New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-10-23
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Railroad Accident in New Hampshire
MARYLAND JOCKEY CLUB RACES
WASHINGTON.

Resignation of an Old Official-Tae Attor-
ney GeneraI-No Change in Indian
Polscy-Plain Talk with Indians--Light.
house Changes.
WASHINGTON, October 22.-Mr. Pratt, for
twenty years employed in the State De-
partment as chief of diplomatic bureau, has
resigned.
Tie Attorney General has gone to Rich,
mOnd elecuOneerlng.
Commissioner Walker denies that there is
to be any change in the Indian policy of
the administration.
The Commissioner of Indian Affairs, Gen
eral Walker, had talk with the hioWa,
Comanche and Apache delegations of In
dians to-day, at the Department OF the Inte
rior in the presence of Assistant Sec
retary OF the Interior Cowan and other ge l.
tlemen of official prominence, including
Captain Alvord, special Indian commits
sioner. Some of the Indians were seated on
chairs, while others occupied places on the
floor, all of them in full savage cos
tune. with faces heavily painted. Gen
eral Walker INDUCED in very plain talk
in accordance with the views of
the administration as recently expressed by
the President and members of the Cabinet.
After the regular business of the session
had been concluded, the ultimatum of the
governmant was stated to these Indian
representatives. substantially, as follows:
The government has ceased to accept mere
professions of friendship and good faith, and
requires evidence of their honesty Ofpurp0se.
Ihe terms dictated were: First, the
Kiowas and Comanches here represented,
must before the fifteenth OF December next
camp every chief, headman, brave and
family complete, within ten miles of Fort
Sill and the agency. They must remain
there until spring without giving any
trouble, and shall not then leave unless
with the consent of their agent. They
shall before that date give up to their agent
all animals they have stolen from the
government or any person in their neighbOr-
hood military authorities. agents
and traders, and when they cannot
return the same stolen animals, they must
make restitution from their own stock. All
these things the representatives of the In
dians have promised to do.
General Walker informed them that the
government does not propose to treat with
those portions of the tribal bands who have
declined to send representatives to Wash
ington, and they would soon hear that the
United States troops have been directed to
operate against them. .
Every man belonging to any tribal band,
not at the place named by the fifteenth of
December, is to be considered an enemy of
the government, and as having chosen to
remain hostile. Such persons are to re-
CbItG no luIluSE UGntuL IIOLt ILO s7OhCl4-
ment. The troops would hit them wherever
they were found. The commissioner assured
those who complied with the requirements
OF the government that they should be pro-
vided for The Great Father was as good
to his red as to his white children. The
agent at Fort Sill would send word
to the Great Father if anything went
wrong. The Indians remained silent. They
were asked whether they had anything to
y17bn pf thnTO aftaT q short
ference with his fellow chiefs, said: eve
came in to do what our Great Father wants
us to do. We told you what our council
did. If we did not intend to do well we
would not have come here from the plains"
Several Indians said they would do all in
their power to induce the .stragglers to
come to the meeting place. But they did
not express confidence in their success.
The Indians retired, cordially shaking
hands with the commissioner and acting as
if they were pleased with his plain talk.
They will leave Washington on Friday for
Baltimore, and on Saturday proceed to
Philadelphia and on their return to the
plains.
Notice is hereby given that the light in
the old tower at Boliver Point will be ex-
tinguished on the fifteenth of November,
proximO, and that third order fixed white
light, Illuminating the entire horizon, will
be exhibited on and after that date from
the new tower now being erected about
one-half mile distant, and bearing west
southwest from the present lighthouse.
The new tower stands on the sight of the
lighthouse which was destroyed during the
war-latitude 29o 80 02" north, longitude
942 IS 3" west. The focal plane is ITO
feet above the base of the tower and III
feet above the main level of the sea, and
can be seen from the deck of vessel fifteen
feet above the sea at distance OF nearly
seventeen nautical miles. The light will
also illuminate the waters Of Galveston bay
the same distance, The tower is of iron,
built IN the form of the frustrum of cone,
and will be painted white and black hori-
zontaI bands.
The keepers dwelling, one and a half
story frame house, painted white, stands
forty yards to eastward Of tower. The
curve of eighteen feet water IS found three
and quarter miles due east and four and
half miles southeast from the lighthouse.
Strangers should not approach Galveston
bar from the eastward without pilot in
less water than seven fathoms. They may
anchor with safety in seven tathoms water
with the light bearing northwest.
BY order of the lighthouse board, James
Henry chairman.