New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1874-07-10
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WASHINGTON.
Freedman's Bank Commissioners Quaiine

Freedman's Bank Commissioners QuaHneo'
WASHINGTON, July 9.-The commissioners
to settle up the affairs OF the freedmans
Bank having all accepted the appointment,
to-day qualined by fling their joint bond
for 100000 With The Secrets'y OF rue
Treasury. The sureties are as follows: For
Mr. Creswell, Jacob Tome, OF Polt De.
post; for Mr.. Puryis, James Worm:ey. OF
this city, and William Whipper,' Of Phils,
tagh and B. H. Warner, of this city.
Mr. Creswell left the city almost imme-
distely after qualifying, and will be absent
till Wednesday next. Mr.. Purvis also re-
turned TO Philadelphia. SO that no action
viii be taken till the last Of next week.
The sioux Badly Punished.
The following official dispatch was re-
ceived to-day: raq s5s!a.tg
I LONE TREE, Neb., July 8, 1874.
II consequence Of the many depredat ,one
by Sioux in the Wind river valley on the
white settlers aud the ShosOnee Indians,
one of re lates. being the murder and hor-
bile inhalation Of two white women, DR..
JAYNE, agent for the ShOsoneeS, made q
request that the Sioux should be punished.
On the morning of the second OF July
while General Ord and myself we're at
Camp Brown, an opportunity presented IT
self, and Captain Torrey. Of the Thirteenth
Infantry, commanding Camp Brown, was
directed to send Captain Bates end Lieut. en-
ant Robinson with Company b, Second
Cavalry, accompanied by twenty Indian
scouts under Lieutenant Young, Fourth In.
fantry, and about $50 Shosonees, under
their chief Wassoky. to attack Sioux
camp lately established on the north SIDE OF
Owl mountain range, where the Wind river
breaks through, about ninety mnes from
Camp Brown.
TIE attack was made at A. NJ, Friday.
July 3, and resr'red in ftty Sioux kiNle.l
and wounded, and over lC0 horses captr red.
Our loss was two Men killed and Lieuten
ant Young aud three men wOr lded, Lieu
tenant Young dangerously. Captain Tor
rey telesrapbs that the resr't was not al
| satisfactory as desired on account OF the
bad behavior Of the SLosonees, CAPITA.
| Torrey went out on the fifth with ambu
| lances and additional men 70 meet Captain
Bates. r. d. SHERIDAN,
| Lieutenant General.
| Aims for Arms.
Governor Davis, of Minnesota, asks tha
the allowance of aims be commuted in pro
visions to relieve the citizens starving from
the ravages Of the locusts.
| New Regulations in Bankrupt Cases.
TIE Attorney General has decided tina
under section nineteen OF the act anenda
tory of the bankrupt law, the United State
marshals and registers in bankruptcy ar
not required to make tie returns there''
provided for until furnished with the circu
lar forms and directions in respect theret
by the judges of the Supreme Court Of tn
| Uuited States. ..n
Unclaimed Land Patents.
TIE WeStera Land Olcner for July cor
tains tie following: There are remaining i
the General Lana Office unclaimed NOR
thar 10000 patents for agricultural land
| O. this more than $4,000 are from Illinoi
and nearly az many from Indiana and Mi
souri, Among them are patents eigned b
Monroe, and by every other President up t
Lincoln.
The cause Of this accumulation of pa
ents is that many land owners believe th
duplicate receipt is sufficient evidence {
title TO their land. 1t ought not to be s
regarded EutIies are being CONSTANT
Cancelled by the General Land Office for IL
formality, and if the address of an inte
esred applicant is not known at the locs
office, as too often is the case, the party
whom he has sold his land will some day b
: much astonished to find another perso
holding tie government patent for n
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