Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1874-02-05
WASHINGTON.
The Payroll of the Rebellion.
s1.O94, 500, Disbrirsed by
Army Paymasters.
I55 Paymasters' Accounts stIn I'm.
settled.

settled.
WAsiuSGToA, Feb. 4.AzThe War De-
partment has prepared statement in re-
sponse to a resolution of the House of Rep
resentatives, showing that from April IL.
1861. TO Aug. 90. 1866, during the late war,
the disbursements by army paymasters
were one thousand and ninety-four and
half million dollars. The whole number
of paymasters was Sal. The number
whose accounts are closed is $50, and open
I;j5. with cash balances unpaid amounting
to S76S. .2O6. Many Of these balances are
in suit. Others are considered worthless,
and a few are to be collected by note.
Mai. Isaac Y. Cook is set down as owing
SI5I, l4T, which. he lost gambling IN Gin
cihnati during The war.
The Indians Civil Right to Liquor.
The Secretary of the Interior has sub
mitted to the House of Representatives the
proposed amendments to the Indian inter-
course act Of 1855, designed to scctire the
Indians in any locality against the liquor
traffic. 1t provides heavy penalties against
any person, including Indians, who shall
sell, exchange, give, barter or dispose OF
any spurious liquor OF wine 10 Indians un-
der the charge of the Indian Superinten-
dent or an Indian agent or any Indian not
a citizen of the United States within such
Jurisdiction.
The Views of a veteran.
Gen. Harvey, whose name was such a
terror to hostile Indians years ago, was be-
fore the House Committee on Military Al
fairs to-day and was asked TO give his views
in reference to Indian matters. He gave
it as his opinion that if the Indians were
treated fairly there would never
be any difficulties with them.
He had known but two instances
in which they had ever violated the treaty
stipuIations, and in these two instances the
Indians were to be excused, as the treaties
had grown old before they were sought to
be enforced by the government, and the
chiefs and head men who had made them
were ali dead. The troubles with Indians
were principally caused by fraudulent
agents and by whisky dealers. He had
never known an agent who ad not grown
rich in Office except one. On being asked
how whisky sellers could be suppressed he
answered without hesitation, that they
should be Hanged
or shot by the nearest military officer. He
would have the officer take that response
bilitv. He was decidedly of opinion that
the management of the Indians would be
much more efficiently and honestly con-
l,lcted by army officers than by civilians,
unless army officers had changed very much
since he knew them, fan important cayeat.J J
Nautical schools
Secretary Robeson appeared before the
Senate Committee on Naval Affairs this
morning for the purpose of making sugges-
tons relative to the different measures be-
| fore Congress affecting the navy, and prln-
ciDallv to give his views with reference to
tie bill to encourage the establishment OF
public marine schools for the instruction OF
Young men in the nautical service. The
committee agreed to report the bill with
amendments perfecting its details.
Sinecure CIerkshies.
The House Committee on Appropriations
had before them to-day the chiefof the loan
branch. Vanderbilt, and Clerk of the Treas
urv Department on the subject of reducing
the clerical force and making other econom-
| ical reforms.
Petit Larcenies.
f. 4. Williams and Jas. X. Moore have
been indicted for unlawfully taking and car
ryinr away certain warrants, etc, belong
ing to the United States valued at $4,000
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