The Portland daily press., 1872-04-23
WASHINGTON.
Disorder i'm Indian Territory.

Disorder i'm Indian Territory.
WASHINGTON, April PA telegram from
Secretary DelanO, dated Muskagee 10th, states
that there was much disorder in the Indian
country, produced by desperate white men, who
follow working parties on the railroads. He
has telegraphed the Secretary of War, request
ing him to give instructions to have these men
expelled. He confirms the Court riot two days
previous, and says that neither law nor order
can be preserved without the establishment of
a District Court for the territory.
A Veto.
The President has vetoed the House bill Civ
ing pension to Lieut.. Crawford, he already
drawing pension as a private for wound re-
ceived before promotion.
The Americun Counter Case.
The President to-day transmitted for the in
formation of the Senate copy of the counter
case of the United States in the matter Of
claims against Great Britain, presented to the
Board of Arbitration at Geneva. 1t is as fol-
lows: t ..,
The United States concur with Her Majesty
government in the opinion that claim on the
part of beligerant to be Unidentified at the
expense of neutral for losses inflicted OF occa-
stoned by any of the ordinary operations of
war, is one which involves grave Consideration
and requires to be weighed with the utmost
care, without the explanatory observations
right to make in a later stage of the proceed
ings. They cannot say how far they do or do
not concur in the further statement that COM
pensation can only justly be awarded by the
tribunal in respect to the losses of which the
vigilence of the neutral is the direct and proxi-
mate cause. 1t appears to them, however, that
certain general considerations may reasonably
be assumed by the arbitrators.
First, Both parties contemplate that the
United States will endeavor to establish in
tbQgp np1Q fan oov,na rs
the cause and.effect between the injuries, for
which they ask compensation, and the acts
committed by the several vessels which the
treaty contemplates are to be shown to be the
fount OF those enquiries. 7s
Second, The tribunal of arbitration being
judicial body, invested by the parties with the
functions necessary for the determining of the
issues between them and being now seized of
the substance of the matter in dispute, will
hold itself bound by such reasonable and es-
cause and effect as it may assume that the
parties had in view when they entered into
their engagement to make this reference
Third, Neither party contemplates that the
tribunal will establish or be governed by rules
in this effect which will either on the one hand
tend to release neutrals from their duty to OBJ
serve strict neutrality; or, on the other hand,
will make course of honest neutrality burden
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Leaving now the issues raised by the case and
argument of counsel and to the decision of the
tribunal, the United States repeat with
strengthened conviction the language with
which they closed their case. 1t is the highest
interest of the two great powers which appear
at this bar that the causes of difference which
have arisen between them should be speedily
and forever set at rest. The United States en-
terrain confident expectation that Her Maj
esty's Government will concur with them in
this position.
Honest but WarIike Indians.
Indian Superintendent Bedell telegraphs that
there are about 1000 Indians there who desire
peace and are willing to remain on the reserva-
ton, provided that supplies of clothing and
blankets are furnished them. About 200 lodges
of the Saus Arcs ~ Indians are at the agencies
near Big Cheyenne River, under Spotted Eagle.
During the council with Colonel Stanley,
Spotted Eagle objected to the building of the
Pacific Railroad through his country, and said
he would tear up the road and kill its builders.
He declined rations, and said the Sioux were
not authorized to Speak for him or his tribe.
Colonel Stanley informed Spotted Eagle that
the Pacific Railroad would be built despite his
opposition, and his threatened course would
lead to the ruin of his tribe. Spotted Eagle
admitted that, but said the driving away of the
buffalo was death, and he would fight knowing
| he would be beaten. Several other chiefs spoke
| in the same defiant strain.
Colonel Stanley believes that Spotted Eagle
means all he said, and it will be necessary to
employ large force of troops to guard the
working force west of the Missouri River.
The M ny Interest.
The May interest on the public debt will be
paid on and after 18th inst. without rebate.
| tlG supreme Court Decision.
The Supreme Court to-day decided the case
from the Georgia Supreme Court in relation to
the validity of a note for the price of slave
The Georgia Court held that it was prohibited
taking any jurisdiction of such a case, and gave
judgment for the defendant on the following
| grounds:
First-That when the constitution of 1868 wa;
| adopted Georgia was not State in the Union
that she had surrendered her connection a,
such, and was conquered territory, wholly al
the mercy of the conqueror, and that the con
stitution of the United States to pass any law
impairing the obligation of contracts had no ap
plication to her.
Second-That her constitution does not effect
the contract but only denies the jurisdiction t.
her Court to enforce it.
! Third-That her constitution was adopted
under the dctation and coercion of Congress
and it is the act of Congress rather than tn,
1 State, and though State cannot pass a law i'm
pairing the validity of contracts Congress can
and that for this reason the inhibition on tn,
aforesaid constitution has no effect in this case
The Judgment is reversed by this Court TIL,
first proposition has been frequently decided
and the Court again decides that the rebellion
was without an element of right or sanction O
law, that the duration and magnitude of tn
war did not change its character, that til,
States in rebellion were never out of the Unior
or abrogated from the duties, liabilities and re
strictiOns incumbent on them.
On the second point it is said that with tn,
remedy the contract may not be said to exist
The ideas of validity and remedy are insepera
BILE, and the denial of the remedy by the Stat
was not valid because it annihilated the con
tract s5.t3 r--4.Gs .-.-....,..ser y
The third point is clearly unsound The &C
ton OF Congress upon the subject cannot be re
quired, as the case is clearly one in which tn
judicial is bound to follow the political govern
ment and is controlled by it,
In a similar case from Arkansas in whic
there was warrant that the slave was SCUM
and that he was slave for life, the court sa
that such warrancy does not extend to the eS
ercise OF the sovereign power of the State D
which slave was emancipated-that in tn
18th amendment don't appear as the question
that the contract being valid when made, wa
inforcible in all the courts and subsequent les
islation either by statute constitutional prt
visions could not render it invalid. The Chic
Justice dissents and will give his opinion herr
after. -
The Naval Investigation.
In the naval investigation tonight Payma'
ter Stewat explained the discrepancy betwee
r the warrant for So, 600 allowed by the Nav
Department for the loss of the steamer Cove
nor, and his check for $51 800. The two CHECK
were drawn, the balance being at tho reque'
of $. P. Brown paid to A. G. Riddle, lawye
B. of Washington.
Mr.. Brown was recalled and explained tha
, the 5000 check was made to Riddle for CO..
y company to which he was indebted. Ex-Seni
tor Cattell was not in his office when the MOI
q ey tor the Governor was divided and was in \
q respect to his knowledge interested IN IL
= claim.
4 Austin Brown, son of the previous witnes
confirmed this statement, and said Cattel pa
I him $500 on due bill held from firm
Washington. A private matter, having
connection with the investigation. Wltne'
has half interest in the live oak contract Wi
= the Navy Department. Never paid any offici
In that department to favor him in the matt
, of contract.
il Ex-senator Cattell was recalled and col
r firmed the above statements as far as he W
: concerned
Is Secret ry Robson was recalled and testiti
e that he never employed Cattell OF his broth
q to purchase supplies for the navy. Never to
It any paymaster or chief of bureau to favor an
A. body Never recommended them or their fir
N Never employed them directly or indirectly
re any business with the Navy Departure
,e proper. They had to his knowledge no int
3 ests in contracts. Never heard that the G.
tells had an interest in iron plates for the t.
pedo boats. The Cattells and Pennock BIO
e. told him the Cattells had nothing to do wi
a, the contract with Pennock s. Co. Witness b
he no interest in it, Never saw Pennock nor Bo
as | who is interested in the Eureka Works I'M