Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1874-02-01
WASHINGTON.
Gen. shernnan's Opinion OF
Grants Indian Policy.
Gen. Candy a Victim of the
Quaker Policy.
HOW Texas is Vpproteeted.


WAsatNGroS, Jan. 6t.-Gen Sherman
was again before the House Military Com
mittee to-day and spoke of the army in
connection with Indian affairs. He point
ed out on the map region of country In
Texas 200 miles long by 100 broad, COM
posing half a dozen organized counties
which, when he passed thrpugh two years
ago, was entirely depopulaied. the inhabi-
tanis having abandoned their homes on ac-
count of constant incIIrsions by Indians.
He said lie had been led to believe these
Indians were Comanches. but it was pretty
well understood new ttoy were Kiowas,
Cheyeunes and ArrapaboeS, who raided
from the Fort Sill reservation so miles of,
penetrating through forests and helping
themselves to the horses and stock OF their
Texan friends, which they preferred doing
rather than be at the trouble of raising
them themselves.
He gave 4 sfapiilt account Of his inter
view with Santanta at Fort Sill. When he
had Santanta, Sautuck and Big Tree ar
rested, double ironed and sent back to
Texas to be tried for an attack upon a
wagon train and the murder Of twelve out
of seventeen teamstrrs, enc ci whom was
bound TO 4 wagon wheel and burned. San
taucll was killed in an attempt TO escape,
Dnt the other two were tried, convicted
and sentenced TO be hanged. But the ins
fiuence of the humanitsrians Hiib regarded
murder or the part cf Indians as amere ex-
hibitiun OF moral insanity, had induced
Gov. Davis, of Texas, who ought to have
known better, 10 commute the sentence OF
Santanta and Big Tree; and the same in
fuences at Washington had finally restored
them to freedom, and they were now on
the reservation ready to start on more mur-
derous raids. If they should scalp Gov.
Davis next time, Gen. Sherman intimated
it would serye him right.
He reviewed more difficulties and gave it
as his opinion that Gen. Candy had been
a victim of the temporisinS Quaker policy
applied to the Indians. He favored trans
fer of the Indians from control Of the In
terror Department to that of the War De
partment and expressed his conviction that
The army was more kindly disposed 10 the
Indians than the citizens generally were,
and that if the country demanded are eX-
tremely charitable treatment of the In
dams it could be accomplished by and
through the agency of the army better than
through the agency Hf those persons
who profesSed more charity than soldiers,
but who did not practice it so much.
Geld Assayers -Borie Gets n Sinecure.
The following named gentlemen have
been designated by The President COfnlnis-
sionerS for testing reserved gold and silver
coin of the United States, for 1873, and
will assemble in the mint at Philadelphia
Feb. liz A. E. BOrie, of Philadelphia
Pa; J. p. Jones Of the United States Sem
ate; Prof. Rogers, of Philadelphia, Pa;
Prof. Francis J. ChildS, of Cambridge,
Mass; Prof. J. Z. HilgafSi, of Washington;
Prof. Henry Cope, Of Lehigh University;
Prof. John LeCOunt, Of Philadelphia: Prof.
E. B. Elliott, Of Washington; DIR. B. F.
TAYLOR, of Louisiana; Andrew Mason, OF
New York; Clias. NJ. Walker, of Indiana
and }. MerriCk, of Boston.
An adjourned meeting tonight of Rep
/ resentativeS in favor of cheap tTanSporta
tion. was sliIaly attended. Stone, Of Mis-
souri, offered preamble and resolution,
| the former setting forth the opposition OF
! the Ewing Association, of. New Orleans, t
| the improvement of the South Pass Chan
mel, and the latter calling upon Congress t
! impose suitable penalties on persons vii
/ fully destroying works, and river and har
| Dor improvements, and also asking an ap
propriation of Sl50,000 TO continue tht
work Of improving the mouth Of the Mis-
| sissippi river during the next fiscal year
| Stone was requested to call the attention o
Congress to the matter Monday next.