The New York herald., 1872-11-20
Mixed Condition Of the Official Mind ON
the Mixed Commission.
BACKSLlDINC ON CIVL SERVICE.
General Sheridan Impatient with The Christian
Friends OF the Blanket Indians
SQUIRTING AT ST. DOMINGO.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 10, 1872


The Presidents New Departure.
1 In confirmation OF the new Southern policy OF the
administration, 1t is mentioned that in answer to
an application from the United States District At
t0rney and the United States Marshal at New
orleans for the use Of troops as a ready aid in the
enforcement OF the laws Of Congress concerning
elections, the department commander, General
Emory replied, under positive instructions from
! Washington, that no troops would be furnished as
circumstances then stood, but that they must pro-
| coed according to the laws themselves In the
/ prosecution and punishment OF persons charged
| with their violation.
| ParsOn BrOvnlOw Loving Not Wisely.
hut Too Well.
1t IA freely asserted by friends and supporters OF
the administration that the late third term setter
OF Senator Brownlow gives great offence TO the
President as being wholly foreign to his personal
feelings and Incompatible with his respect for the
great party which has elevated him for the second
and last time to the highest place in the govern.
| ment. The President was not disposed to attach
any consequence to the letter. both in consequence
| OF the physical ndrmties and mental vagaries OF
the Tennessee Senator and the too ready abase-
ment Of native Southern politicians OF the dominant
school. But the manner in which the matter has
been taken mp by many journals and public men or
| both sides elevatcs the latter to the rank of an
annoyance to the subject II not the author Of the
cpistle
The Mixed Comm ission Mudsliing and
! Annoying UHe ials and Entangling Red
Tape.
/ Some CONSERVATION has been manifested by the
| government officials engaged in the settlement of
claims arising out Of the late war in consequence
| OF certain OF the awards OF the British American
| Claims Commission, as reported for the press.
The almost unrestricted jurisdiction conferred upon
i Commission NV IN nv of Wa Ut nj
the enormous claims Glcd under its alleged au-
thOrity, gave rise to hopes side and fears
the other that the Commission wOuld be led to 20
| beyond the comparatively limited jurisdiction re-
suting from acts OF Congress and the decisions Of
| the federal Courts IN the settlement OF claims OF
our loyal citizens 1t felt both by the large and
! influential class interested in the prosperity OF
the claims business and by the government officers
that whatever rules OF allowance the Commission
should make in favor of aliens who were but neutral
when not positively hostile in act or spirit, could
| not long be withheld from our own citizens by Con.
gress. Hence the interest OF the prOcee dngs be-
| fore the Commission has been greatly deepened by
| the recognized presence of the unseen stake that
/ lay behind. On inquiry 1t is asccrtained that no
award has been made by the Mixed Commission
that will lead to any trouble OF the kind referred to;
and so far as IL is proper to entertain On opinion
as to what the Commission is likely to do, it is not
i
/ action. In the absence OF more specific iurisdic-
ton the Commission is limited by the laws OF war
general force, but would not be likely to exhaust
| jurisdiction inferior to that residing In those
| laws. lnaccuracy OF the published reports Is the
| cause of whatever apprehensions the other gov
ernment officers and commissioners engaged in
adjusting war claims may entertain.
Backsliding on Civil Servicc-General
Sheridan Disgusted with the Christian
Friends Of Noble ''Lo.''
| The new-bl0wn hopes OF Civil Service advocates
have wthered under the appointment OF L. Edwin
Dudley, Secretary and Chief Manager Of the Pitts
burg Soldiers Convention but foreigner to the
Indian service, to be Indian superintendent for
New Mexico in place Of Nathaniel Pope, who has
been removed, it Is said, at the direct instigaton
of General Howard, though the Board Of Peace
Commissioners arc alleged to be consenting par
ties. There are several agencies in the Superin-
tendency, and the Civil Service reformers claim
that the promotion OF one OF the agents was
due to at least the spirit OF the Civil
| Service rules, and that departure from
them to favor an inexperienced stranger is inde-
fensibe. simultaneously with this complaint
comes a report from Chicago that the commanding
| officer In that territory has informed General
! Sheridan that the Apache Indians, whom General
| Howard permitted to leave the Tuler0sa Reserva-
| tior, where they had been placed by Vincent Coll
! yer and remain in the vicinity OF Canada Alamosa,
had been committing great depredations upon the
settlers, who had again taken alarm for their lives.
| AS superintendent Pope had informed him that
| General Howard was then among the Apaches in
| Arizona, and would be endangered by any military
| operations, the commanding 0fhcer declared him.
| self unable to take any repressive measures
| against the outrages till General Howard
should take himself out of danger. The papers
| are on their way to Washington with
| plainly .worded letter from General Sheridan In
which he says that the course pursued by General
Howard among the Indians has been most unfor-
| tunate and that the excellent scheme OF civiliZa-
| ton devised for the Indians Is constantly endan.
gered by the incompetency Of the socalled special
commissioners sent from Washington to put 1t
into practice He adds that the permanent settle
| ment on the Tulerosa Reservation of these Indians
who are now devastating the new Mexican SETTLE
ments was just on the point Of being completed by
| the military officer IN charge when the inter-
| ference OF General Howard broke up the
whole AFFAIR. He expresses his anxiety to
carry out the wishes Of the authorities OF
the War and Interior Departments, but Is
so beset with uncertainty that he is prevented
from doing what would otherwise seem to be his
plain duty even when, as in the present case, the
results Of msmanagement are disastrous. He con-
cludes by asking IL the Tuerosa Reservation is to
be kept up now that the Indians have left 1t, or
whether the troops shall be withdrawn and sent
down to the Rio Grande over which the Apaches
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are crossing their stolen stock into Mexico.
ST. Domingo Looming UP.
Judge Sullivan, who has just arrived here from
st. Domingo, where he is interested In the develop
mcnt OF the material prosperity OF the country, re-
ports that the people OF that country are greatly
disappointed at the action OF the Senate in regard
to the proposed treaty OF annexation, and that in
consequence the desire to become dependency OF
the United states is not as strong as when the
Commission visited the island. Baez continues
| to be popular, and has no policy to
| enforce against the win OF his supporters