Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1873-05-13
ESTABLISHED MARCH 80. 1886.
WASHINGTON.
Judge PierrepOnt Appointed Minister
to Russia.
The New York Tribune Sued for Ii
bel.
The PoIar1A.

WASHINGTON, May LEI Secretary
of the Navy has telegraphed to the United
States consul at St. Johns, to inform the de-
partment Of the best means to bring the
survivors Of the Polaris to this city. IfAno
other conveyance is presented the govern
ment viii dispatch steamer to Bay Rob-
erts. "
The amount of legal tenders outstanding
Is $357, 081, 122.
One Asptrant for the Supreme Court
Disposed of.
The appointment for Minister TO Russia
has been rendered to JHdges Pierrepont, Of
New York, in place of Orr, deceased. His
acceptance has not yet been signifed. 1t
is uncertain when the successor to belong
as Minister TO Japan will be Indicated
Ben Butler I'm Business-He Explains
the Difference Between a !DeRd-Beat
and a Dead-H cad.
Gen. B. f. Butler to-day entered suit for
Benz. F. Camp against Whitelaw Reid for
libel. The alleged libelous article was III
the Tribune, headed ''Of Frauds and Free
Passes" in which Camps name was men
toned, and is the foundation of the pro-
ceedings. The warrant Of arrest, after
citing the grievance with particularly, says
that calling him s'chronic dead-head,"
means that the plaintiff is in the habit of
going about the country representing
that he was enc of the chief editors or
writers or correspondents of the Tribune,
ETC., further meaning TO charge that he was
in the habit OF resorting to all sorts of little
and dishonest tricks and devices to obtain
free board and lodging, free rides upon rail-
roads, free admission to theatres, operas,
concerts and ferry boats; and further I'd
charge that plaintiff was a chronic dead
head, meaning thereby that plaintiff lived
by fraudulent and disreputable shifts and
devices and with Jut paying for the necesa-
ries and comforts and luXuries OF life as
honest and honorable persons do; and
plaintiff claims $4,000 damages. The writ
commands defendant to appear on the first
day of special term of the Supreme Court
of the District of Columbia, twenty days
after service of the writ. An officer OF the
court this evening called on Reid, who &C
knowledged the service of the writ.
Postal Cards.
SPRINGFIELD, MASS, May 12.-3,000,-
600 postal cards have been sent to the prtn-
opal postofices. 100000 will be sent to-
morrow. Henceforth all acquisitions VII
be promptly filled.
RascaIIties of the Indian Depart
ments
Special to the Louisville Courier-Journal.
WASHINGTON, May 11.-At the last ses-
! sion the House of Representatives appoint
ed committee to inquire into and report
upon the management of Indian affairs.
| The committee made their report in the
| last hours Of the Sd of March. AS there
was then no time to obtain a knowledge of
! the contents, the House ordered the report,
which was most voluminous, to be printed.
From advanced sheets just obtained, an
| extract or two is here given, which will be
/ fond rather interesting reading at this
particular juncture of Indian affairs.
The committee, who appear to have
| labOred earnestly and conscientious
| ly in the investigation, "hope to
! do something TO rid the Indians and the In
dian service of those heartless scoundrels
| who infest it, and who do so much damage
to the Indian, the settler, and the Govern
ment." The committee give an immense
array of facts and statistics to justify the
conclusion at which they arrive. They say:
"Great frauds and wrongs have been COM
mitted with impunity in the past by the
means Of eXorbitant and fraudulent con-
tracts for nominal services as attorneys, OBJ
tanned by persons mora or less familiar with
! the management of the In ian office, either
as agents or attorneys, by which have
caused much bad feeling and distrust be-
tween them and the Government and peo-
pie, and greatly retard the progress of the
Indians in a civilization that they doubted.
In fact, the investigation made by the Com
mission shows that there has continually
been, and now is a class of avaricious and
unprincipled claim agents and middle men
| who, for selfish purposes, defeat the mutual
| interests OF the Government, our people and
| the Indians, and plundering both the Gov
eminent and the Indian, disgrace the ma
! ton and our civilization and discourage
and madden the Indian, destroying in
him the hope Of justice and faithful
observance of our agreement made In
! treaties en- the part of the United States
with them" The committee further
expresses its surprise and regret that
the authorities controlling Indian at.
fairs have heretofore neither directed
! their own attention nor called the attention
| of Congress to the great and revolt
| ing waste of the patrimODy of the Indians
and the continued and serious difficulties
between them and The people caused by
these corrupting Iniddle-men, who are
shrewd enough to escape the evil result OF
| their own villainies."
Kellogg Jubilant.
Kellogg, now that he has got the United
| States troops again at his back, has beer
sending dispatches here to-day asserting thai
| all resistance to his authority is at an end
! aud that n has hppn very much eXaOgera.
ted. If the movements in opposition tC
b i'm have been exaggerated, no one has
done it more than himself Last Thursday
be sent dispatch here about every ten min
utes, begging piteously for help, and dis
tinctly cOnfessing his inability to sustain
his authority. Like all other towards and
usurpers, he is only brave when the dan
ger is past.