The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1873-06-04
TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.
? Attest FROM WASHINGTON.
Especial telegram to the Disps;ch.j
WASHINGTON, June 8, 1873.
The 4,ontnred &o<locS.

The Captnred Modocs.
In the absence of the Secretary of War
and of definite official information from
General Davis no action has been taken upon
the question what disposition shall be made
of the captured Modocs. General Davis
will report to the headquarters Of the army
thai, he holds these Indians as prisoners Of
war. and ask what disposition shalt be made
Of them. They having surrendered as pri-
soners. the military will hold them subject
to the instructions of the Department of
the Interior, having been called upon by that
Department to aid its commissioners in
forcing these Indians on the reservations as.
signed 10 them. The probabilities are that
a similar disposition will be made of the
Modoc chiefs to that made of Zantanta
land Big Tree. who were concerned
in the humiliation Of Texas train
several years ago. These Indians belonged
to the Indian Territory that committed the
depreciation in Texas, and were turned over
10 the State authorities there for trial and
punishment. The murder Of General. Candy
and DR.. Thomas having been committed in
Oregon, the culprits will no doubt be turned
over to the civil authorities OF that State for
trial. There was no allusion to the subject
in the Cabinet session to-day.
Internal Revenue Statistics.
Reports to the Internal Revenue Office
show that during May eighty-three distille-
ries were closed throughout the country.
Army Ordnance.
In accordance with the act of Congress APP
propriatinga certain amount for testing two
Calling guns Of large calibre for flank de-
fence of Notifications and for other pur-
poses, the Secretary of War has designated
Major @. A. Gilmore of the Engineer Corps,
Major T. j. Treadwell of the Ordnance De-
partment, and Captain Lorenzo Lorain, a
board Of officers to meet at Hartford, CT, on
the 9th of June, to make the requisite test
and experiments. TIAoN.
Japan.
WASHINGTON, June 3.-The Department Of
State has received information from Mr.. De
Long to the effect that religious federation
in Japan has not been decreed. The laws
and edicts against Christianity have not been
abolished, but orders have been issued for
the return of the banished Christians to their
homes, and for the removal Of offensive pro-
CARNATIONS against Christianity. Those in the
Government councils fayoriDg religious tole
ration were said to be still in the minority
but it was thought that the time was not far
distant when all DEGREES against freedom OF
thought upon all subjects would be abo-
l.hcd. Any attempt to hasten such reforms
inr her than they were being accomplished
Wo Id, it was supposed, result in defeat.
Various items.
WASHINGTON, June 81 Colonel Mckenzie's
course in sending his Indian prisoners, ill.,
cludiug twenty-four children and fifteen
squawS, to Fort Gibson is approved of by
the President.
The Cabinet did not consider the Modoc
question.
The President announced that he would
leave Thursday with his family for Long
Branch, but would return every two or three
weeks for business.
Eghtv-three distilleries were closed during
May. thus decreasing production $4,000 gal
Ions.
Major Benjamin Perley Poor has been
elected commander of the Ancient and HON.
olnble Artillery of Massachusetts.
The Treasury disbursements for May, eX-
elusive of payments on account Of principal
and interest OF the public debt, was nearly
Sl7,0O0,000.
Weather Probabilities.
WASHINGTON, June 3-For New England,
winds shifting to southeasterly and south
westerly, and clear and partly cloudy.
Warmer weather for the Middle States
southeasterly to southWesterly winds, and
increasing cloudiness with rain areas from
the Alleghanies to the lower lake region.
For the Corolnas and Georgia, easterly to
southerly winds, cloudy weather and rain.
international Typographical Union.
MONTREAL, June 3.-The international