The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1873-06-11
TIE FEELING IN WASHINGTON.

| More the War Path-Thc Attempt
! 60 Defeat the Military.
| WASHINGTON. June 10. 1873.
| There is good deal of feeling here on the sub
| jcct OF the murder Of the Modoc captives. Those
most excited are the temporary residents who
| are citizens Of Oregon Attorney General Williams
| and Others anxious for the reputation OF their
State claim that il will be found on investigation
10 was not the act OF any organized force OF oregon
| volunteers, but in all probability that OF some
| worthless vagabonds-a class to be found in all
| communities, and who did 1t through motives
| OF cowardiy bravado They think it is hardly
| fair to brand whole State as Indian
assassins for the crimes committed by wan
derng rufllans. One way the other, II Is
expected some decided action will be taken look
| ing to the punishment or these men. What Will be
| the proper steps cannot be determined upon by
! the government authorities until full and COM
plete report is received. and also anxng the fact
as to the status OF the perpetrators Of this dastardy
| CRIME. Men belonging to the Indian peace party
policy claim That II is only another indication that
the frontier settlers think no more or shooting
Indian than they would turkey. At the War De-
partment 1t is said that the peace policy men have
| determined to employ
EMINENT LEGAL COUNSEL TO DEFEND CAPTAIN JACK
! and his party. The question IL to be raised,
whether the Modocs legally tried by military
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| that General Candy was not acting commander
OF the military forces, but as Peace Commissioner,
which Is the position OF civilian, and therefore
| military commission cannot legally take cOgnlzance
| OF the crime; that the killing OF Captain Thomas
and the other officers and soldiers must be viewed
as an act OF war, being performed while the par
ties engaged in hostties 1t is said that II the
President oyerrules the objections thus presented
the matter will be taken by due process to the
| highest legal tribunal Tor adjudication.
/ II it Is thought there can be any chance Of
! success
TO PREVENT OR DELAY THE EXECUTION or CAPTAIN
JACK AND HIS ASSOCIATES
some steps will be taken to accomplish 1t. 1t IS
generally understood that one Of the prominent
! motives for seeking the opinion OF Attorney Gen.
eral Williams as to the legality OF q military COM
mission to try the Indians was to prevent con-
nct between the military and civil authorities, the
Governor OF Oregon having claimed their rendition
to the legal tribunals OF that State to answer to
indictments for murder found against them. There
is seemingly here, however determination to
have the matter promptly settled by the military
authorities, and to allow no interference by the
Indian Department any Board Of Peace Com
missioners or numanitarians. In many respects 1t
Is not all very plain sailing at present with the In
dian Board. The members composing 1t are all in
religion Professionals, and
THE CATHOLIC CLERGY
claim that they have been very unjustly treated In
| the manner OF the distribution Of the agencies to
the various religious denominations Father
| Brouilet, the Vicar General OF washington Terri
tory, has to this city for the purpose OF rep
resenting the claim OF his Church to the n0min =
ton of agents for several OF the tribes now
assigned to Protestant denominations. The
csnsei for the Church before the Interior Depart
ment is General Charles Ewing, brother-in-law OF
] General Sherman. and the claim Is being pushed
with zeal. 1t is said to worry the Secretary not a
little, and that he purposes delaying his decision
long possible as 1t Is evident that he Is bound to
/ offend one side the other Father Brouilet
claims the Yakima mission, now under charge
Of the MethOdsts on the ground that
the Catholics first established q mission
there, and the Indians for many years were ex-
cuslvely under their religious training and are
Catholic Indians. Rev. Mr.. Wilbur, the present
| Indian agent there, OF the earliest Of the
! Methodist missionaries to Oregon ana, with his
/ Church to back him, is fighting very vigorously
| against the proposed transfer. There are two
| other agencies on Puget Sound claimed for the
same reason Of priority OF missions. In addition
to these the Catholics make claim to several other
agencies In various parts OF the Indian Territory.
! Some readjustments will have to be made, but
| what they to be will not be made known for
Superior, and that OF the Grow Indians in ontana
and Fort Hail. in Idaho are also claimed by the
Catholics. Their point Is that wherever the In
dians have been educated in the Catholic faith l..
was unjust to place them under new religious
| teaching and subject them TO the training OF q
| Church in which they had no faith.
J. w. Daniels, OF Minnesota, was recently in
charge OF the Red Cloud Agency; J. c. O'COnnOr, OF
New York. was at one time private secretary TO
| Father De Smct, who lately died al ST. Louis, and
who was known as a Catholic missionary for many
I years among the Indians OF the Rocky Mountains.
| Mr.. O'Connor was lately In charge OF the Sioux
Agency at Grand River, Dakota. he was in charge
OF the Indians who were brought in last Summer
on a visit TO washington, and on their return
i spent several days at the Grand Central Hotel in
New YORK. Mr.. O'Connor represents the catholic
interests though he was not the person nominated
| by the Catholic clergy who have the Indian mat
| tiers OF their Church in charge He owes his place
mainly to the personal request OF Collector
Arthur's predecessor. +. c. Kemble, OF New York,
was one OF the early starters Of the
| peace policy system: he Is now one OF the
special commissioners TO the Sioux. None OF the
appointments from the Pacific coast states and
Territories, which causes some astonishment, as .
large proportion OF the Indians within this Ter
ritory. The California SUPPLEMENTARY, which is
one OF tue four retained, Is said to be complete
sinccure. II Is held by Mr.. whiting the brothern-
law OF Senator Cole who has enjoyed this ONCE for
several years. The washington territory supern-
tendency is filed by General Mlroy, sent out from
Indiana Tor that purpose. AS he has for his hacker
| Senator Morton there viii be no change, 1t Is I'M
derstood, in that quarter. The Montana
supenntendency was probably the most I'M
portant OF any, it was generally thought
was to be one OF the number retained, but there
have been so many complaints with regard to the
msman agement OF Indian Affairs on the Upper
Missouri, so many serious charges OF msappropri-