derive from being
nj peace. ...,y...
Kicking Bird, In behalfOf the Kiowas,
replied We want to cease raidlng and
lcpredating on the white people, and
hereafter follow the example Of the Cado
Indians, who have long been on the white
mans roads. As evidence oi our good In!
tcntiOns, we have brought In the mules as
required of lis, and now VIC want you 10
write a strong appeal to the officers at
for the release Of Satanta
and Big Tree who, we think, have now
suffered enough, and then everything
will bo right, Z. 7
THE CENsUs-PoPULATION OF sTATEs.
From tho evidence sheets Of the census
Il appears that the population Of the varl.
Dus States and Territories, as officially
and finally revised at the census office, Is
rs follows. Alabama, 096,992; Arizona,
D ,O59; Arkansas, 4S4 All; California, $780,.
947; Dakota, .14,1sl; Delaware, 125,0l5;
District Of Columbia, 1916; Florida, 1877.
749; Georgia, / ,194, 100; Idaho, $4,000; Iii.
nois, 2539,sO1; Indiana, 163GB7; Iowa,
,101, ,702; Kansas, 304, 800; Kentucky,
,321,0l1; LpuisianayT2B ,9ib; Maine, 026;.
bic; 'Matyland, 7s0,997; Massachusetts,
,457, ,354;. Michigan, ! 1884, ,060a Minnesota,
i8S, zoo; Miss, S27, 7,422; Missouri, 1 ,721 ,2O5;
Monta %, ,5O5; Neb., 1872 900; New, 49,4Ol;
New Hampshire, S1945; Now Jersey,
DOC, ,O04; New Mexico, 9l ,s74; New York,
,8S2, ,750; North Carolina, 1911 ,80l; Ohio,
3 9,GG5,20O; Oregon, 00,023j Pennsylvania,
3,521,79l; Rhode Island, 2l7,853; South
Carolina, 7O5,GOOt Tennessee, 1,25s,62O;
Texas, sls,97O; Utah, sO,7SG; Vermont,
33 O35; Virginia, 1,225, 5,l05; Washington
23,05J; West Virginia, 4420l4;
Wisconsin, Il ,054, 800; Wyoming Territory,
D,119. Population Of the States and Ter.
ritOries, 3S5t5,9S3
PATENTS ISSUED.
The Commissioner of Patents to-day
aklnndAf tia following natehtHt Thomas