New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1871-10-27
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Ex-cONGREssNAN STOKES OF TENNESSEE
CHARGED WITH BOUNTY FRAUDs-THE CREEK
INDIAN TROUBLES SETTLED.
IBY TELEGRAPH TO THE TRIBUgR
WARRINGTON, Thursday, Oct g. 1871.
Documents on the Tariff, including the recent com.
paton Of Tariff dues from the year 1850 To the present
time, recently prepared at the Treasury Department.
have been forwarded TO the Capitol for the OF tho
eena4e Finance Committee. which meets here on the TIN
Of November next. II Is not known how long Com
mittee will remain In session. but It Is tho intention Of
the members 10 give the subject Of the Tsrn laws and
general consideration, IN order
that the taxes may be lessened several millions Of dol
lars annually which Senator Sherman, Chairman Of tho
Committee, and Secretary Boutwell, say can De done
without injury to the public credit.
ExCongreesman william B. Stokes Supervisor Of In
ternal Revenue for Tennessee arrested here to-day
on his arrival from that State BE Is charged with de-
frauding the Government by fraudulent bounty caims
On being arraigned before u. g. Commissioner John
he waived preliminary examination and gave bail
in the Of $1,000 for his appearance before the Grim
nal Court Victor Powell clerk In the Second Audi
tors ofce who arrested Tuesday, and Is now In
JAIL 10 concerned in the alleged fraudulent tTansc
ions This series Of frauds perpetrated In connec
ton with the military companies Of the State Of Ten
nessee known Beattys and Brysons companies, and
whose were placed on the army rolls at the War
Department In conformity with an act OF Congress
passed OF s last session. number Of names on which
bounties drawn are believed to be fictitious, ana
tho money retained Illegally. The amounts viii range
from 100000 to t1S6ooo The Department Of Justice
called for all the papers connected with these companies
short time ago. and they turned by the act
ing Second Auditor. Government or1cal stated that
similar act Of Congress concerning some troops OF the
Florida War cost the Government In exactly
the Same way.
Advces Just received from the Indian Territory state
that the threatened civil among the Creek indiana
IN hoah hro,,o
out than spasmodo outbreak by tho interference
Of the q. Agent Major Lyons The trouble originated
In movement to assimilate the Creek Government In
form TO that Of the communities about them. Before the
treaties oflS66 the Creek Chief, King hered
itary position, while the Cherokee Chief was
an elective one. The full-oloods, with most
of the coored citizens, adhered to the old
FORMS and the quarrel intensified by tho fart that
the lines far as persons concerned, drawn
abont the same as during the Rebellion Col. Sands, the
fullblood leader. was on the Union side, with oil who
are now identified with him. while Checota, the elected
Chief and his council prominent on the Rebel side.
constitutional party include the white men doni-
cled the Nation and is understood 10 favor sectional
izing lands along the in severalty ana also
granting the right Of way and subsidies to railroads
seeking passage through the Nation. Seventeen
prisoners, all colored men, brought to Fort Smith,
recently charged 18th participating In these disorders
No Indians have been arrested The Sands party seized
Po~oSeV
sion the 30 inst when that body TO meet sev-
eral hundred adherents the ground fully armed
when Major Lyons arrived and averted battle. he
succeeded In inducing Sands TO give way and ChecOta
and his party assumed their positions unmolested This
lasted for than year. and several per-
sons have been killed
On Of the subcommittees Of the Joint Select Commit
tee on Southern Outrages will next Wednesday 70
perfect Its report the debts of the Southern sate
Senator Scott Chairman OF the Joint Committee, VIII be
here at that time. The subcommittee which 10 taking
testimony in the southern States has not Jet forwarded
any Official information TO the Chairman respecting its
progress, but from information received from members
through private IL appears they obtaining
considerable Of information In connection with the
disorders in the localities visited The members intend
continue their investigations for weeks longer,
when they will submit the results Of their inquiries to the
Joint Committee to be laid before Congress The norma-
ton sought the the
OF the Southern States s FIRST the debts Of the State
Governments In 1851 second the debts in 1865 third tho
debts when the respective Reconstruction Governments
came in; fourth the debts Jan l. 1871 and th what
amount each State liable for Endorsement col
lateral this period named for public impro vements
&C. The Committee also asks for statement Of the laws
under which any Of debt has been incurred and
the political divisions Of the Legislature BY which 10
incurred Facts regarding OF loss OF funds
in any manner during inc Rebellion Or since viii also Ss
Of TAXATION both State and county at the periods
named, the cost various STATE
years 1885, 1882 and $780, and also In 1885, 1852 and
1870, the object being comparison.
Gen. Leggett, Commissioner Of Patents In his next
annual report to Congress, will recommend that law
may be enacted providing for the appointment OF board
of inspectors whose duty shall be to consider the
iners reports before they sent to the Commissioner
The members Of the board to be well Versed In
patent laws, and having practical knowledge VI inyen
lions, It is Intended by the appointment OF tits board,
to do away with the practice OF giving exclusive
control Of certain patented articles 70 such extent that
applications for similar patent rejected although
tlere may be principles OF mechanism involved
IN the last application superior TO those embodied
in the ORIGINAL but which are lost to the public
on account Of their being worked In with pns already
patented and therefore overlooked by the examiUers
This proposed system, n is thought, WILL by its adoption
work the advantage OF the public and be act or
Justice large class OF worthy inventors under
the present system not protected In important dis
coveres The receipts Of the Patent Oce from Sept 90,
1870 to Sept 3d. 1884, s67 00o The expenditures for
the same period 1851 000 making the of
ceipts over the expenditures t1lI,0O
[GRNRRAL PRESS DIsPATCH.l
Information has been received here that IS citzons Of
York County, South Carolina, arrested this week.
charged with being members OF KnKlux organization
There persons already In the YorkVie jail tho
charge. Attorney General Akernan In personally
aiding Marshal johnson IN his raid the proclaimed
counties.