Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1874-11-10
WASHINGTON.
Condition of the United States
Army.
AnnunI Renort oil GEN. Sherman

Army.
Annual Report Of Gen. Sherman.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 9.-Gen. Shermans
| annual report to the Secretary of War,
shows the total number of enlisted men in
the army on Oct. 10, to have been 20 AL.
1t estimates that this number will proba-
bly, be reduced through natural causes by
the first of JanuaTy, 1876, 10 the $4,000 al
| lowed by law. ii dfprecateS the made
| quacy Of so small an army for the demands
of so large an area of territory as it has to
| be scattered over, involving the
necessity of Withdrawing troops from
one department to meet the require
ments of some other a long distance
away. 1t compliments highly the efiicien-
cy Of Gen. Sheridan and his sub-ofiicers,
in maintaining comparative peace in the
Indian country. 1t says the report of the
commanding officers demonstrate that the
small army of the United States, called a
peace establishment, is the hardest worked
body of men in this country. The discip-
| line and behavior of officers and men have
been worthy Of all praise, and whether en-
ployed on the extreme, and distant frontier,
or in aiding the civil authorities in the ex-
ecution of civil processes, have been
model for the imitation Of all good men.
In regard to the removal of his headquar-
tiers to st. Louis, be says: am prepared
to execute the duties that may be devolyed
upon me by proper authority. Here L am
centrally located, and should occasion arise
l can personally proceed TO any point on
this continent, where my services are
needed.
Sheridan's Report Of the Black Hills.
Lieut.. Gen. Sheridan in his annual re-
port touches slightly upon Gen. Custar's
Black Hills expedition, which it prOnounccs
a successful reconnaissance. Some gold
was found near Harneyis Peak, but of its
abundance there is at present no reliable
information. Sufficient evidence could not
be given by an expedition such as that of
Gen. Custar's TO determine its quality.
Gen. Sheridan again recommends the es-
tablishment of large military post in the
Black Hill country.
How Texas Has Been Left UnprO.
tected-
OF the Indian troubles, Gen. Sheridan
says: respectfully differ with Gen. Pope
as to the chief causes of these Indian
troubles and attribute them to the immu-
nifty with which the tribes have been treat
ed in their raids into Texas for the past
three years. Their reservations have fur
nished them supplies with which to make
raids, and shelter from pursuit when they
returned with their scalpS and plumber.
No man of close observation can travel
across the great plains, from Nebraska
| and Wyoming to Texas, and see the
established ranches with their hundreds of
thousands of cattle, sheep and horses, To-
gether with the families of the owners, and
Ill
posed and having such valuable interests,
are desirous Of provoking Indian wars.
There was a time, possibly, when the pop
ulatiOn. of the Indian frontiers may have
been DESTROYS of Indian troubles, but that
has passed long ago. A.
Stealing a Million Dollars BY InsfalI-
men1s Of Three Cents Each.
The third assistant Postmaster-General,
in his annual report, estimates the proper
ton of washed stamps used again on pay
ment Of postage at 5 per cent. of the value
of all stamps sold each year, causing an an
nual loss of million dollars to the reve-
nues of the department.
Remarkable Decision Of the Supreme
Court.
Supreme Court-Home Insurance Com
pany vs.. Morse and another, error to the
Supreme Court of Wisconsin. In this case
the Home Insurance Company of New
York complied in writing with the statutes
of Wisconsin by which, among other things,
it agreed not to remove any case COM
menced against it in the State courts to the
Federal courts, but upon the commence
N mt Of the plesent case it nevertheless
nl ved for transfer to the Federal Court.
The court below regarded the statute and
agreement as ground for a denial of the
mo ion. This court reversed the judgment
sed upon that theory, and hold that
neither q private citizen or aeOrpOrate body
may barter away substantial rights, and
that the company was entitled to removal
notwithstanding the State law and the con-
tract. Justice Hunt delivered the opinion.
hief Justice Waite delivered a dissent
! ing opinion in which Justice Davis con-
| CURED, holding that the State had power to
enact such law placing foreign and local
| business and corporations in the same posi-
| ton as to the State, and to make all doing
| business in the State amenable to the same
| tribunals.
| The Status Of n confederate Citizen
In the case of Sprott VS.. the United
| States, the Supreme Court to-day affirmed
| the Judgment of the Court of Claims, hold
/ ing that the claimant, Confederate citi-
zen, gained nO title to certain cotton by
purchase from an agent of the Confederate
| States because these States were without
corporate power TO take, hold, or convey
valid title to any property whatever, and
| that the claimant was clargeable with no
! tice Of reasonable intent, tO-wit: To raise
/ money for the purchase of munitions Of
war. Justice Miller delivered the opinion.
Justice Field dissented, taking the view
| that the pardon Of claimant rCinStated him
| in all his civil rights, and gave him assur-
ance that he should stand in the courts Of
his country in as good condition as any On
| his fellOw-citizens who had never sinned
against the authority Of the government.
Special to the Cincinnati Enquirer.
The Most Significant Utterances
since the elections are those of William D.
| Mann, the head devil of the ring rascality
| in Philadelphia for number of years past.
Mann now gives up the post. He says that
sit looks as if the Republican party were
utterly gone; that the Democrats have the
organization of the various States, and all
the doubtful men and deserters from the
! Republicans will 90 over to them, so that
| they will grow stronger and stronger"
Contested Seats.
Special to the Cincinnati Enquirer.
! Appearances indicate that there will be
more contested election cases in the House
| of the Forty-fourth congress than has ever
been tried in any preceding Congress.
! There seems to be a determination in all
/ cIos, J;s4ricts IN contest and many South