The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1871-11-25
OUR WASHINGTON LETTER.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 10, 1871.
FRAUDS

have become SO common flate, that
to give full recital of them would
fill the columns OF your paper. |
therefore can only give brief syn
cpsis of those that have occurred
during the past week. The largest
one reported involves
FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOL
LARS,
and was committed on the ssIn-
dian Home Guard" an organization
composed Of Creek, Cherokee and
Seminole Indians, who served in the
Late war. a law was passed short
time after the close Of the war, to
allow them pay and bounty for the IL
services. An agent, named j. ".
Wright, was appointed by the III
dtans to prosecute their claims be-
lore the Departments. When a set
tlement was made, Wright got SO
per cent, and the Indians twenty
per cent. of the full amount OF the
pay and bounty due. Wright could
not get rich fast enough in this way;
having swindled the Indians all he
could, he paid his attention to the
Government, and presented for pay
ment a number of. fraudulent claims,
with false aiiidavits, powers Of at
torney, aud forged court certifi-
Gates. some Of the claims were for
death, men aud persons that never
expected the vouchers, and other
papers that were on Tile Ill the H.
dian Bureau, have been stolen since
All investigation ol' the swindle. has
been ordered. This may cover up
Nright's rascality to a certain ex-
tent, but the Department will have
certified copies from the duplicates
i'll the pay department made, and
Notwithstanding the thett, there is a
chance that justice viii be dealt out
to the poor indian.
Wright iss very wealthy, and in
all probability the Government will
not be q very heavy loser. The
i.eXt one reported, involves about
TWO HUNDRED AND NINETY ONE
DOLLARS AND EI,9HrY-SEvEN
CENTS,
and was committed ilf .Mundsville,
" est y irginia, by Basil I. Bowers,
a claim agent. 1t appears this man
has been drawing pension belong
ing to Mrs. Margaret Crousvia, a
pensioner OF the late war, and ap-
propriating the money thus obtain
ed to his own private use. Bow
ers has been arrested aud bound
over in the sum OF $4,000 to an
SWer
THE NEXT
on the list is Collector Robb, OF
South Carolina, who was arrested a
few days ago iii Savannah, upon an
: Indictment of, the grand jury OF that
city, for defrauding the Govern
|, ment; the amount OF his defalcation
is not known at the present writ
ing.
AND THE NEXT Is
kryzoneski, formerly Supervisor OF
Internal Revenue for the States OF
Georgia and Florida. He was stls-
: pended in the early part of this
week, and an order issued for his
arrest. The particulars Of this mans
rascality has not been made public
but involves many thousand dol
lars. Who is next?
THE CAPITOL.
The several committee rooms OF
this building have been fitted ur
and re-carpeted for the reception Of
, the HonorabIes; both chambers have
been put in order, and thewhole ed
ifice presents a neat and tasty ap.
pearance. Already the hum o1
F business is quite apparent through.
. out the entire building. The com.
mittees ofboth Houses are gradually
coming together. The Committee
of Finance in the Senate, has al
ready met, and decided upon the
, course to pursue during the coming
session a great many changes and
!, deductions will be made in the pres
ent Internal Revenue. An effort viii
, be made to have salt and coal placed
E on the free list.
APPOINTMENTS.
During the week the Presiden
!. made the following appointments
Horatio G. Sickle, Pension agen
at Philadelphia, vice Forbes re
9 moved for defalcation. John H
7 Haws, Consul at Hokodadi; Geo
!: III. Barker, Of Pennsylvania, Minis
I ter resident at Constantinople.
INTERNAL REVENUE.