, 1873-08-09

back without amendment, aud tho Globe shows
that on both occasons, When it was formally
Chairman Of the Committee tlo report in the
House condem1ltng lit. Fioyd) waB preBont aud
made not tho slightest objection to Its pagsngo.
Il went 10 tho House il, dno form, was roforrod
reported back by Con. Morgan, Democratic
loador, without amendment, and passed. by
tho IIouuo without dobatc. It wnp ap-
pFoyea eF I'd as s,o above shewn: Dy The terms
ordered to setlte al claims relating to
tho Fort Smelling Reservation upon prin-
ciples OF equity. Ho WAS not required to
oct through nny Quo oho, or to do otherwise than
to mnle IL dlroet decision. Dut tho Secretary
c!aims to l1avo boon scrnpulous Of tho public in
forest, and SO, on tho 17th Of October, tie fol-
lowing order was issucd:
= WAR DEPARTMENT.. y
ADJurANT- -6EHEnAL'B OFF1or, j.
WARRINGTON, Oct. II, 1870, } T.
no,ra to eonsiss as'tsfafi & Ill to,1ousuanamsa os
lcers: Col. II. .. Marcy, INSPECTOR Gcnera1 Col W
Nick. Dunn, Assistant -Advocate General Col.
Fort sno!llng innesotn as aoon III praecabio to In
Fcatigaso and mako euch eocommenatiou rcsroctng1
that post and for tho and occupation torcof, rs
m T. e5 e n may be Ss9ea ar Sd ~ tho @ esns Of
moroor vii ast a. Recostier. ''' . 4'''' A' ''o1
(sfguad, E. D. TowNsEAn, Adjutant- General.
This Board proceeded to Fort Smelling, o1aua-
3nol and reported, and tho settlement over
which charges arc mado Was tho result, Hccro-
tary DolNnap olaims ho Inns oboyod only the % law !;
TINT ho has eottled matter on principles OF
equity, as ho Was ordered to do; that tho Doard
was compoaod Of threo officers, recognized aa
among tho most upright md efficient IN tho aer-
vice; that the sott]e1nont ID a just ono; and
that he has duly reported tho same, both by llia
aunual report md upecially to tho House. Of
REPRESENTATIVES., IL response to q call nude by
thai body in 1871. Tho reoont revival Of
Inc 5,n6 tho rrjr {x,
cal quarrel In Minnesota, was probably Designed
to injuro Senator Ramaey at homo, and hns
been seized upon and magniaod into IN attack
upon tho Administration over tho Secretary Of
Wars shoulders, ollioily by the loading nepubll-
can papers. Tho following oxtracta from tho
report made, under dato fNoy. TO- 1870 By tho
Marcy Board, viii serve to show tho grounds Of
thor action Aftor giving tho history of tho
summary does, they say M examination into tho
Floyd matter and it's motivea WAS not within
thoir province, md proceed with what Mr.
Steele claimed. Alr. steole at first claimed
for the use md occupation Of the promises by
the troops, but ho subsequently submitted tho
following proposition for the consideration Of
The Donrd, VIZ:
Gen. a. ., Mare chgtr1nan q Wor Department Cont
y II w. Tsa per :, % te
"a BY tho Commission fer posmauont military post,
FOR tho aum and price of s 1er aere such land to DO
In compact form and to Include tho Fort Smelling i'm
:provencrts nuu Will accept for tho constant and
OCCUPATION OF tho improvements md reservations tint
have boon used and occupied by tho Government since
1901 tho su,n Of 600 per nnnuln. Respectfully
yours, {signedj JOHN q. sAxnonN,
Attorney for Dwners
Referring to tho valno OF tho land tho report
says TINT tho Board lnado diligont inquiry 90 to
tho value Of the land at tho tiino Of examination.
Thoy found judgment worry conflicting, some cg-
'timating 1t rs low I'D 910 aud otl,ors placing it
sas high ne 300 per acro: Tho Board, however,
ton would sell ut an average price, taking ono
part with The other, Of $40 por nero. This would
have given round sum Of s158920. But tho
portion needed for a reservation Mas Of much
higher value, while q considerable portion Of tho
bnlauce was morass, bluH or a worry light, mandy
soil. a. minority Of tho witnosscs summoned in
1857 before tho House Committee, teHtiGed that
5000 was tho full value Of tho property at tho
tin1o t was sold. II 1876 81. Anthony's Falls
and tho nito of minneapolis, with adjoining
tracts to tho amount Of 25, ,184 acres, we're sold
at 71.25 por aero. Tho Commissioners who sold
tho property to AIr. steelo estimated tho value
Of tho fort buildings, ut $4,000. Tho report
which tho Board arrived in tho following nun
nor:
alr. seeo has had tho exclualso use md control OF
tho ferry from tho dato Of his purehaso to tho rreacn
time aud many officers who havo bcGn stationed Ut tho
l9rse @ nunlbor Il people passing ere impressed win
very largo. Mr.. Steele doea not however, admit this
but places his profits at much lower fiture thau hag
thero can t. no question, w.: that tio osc
Patton o. @ te ost ny large numbo, ot troops during
Of o1o,saivo new buillingH involving grest amont
q transportation Of Hnllca aud atcrinl oyer this
ferry, added very materially to tho propricors r.
The Board regard a1r. Rtee.es indebtedness to tho
onltol Stated to DO as follows, viz:
INTEREST on ssoooS rom Jul; H. iaia to july
~, dsov soaae ys15 At rSr cent. 1900
20, 1901 tono year, ninc months, Rud ten daye),
W y per cens... .".,.,................. G,{G0
Total duo the United States. ,sGo. 400
After earoful canalderaon Of iii tho facts Searins
upon this case. tho board have arrived ut tho following
unanimous conclusion, riz.:
That q just and equitable settlement Of tho cla!ms
Of Mt. Steele md Ills associatep aa required BY tho
May 1870 would DO for tho untod Statca to take tic
fort aud buildings thereto pertaining with new resas-
Walton Of ono Thousand hyD hundred md twentyono
cuty-hundredthH q, SCI 2o-100} acres.
The report then gives the boundarieB
Aa IN equivalent for which tho Eoard recommends
at I tne ne ni@ants Gs b. allowed a9 oows z
twenty-five dollArs ts25 por ac1e. sas oao
For the Fort and buildings. 1890
pa 9Io "r se ca cant o g @ Of M so nemtsts H.
1rst lnstament paid for tho period Of reo,,-
sSa y he @5n'hs 1nte gas Kali It'll e and
W Ao4ut 11.4SQ
Tho aovornmci aecins 10 tnc cl.iana iie w.
natnder OF tue reaerva!un-Atx thousand thrro hnn-
s1 sse4 o., sna ninoy;fonr hnd eishtyhlnt'redha a
Ulted Hatcs all ca!ns u,nii tho reduced reserve
Of ono thousand Aye l!nMl.cA md twentyone twenty
hnndrcd!hs o2l eQ1oo) acrea. TAlb n1juat.nent ii
re question would balance tho account aud Betuu Ill
olAltna upon tlo reservation.
shonl. my further explanation ba necessary for
full nn1orstnndng Of tho considerations whIcl. iuau-
enc snea ra' e aston 3 9f he noar M arriving at tho lorcyo
e scsHla Elll be rononbSrcd that tue reservation
tfN II,