Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1872-11-28
NEW YORK.
Incidents and GOssips that Engaged the
Attention OF Gotham Yesterday
The Days DOings Epitomized.
The Big sWindle, and the Gigantic
SWindlers.

SWindlers.
NEW YORK, November 27.-The an
nual report Of the Commissioner Of In
I dian Affairs Is quiet lengthy. Its main
| features relates TO the Indian policy Of
the government, which Is fully reviewed,
and an exhaustive defense is made Of
the changes inaugurated by President
Grant. IN the dealings Of the govern
ment with the tribes continued employ
ment of the military ia stated 70 be nee
essary for the repression Of the hostile
tribes; and il Is urged that, Es they
cease to be formidable, the government
should extend over them q rigid reform
atory discipline, to prevent them from
falling into pauperism and crime The
policy Of the government as respects
! hostile tribes Is thought to have i'm
measurably resulted in advantage to-
ward civilization and pioneer enter
prise. The ground is taken that the
only hope for the salvation of the In
dians consists in their submission.
| When the present rowing tribes are re-
duoed to this state of dependence they
must be dealt with in accordance with
I the plan now being pursued toward the
more tractable and friendly Indians, and
which. it is contended, is the only true,
permanent policy of the government.
! The condition Of the Indians, who are
being constantly invaded by civ
/ flizing influences in the far West
/ Is considered, and it is urged
I that the state Of want to which these
/ tribes are thus reduced should be pro-
vfded for By directing these people TO pur-
suits consistent with progress and civil
I Iization, and that the government should
supply them with subsistence during
| the period Of initiation of the experiment.
From the statistical figures appended to
/ the report, il appears that exclusive Of
those in Alaska there are three hun
dred thousand Indians within the United
| Ststes. Of which number ninety-seven
thousand are civilized, one hundred and
/ tveuty-five thousand semi-ciyilized,
/ and seveutv-eight thousand wholly
savage. The Commissioner says it be-
/ longs not TO sanguiRe but to a sober
view Of the situation, that three years
will see the alternative Of war eliminated
| from the Indian question, and the most
powerful hostile bands Of to-day thrown
/ In entire helplessness on the mercy Of
| the government.
James H. Coleman, who was known
! here as Judge Bernard's ''GratZ," " is now
understood to be domiciled at Cadiz,
| Spain. Judge Bernard and member of
/ Congress elect, Creamer, are said TO be
pecuniary sufferers by his fight.
George Purser, Clerk Of the Street
| Opening Bureau, has resigned, and this
step, it Is thought, viii result in develop
! ing certain suspicious transactions in
/ that department.
! Charles Sumner says that from his
visit abroad he believes Thiers to be the
right man in the right place. He had q
| long interview with Cambetta and other
/ prominent Legitimists, and thinks
| that the government Is fixed on stable
! basis. He praises the French people,
aud says Thiers delighted him. The
Senator met a number Of the celebrities
Of England while in that country. His
health has been improved. He states
that five thousand dollars will cover his
losses by the Boston fire.
Investigation Of the late nitro-glycer-
inc explosion, in Westehester county,
results in the eensure Of the contractor
Of the railroad for leaving the nitro
glyeerine exposed to public.
President Watson, Of the Erie rail-
road, does not intend to rearrest Jay
Gould, but says that the additional suits
against him are in preparation. Mr..
Barlow, counsel for the Erie Company,
saws that the suits against Gould vi
EN- brace q series Of charges in cOnnec- {
ton with the Jefferson Railroad Com I
pany, GlenwOod Coal Company, Com /
munpaw Stock Yard Company, Sleep 4
ing Coach Company, and other com |
panies Of 3 similar kind, also a charge
In connection with the title Of the
Grand Operahouse.
Father Burke last evening delivered
his closing lecture, in reply TO Froude,
to an immensely crowded audience, at
the Academy OF Music, at the cOnclu-
sion of which he was given unani-
nous vote Of thanks. FrOude will make
a reioinder on Saturday evening.
1t is now pretty well established that
George Peay, the missing Kentuckian, !
has probably gone to South America
with 8 considerable sum of money, en-
trusted to him at Louisville to settle
New York obligations.
Horace F. Clark, in his testimony yes
terday before the referee concerning the
arrest Of proceedings against Jay Gould, |
said that previous to the Boston fire, /
Smith, Drew, Traverse and others were
short Of Northwestern stock, and they
knew Gould was long Of stock. After the
fire Smith and his party bought up lot
of stock. thinking they could sell it at
an advantage, on account of the panic. !
On the twenty-third of November be
was told that Gould was to be arrested,
and, 10 avert s panic which would
be likely 10 follow in the Stock Ex-
change, he and Mr.. Schell decided to
bail Gould. He Judged that the arrest
was for stock jObbing.
A private dispatch from Scranton,
PENNSYLVANIA, says thst the Valley
House was burned at Lackawana, this
morning. The buildiL cost seventy /
five thousand dollars.
The horse disease has disappeared,
and work resumed IN the coal regions.
The rOlling-mih hands are now on a
strike.
failed Yesterday, that Of +. Walther &
Co., manufactures Of ribbons. Their
liabilities viii be very heavy.
There were eighteen bids fer govern
ment gold to-day, amounting to two
millions two hundred thousand dollars,
st u to 10 $500. One million was sold
at u 66-l2 to y S5-l0O
Seventy-five thousand tons Of Scr n
ton coal sold to-day at the following
prices: Steamboat s. $50 50 S22. Crate
| So 90(93 922. Egg, 81 l0laS4 l24. Stove
"a 70lasS4 go Chestnut 8 72k(9S3 so.
! Owing to the horse disease at the mines
there Is no lamp coal on hand. The
! sale at the above prices show but little
variation from last months figures.
Judge Fancher to-day granted a stay
of proceedings in the suit of the Erie
railroad against Gould. 1t comes in the
shape Of s motion to show cause why
an order Of reference to take the testi-
mony Of w. {. Travers should not be
vacated Is improvidently granted, and
/ is made returnable Friday night. Au-
| gustus Sehen made an affidavit in the
! suit to-day which corresponds in detail
1 with that OF Horace F. Clark.
The Boards Of Trustees Of the Atlantic
and Great Western and Erie railroads
I held meeting to-day at the Office Of
/ Mr.. Barlow, for the purpose Of arriving
| at settlement Of the outstanding claims
/ Of the former company against the Erie
railroad. The claim amounts to up
ward Of eleven hundred thousand dol
/ lars. incurred by the former manage
ment of the Erie railroad. A lease was
I ordered 10 be drawn up pending the
! foreclosure, and commissioners were ap-
pointed to amicably adjust the matter
and withdraw it from the jurisdiction Of
| the Ohio conrts where proceedings had
| been begun. In case the differences are
not amicably settled the foreclosure viii
I take effect.
The suit In the United States Circuit
/ Court brought by the Wisconsin Fire
and Marine Insurance Company to re-
cover from David DOws and others ad-
( yances made by the company on twen-
tv-six thousand bushels Of wheat, the
! advances having been transferred to A.
/ S. Smith d CO., who transferred the
/ wheat to the defendants and failed to
pay the advance made upon il by the
/ plaintiffs was settled to-day, the jury
awarding the plaintiffs thirty six thou