The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1875-03-26

ton embracing the Black hills country, with a
view to opening up the same for settlement.
It is the determination of the gov
ernment to secure to the Sioux Indians all
he ir treaty rights with reference to the Black
hills country, and therefore all persons will
be prohibited from going there, and those now
there will be required to remove until the In
dian title is extinguished. The government
will endeaYor to extinguish the Indian title at
the earliest practicable moment.
The secretary of war has addressed
a communication to Gen. Sherman, saying all
expeditions into that portion of the Indian
territory known as the Black hills country,
must be prevented as long as the present
treaty existed. Efforts are being made for
the extinguishment of the Indian title, and
all proper means will be used to accomplish
this. Meantime, those persons at present
within that territory without authority must
be expelled.
Commissioner Douglass has addressed
a circular to supervisors and collectors of in
ternal revenue. He says the recent advance
in the rate of taxation on distilled spirits will
be an additional incentive to frauds, which
must be prevented by an adequate increase of
vigilance on the part Of the officers intrusted
with the collection of the revenue. Officers
are called upon not to disappoint the commits
sioner's hopes, and the expectations of the
country, that the increase of revenue will cor
respond with the increase OF the tax.
Tue secretary of war has addressed a
letter to the secretary OF the interior convey
ing the presidents instructions regarding the
disposition to be made OF the recently cap
tUred Cheyenne Indians. The ringIeaders and
such as have been guilty of crimes, are to be
sent to military posts, and Will not be accom-
panied by their families. The remainder Of
the captured Indians, with the exception Of
the two chiefs guilty of Outrsging German
girls, are to be turned over to the Indian de-
partment at their respective agencies. The
two chiefs are to be held in confinement IN
such place as the commanding general of the
military division of the Missouri may direct.
The nomination of congressman
Parker, of Missouri, to be chief Justice of the
supreme court of Utah involves the removal
of Judge J. D. Mexican, but does not indicate
any change in the policy Of the administration
regarding the question Of polygamy. His re-
movaI and that of the present register Of the
land Office in Salt Lake City, are caused by
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extreme conduct on the part of the officers as
evidenced by their violent attacks upon Gov.
Axtiu and certain senators who recommended
his appointment, and by several acts of
Mexican, which are considered iI-advised, ty-
ranDical, and in excess of his powers as judge.
The secretary of the treasury has
issued a call for $50, 600, 900 bonds on
account of the sinking fund. The amounts
contemplated are, coupon bonds, S24, ,O63. rs; ;
registered S., 936, $50. They are under the act
of February 90, 1862. The coupon bonds are
Of the fourth series. The call natures three
months from to-day, when interest Will cease.
The bonds viii be paid on presentation at any
time previous to the maturity of the call,
either at the treasury here or by the assistant
treasurer at New York, with interest up to the
date of payment. It is now ascertained that
Secretary Bristow has all along considered
himself without discretion in the matter of the
call, and bound by law to call in the bonds in
order Of their issue. The act of March 8,
1875, which authorizes this call, provides that
it shall be made in compliance with section
3697 of the revised statutes, and that section
expressly directs that bonds shall be called
in the order Of their number and issue.