The Portland daily press., 1875-11-25
From the Maine State Press of Nov. 25, 1875.
History Of Seven DAYS.
The News for the week ending Tuesday
Night, Nov. 33.
THE NATIONAL CAPITAL.


The Black Hills commission has made its
report. The recommendations are confined to
the Sioux Indians. The commissioners rec.
ommend Congress, instead of trying to nego-
tiate, to provide by law for the separation OF
all the Sioux Indians, between the ages of six
and sixteen years, from the adult population,
and make provision for the thorough education
OF minors, at some point or points where they
will be free from the control and influence of
the adult Indians; this system of education to
include manual labors and industrial schools.
and to be compulsory. A further recommen-
dation is that every Indian be encouraged in
the acquisition, and protected in the possession
OF private property, The Indians now occupy
ing the north western part of Nebraska are to
be removed to reservations established by the
treaty of 1865 where land suitable for agricul.
ture can be found, and supplies furnished.
Supplies shall hereafter be furnished under the
supervision of the officers of the army.
The President has issued orders consolidating
the internal revenue collection districts
throughout the country, and retaining the col
lectors, including the following: Frank j.
Rollins, retained as collector of the district,
formed by the consolidating the 1st I'd and Sd
districts OF Maine, to be known hereafter as
the lst district; Hiram Ruggles, retained as
collector OF the district formed by consolidat-
ing the 4th and 9Th districts of Maine, to be
known hereafter as the 4th district
The annual report of the director of the mint
shows the coinage of gold to be $33 55;3 965: sill
yer $l0 070 768; minor pieces $3.50 375 total SAB.
854,700. The deposits were: Gold S3S. 556 293:
silver S16 O7O 626. Additional vaults are reonired
in the treasury offices in various parts of the
country for storage of silver coin, in view of
the contemplated resumption of specie paw
ment. The director says that the two years
yield OF the mines will, it is probable, furnish
sufficient silver to manufacture all the fraction
al currency coin that can be advantageously
used in the country After redemption of frac-
tional notes the trade dollar coinage should be
continued If for no other purpose than local
market for silver. Purchases of silver bullion
rom m January 14th to October 81, 1876, amounted
" 90, oa9747 at an average price with refining
cnafge added for done bullion of 81 II cents and
+ mills per ounce standard, the coming rate of
fractional silver coins being 81 "a cts and mills
per standard ounce. The gain on its COINAGE
MI W 10 cents per ounce, or about IL per cent
tha o, sr.ar expense attending manufacture OF
tne coinage OF the last fiscal year-S43 ga 7OO
was $ooS,oi0, or about 60 per cent. of the ex.
pense OF maintaining fractional cnrrenou IL
this estimate the seigiorage realized or The sill.
vor and miDor coinage-$436 105Mhas not oG be ea
considered. The propriety Of increasins 'f tbn
amount of $40 gold pieces is suggested for the
consideration of the Secretary of the Treasury
The director speaks at length of the course If
gold and silver during the last three years, saw.
ing that the monetary troubles have not been
caused by insufficient supplies of gold, but by
its having been Withheld in large sums from
circulation and diminished the use of silver as
money