The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1871-01-24

any other authority than IN Indian treaty. Give
Rrss i ret the bonds ana bill for Inc payment Of
principal aud interest can be loDbled through
almost any time cn aeac' sxprcr.r,oss
The little two hundred AMI fifty thousand dollar
Job 10 put forward at the present time not with q
10 get committee reports and other Oniclal docu-
ments into shape favorable TO active operations at
some future lime, waen vienna, have mother presi.
II this little CnOctaw job can only DO worked
through by hook or bs CROOK the JobDers wll nave
ba CHI n other Indian treaty stpulatiOns all rea Nv to
authorize the additional ISSUE OF United States bonds
BY the tens OF millions.
THE GREAT CnEsoKEg TREATY
A large LOBBY Is now here endeavoring TO get the
Senate 70 raiify the treaty made by Mr.. President
Andrew Johnson with the Cherokee Tribe on the otn
The. publication will, according to law, a. ex-
pounded Dy Gle Senate Indian COMMITTEES. authorize
.sA '"sua oi about slGo9u,ooo United States bonds
without any action OF congress wnulever
Arlclc four OF the JOnn on Cherokee Treaty pro-
vldes ttat the unlled states snail pay the Cherokee
tribe OF Indians $35)l,00J rom certain lanis--
ls,3es, oQo acres altovetner-in Texas, New Aex.co
ana innian Tcrrit0r,, winch lands, by the way,
s0nc 0I me bUst lawyers ia Con- say already are
the property Of .he United states.
me same article cOntaius provisions excluding
White persons anu negroes from settlement upon the
bulk oil the lands In question e.en AFTER tney are
bought anu paid for by tine UniIed States.
Article nve provides that The I'm ted States shall
pay the cherokee "nation" s5oJ,0J0, with thirty.
eight years mteret at ve per cent about s6l6. 900
III ~, VII oCCouut VI ne CNeCOA0c ncuLTol Ia
Arvcle Blk prov des that tho secretary the Inte
Flor Shall purchase OF the cherokee nation" Ut LIS
appraised value, helr Ian Is Arkansas ana III the
states east o. the Mississippi river. lMe proc. eds
arising from he sales melltOneu In this aroscle to
be invested IN united States registered stocks the
Interest Of which 70 be paid semtannuay 70 the
Cherokee 'naLiOn.n
Article seven states that the United States being
in arrears to the Cherokee natI1n Tor several yearS
OF ITS annuity funds .ac ruIus while haiti he aDlc.
BODIED Cherokee, were In tie reDel army. they
must now De paid up. Oe tue same more or less.
Article nle provides Tor the payment OF certain
losses sustained by certain Cher kee spectators In
town lots near or vt Fort Gibson.
Article eleven provides for board to audit claims
OF Individual Cherokees against the United states
Arucles twelve aud thirteen provide for further
pay mcntS TO citizens OF The Cherokee 'ati0nn for
losses sustained while said citizens were the rebel
army
Article fourteen provides that full faith aDd credit
shall be CIV en- by the United states to records nxed
up by the Cherokees.
Arilcles fifteen and sixteen exempt Cherokees
from all internal revenue other United States
taxes that bear 50 hard upon The poor whites and
negroes.
Article seventeen apprOprates $50, 600 to pay the
Cherokee delegation for services III negOti ting the
treaty.
There are twenty-one articles in all, The above
gives fair idea OF The whole.
SENATOR ANTHONY
once said IN debate that he had known Indian trea
Ties to be ratified when there only three Sena
tors present.
AT the lowest estimate the Cherokee treaty calls
Tor fully Sl00bo,0JD from the Unite States; and In
view OF the doctrine put forth bv the Senate In
dian Commute submit that Its ratification should
be lndefint. ely pOStUuned.