The New York herald., 1872-07-10
W HIN G. TON
WASHINGTON, July Q, 1872.
Yellow Fever ON Board q baltimore.
Steamer. 80, -


yesterday had number Of cases o: yellow fever
on board, several OF which had proved fatal The
steamer Is now at quarantine, and every precau-
ton has been taken to prevent the disease spread
ing.
Awarding the Prize Money to the Cap-.
tors Of the Rebel Iron-Clad AlhemarIe.
An act Of Congress authorizes the payment of the
value of any rebel vessel destroyed to the Destroy
ers as prize money. During the rebellion Lieuten-
ant Cushing and boats crew destroyed the rebel
ram Albemarle in the harbor Of Wilmington.
An appraisement Of its value was afterwards
made which left out the item Of her armament,
whereupon O few weeks since new appraisement
was ordered. The report was submitted to the
special term OF the District Court to-day, as fol-
l0ws:-
In obedience to the order Of the Court, we have
carefully examined and considered the testimony
da or IN & o sRe sHce of
enabled to obtain from experts and different
sources particulars relating to the weight Of Of arms
ssas sa,ss BY sa'ssas' Gssanf sos ss
eausabe @ % the @ said rebel
Albemarle at the date she was sunk, In hull, ar.
mgr sSsss HpsRo2 omm
dore United States Navy Earl English, Captain
United States Navy; Robert W. SENS, Commander
United States Navy.
BY consent Of parties 1t was to-day ordered by
the Court that the report of the Board of Ap.
praisers appointed by decree Of this Court on the
rebel ram Abemarle, the prize In the proceedings
mentioned as Of the value Of S2s2 s56 go be ratified
and ana confirmed the sum Of $685. M has heretofore ore
United States at Washington for distribution to the
captors 1t is further ordered that the residue,
$202912, be deposited with the Assistant Treasurer
Of the United States at Washington city, subject to-
the order Of this Court. ~
Official Information Concerning "Poor
Lo.''
Mr. William Welch, who has jlst returned from
an official visitation to most OF the Indian agencies
that were about eighteen months ago placed by the
government under the Board Of Missions Of the
Protestant Episcopal Church, has made full report
to Secretary Deano, giving interesting details Of
his mission with the names and history Of the diff
ferent tribes their habits present condition, &c.
Particular reference is made to the Santee Sioux,
which tribe, Mr. welch says, under the influence
of Christianity, "venerate their churches as much
as the Jews did their temples at Jerusalem" Con-
siderable space is also given to the Poncas whose
friendliness to the government and earnest
encouragement to the missionary cause among
them Is spoken OF at considerable length
Mr.. Welch says In his report that the merciful
policy towards the Indians inaugurated and fol.
lowed by the President meets with the universal
favor of all right-minded people with whom he has
been brought into contact, and adds that an or
ganzed opposition to the present administration is
being formed in frontier States and Territories
because the President has placed the large appr0-
priatons for the Indians beyond the reach of dis
honest men who claim this patronage as their
right
Several other important subjects, including the
North Pacific Railroad, whiskey traff1c on the Mis
IN rQao fha lic
tribution of ratons to Indians titles to farms and
traders reserv ations and other topics are also
given much attention in the report, and are being
further discussed tonight at the residence OF Sec
retary DelanO, where Secretary Belknap, General
Walker Commissioner of Indian Affairs; General
Howard, Special Indian Commissioner, and Mr..
Welch are in consultation with Secretary DelanO.
1t is stated upon the authority of General 0. O.
Howard, Special Indian Commissioner, that the re-
port this morning from California that the Camp
Grant Indians have left for the path has no off,
cial confirmation. The Governor OF Arizona says
they are doing WELL They were permitted to move
to healthier locality and the report Of hostile In
tentions may be founded on this fact or if not it
is like the last one about the Sierra Blancas with
out proper foundation.
The Apache Visitors.
General Howard leaves for Philadelphia on Thurs.
day with the Apache Indians, and will visit New
York on Friday. The Apache Indians now in this
city dlscredt the report that their braves have left
the reservation, broken the treaty made at Camp
Grant and gone on the war path. Santos SAYS It is
the invention of bad white men, and hopes the
President will not believe it.
Suicide Of a War Department Clerk.
George T. Cottrell. a clerk in the War Depart
ment, committed suicide in the Ebbitt House this
morning. He engaged room there last night,
nj for afar a
cash In his wrist with razor, and also inflicted
slight cuts on his throat. Death was caused from
the wound in the wrist He left a note, asking to-
be buried In Potter's Field and saying the suicide
was premeditated. COttrell was O native OF Yer
mont, but resided In Wisconsin for some years.
The New Tobacco Regulations.
The Commissioner OF Internal Revenue has just
decided that peders OF tobacco who pay the
special tax imposed upon pedlers by the act OF
June Q, 1872. are not required to pay special tax
dealers in tobacco also 80 long they engage in
other branches of the tobacco trade
Melee Among Negroes.
Arthur Cole, colored, was badly cut with q razor
by John Rollins, also colored at picnic last night
Jealousy was the cause Rollins was arrested here,
after one O'Clock this morning. He succeeded In
getting ON the top of an unoccupied house, and
made a desperate resistance. After his arrest he
was carried to the station house, and soon three
or four hundred colored people gathered in front
of it clamoring for Rollins, to kill him. Cole Will
die.
National Bank Dividends.
A dividend of seventy per cent has been declares
by the Comptroller of the Currency in favor Of the
creditors of the First National Bank of Bethel CT.
The Comptroller has also declared a second divi-
dend of ten per cent in favor Of the creditors OF
the waverley National Bank Of New York, making,
in all, dividends of eighty per cent in favor of the
creditors Of that bank.
PERSONAL.
Secretary Belknap returned to-day from the.
West.
MYSCELLANEOUS.
A psOIUTE DIVORCES LEGALLY OBTAINED FROM