The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1874-02-05
WASHINGTON.
A$1200 INDICTMENT.

| p1TSVu INDICTMENT,
WARRINGTON, Feb. 4:-E. A. William
and James K. Moore have been indicted
for unlawGully taking and carrying away
certain warrants, etc., belonging 10 thI
United States, valued at 81, 200.
sEcRETARY RoBEsoN ON MARINE SCHOOLS
Secretary Robson appeared before thC
Senate Committee on Naval Affairs thil
morning for the purpose Of making suR
gestions relative 10 different measures be
lore Congress affecting the Navy and
principally to give his views with refer,
ence to bill TO encourage the establish.
ment OF Public Marine Schools for the In.
structlon Of young men In nauctical
science. The Committee agreed to report
the bill with amendments perfectine itS
details.
ARMY DtsDURsEMENTS.
The War Department has prepared a
statement In response to the assertion Of
parties in the House Of Repre-
sentatives, showing that from April
18th, 1851, 10 August goth, 1868,
during the late war, disbursements BY
army paymasters were one thousand and
ntnety-iour and half million dollars,
The whole number Of paymasters en-
ployed was 5,41S; the number whose &C.
counts are closed was $50, and those open
loo. All the cash balances unpaid
amounting TO $76s20G. Many OF these
balances are in suit; others are consid.
cred worthless, and few are to be col.
lected by note. Major Isaac N. Cook "a
set down as owing $1511l7, which he
lost gambling In Cincinnati during the
war.
The President has nominated Daniel
Wilson Postmaster at Grafton, Iowa.
A bill to incorporate the Southern
Transportation and Continental Railroad
was sent to the Committee Of the Whole
IN the House today, on tho ground that
thebtl would be made grant Of public
property.
LIQUOR TRAFFIC WITH THE INDIANA.
The Secretary Of the Interior has sub.
mitted to tue House of Representatives
the proposed amendments 10 the Indian
interest act OF 1885, designed TO secure
the Indians In every locality against the
liquor traffic. Itprovides for heavy pen.
alties against any person, including the
Indians, who shall sell, exchange, give,
barter or dispose'ot any spirituous liquor
or wine 10 any Indian under the charge Of
any Indian superintendent or Indian
agent, or toany Indian not a citizen Of the
United States within such jurisdiction.
GEN. HARNEY's VIEWS, ts
General Harney, whose name has been
such terror to the Indians years ago, was
before the House Committee on Military
Affairs to-day, and asked to give his views
in reference to Indian matters. He gave
1t as his opinion that if the Indians were
treated fairly there would never be any
difficulties with them. He had known Of
but two instances in which they had ever
violated treaty stipulations, and in these
two instances the Indians were TO be ex.
cused, for the treaties had grown old be-
fore they were sought to be enforced by
the Government, and the chiefs and head
men who had made them were all dead.
The troubles with the Indians were prin.
cipally caused by fraudulent agents and
by whisky dealers He had never known
an Indian agent who had not grown rich
except one. On being asked how whisky
sellers could be suppressed, he answered
without hesitation, they should be hanged
or shot by the nearest military officer; he
would have officers take that RESPONSE
bilitY. BE was decidedly OF the opinion
that the management of the Indians
would be much more effectualIy and hon.
estly conducted by army officers than by
civilians, unless army officers had changed
very much since he knew them.