New Orleans Republican., 1873-05-29
BIG TREE AND SANTANT.A
CE1AN0 URGES TEEIR RELEASE
SA!AL!-.POE IN HlExICO
TROOPS IN PURSUIT OF LO~ADA
The Philadelphia PcstOtiice
EXCESSIVE HBAT, IN NEW YORK
SchOcIers Sunk at Hell Gate
CAVALRY AFTER CAPTAIN JACK
AN ALDERMAN IN PRISON
KANSAS RIvkRs OVERLOOKING
EPSON AND DERBY RACES
TIE CARLISTS IN BARCELONA
THE FRENCH ASSEMBLY
ANOTHER BATTLE IN CUBA
AN ALDERMAN IN PRISON
EPSON AND DERBY RACES
TIE CARLIsrs IN BARCELONA
THE FRENCH ASSEMBLY
ANOTHER BATTLE IN CUBA
WASHINGTON.

nor Davis for the Release of Big Tree
and Eantatn-HmnlI Pos in Mexico
LOeadO in Fiight-HtOries Of His Cruel.
ties-Half IL Million Dollars for Post.
efice site in PAiladelphia-sron Rea.
con at Rebecca GhGnls-Members Ot
the Presbyterian Assembly Visit the
White HOuse-Pressure fer the Release
OF the lntiian Chiefs.
WASHINGTON. May .s.-A special saws
tha. Deiano has written to Governor Davis,
Of Texas, another letter. urging the
release Of Big Tree and Santanta, their
tribes having complied with The siipulatiOns.
The Stock, God. Produce, Cotton and
other exchanges will be closed on Friday
Advsces from the city Of Mexico report
:he people dying off like sheep with the
smallpox in the State of Hidalgc.
One hundred and ninety deaths occurred
in the small village of lguola.
The Indian cLieftain Losada at last &C.
counts was being hotly pursued by General
Carlo. Many of the formers chief officers,
with their commands, are Coming down
from the mountains and surrendering to
the government. 1t is related that sub
tercanean apartment has been discovered
near Topic, IN which Losada confined and
tortured his prisoners. Among those re.
Gently discovered and released was one
man vino had been imprisoned in the :ault
for fourteen years.
President Grant has returned here.
General Sheridan has detailed Fred
Grant, of his staff. to accompany the Vel
!owstoEe expedition.
The treasury paid $5O0,UOO today for the
Philadelphia postotfice cite.
Charles A. Page, formerly the Washing.
ton correspondent OF the New York I.i'
Lvue died in London.
The lighthouse board gives notice that
an iron beacon. thirty-fve feet above low
water. has been erected in Rebecca shoal.
GUT Of Mexico. II consists of an iron
shaft. surmounted by a cylindrical cage of
hoop iron six fee. high and two feet and a
halt IN diameter, below which is number
one. supported by brackets projecting from
black: The number is painted red. The
beacon can be. seen in ordinary weather
seven miles.
The Presbyterian Assembly was received
bv The Members Of the Cabinet IN
the blue room at the White House at noon
today.
Secretaries Fish. Belknap. Delano and
Richardson and Attorney General VIII.
lams welcomed them On behalf Of the
President.
Rev. DR.. s. J. Nichols, Of ST. Louis, the
former moderator Of the assembly, in the
absence OF DR.. Crosby, addressed the Cabi.
net. He said "they regretted the absence
of the President. We can, however, match
your Roland with our Oliver. as our es.
teemed moderator is not with US. Officially
We acknowledge allegiance to but one, our
adorable Lord and Savior. but as citizeus
we are glad to give our alleg glance to the
powers that be. can assure. sir. but
speak the common sentiment of the General
A nh1yy NJ bSr that the
is. that the spirit of truth. righteousness
and peace may ever prevail i'll your coun
cls.'
Secretary Fish, in reply, said:
Mr.. Moderator and Gent1emen-ln the
absence of the President. we are charged
by him to express his regret at not being
able to personally welcome you to this city
We are also charged by him TO express the
interest with which ne has watched the
deliberations of the body you compose, rep
resenting and controlling such large por.
ton of the Christian denomination. He
welcomes you here and congratulates you
on the harmony, wisdom and prudence
which has controlled your long and in
portant session.
Mr.. Wilson. Ct Philadelphia, then intro.
duced each delegate to the members OF
the Cabinet. and after the usual hand
shaking the delegates withdrew. passing g
ITOu luc OiuC W uIO ICu IOOlu anu
conservatory. They subsequently visited
the other Department buildings, where they
were received by the officials in charge.
The Secretary of the Interior in his letter
to the Governor of Texas again requesting
the latter to pardon Santanta and Big
Tree, the Indian chiefs now confined in the
Texas Penitentiary, explains, in addition
to the recently published statement On the
subject, that the first request, dated on the
twenty-second Of March, was revoked or
the fourteenth of April in consequence OF
the excited condition Of public sentiment a,
that time. growing out OF the MOdoc diff
culties. and because Of some objection tt
| the pardon of Santanta and Big Tree made
| by General Sherman. Secretary DelanC
| goes On to say:
.Sinee the occurrences TO which have al
| iuded, this subject has received the full ans
| fre0uent consideration OF the President ant
! myself. Numerous letters upon this sub
| iect have been addressed to the Depart
| ment by persons familiar with the facts ant
| circumstances. all urging the pardon OF th'
| prisoners. Among the writer's are Enocf
| Hoag. Superintendent of Indian Affairs; j
NJ Saworth. agent of the kiowa and "a
manche Indians, Benjamin latham, o
! New York city, and Charles F. Coffin, 0
| Richmond Indiana, clerk of the associated
| executive committee on Indian affairs
the Society Of Friends, all gentlemen o
| great intelligence and sound juds
ment. who concur in urging the justiic
and propriety of releasing the prisoners TO
reasons that can not be ignored, the chic
of which is the danger of hostilities shoul
the government fail to procure their pardo
in accordance with the understanding al
| rived at between the government and tn
Kiowa and the Comanche Indians az tn
council in this city last autumn, to tn
effect that Santanta and Big Tree should d
pardoned upon condition Of the continue
good behavior Of the tribe TO which the
belonged"
Secretary Delano enclosed to ,;;overnt
Davis copies of these letters, together wi; WI;
a memorial, from theconfederated and CIV
lied tribes OF the Indian Territory on u
same subject He says in conclusion:
II am authorized by the President to ga
that IN view Of all the facts and circuI