Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1875-05-17

! tToiItf OF biie currency mas q IlhOriZai the
! following rev national banks II CONNIE ace
! business :-First National, OF Dexter Maine
. capital siG1 %; Manufacturers Natioaal OF
! LeWistown- Maine. capital s10a, Goa. National
| % Newport. VI. sioo, go: German National
/ Allegheny, Pa, 500 Gee; Citizens National
| New Bedford. Mass, S25O.Dae; National
! Springfield, Mass. 100000. This is n larger
| number Of banks in any one day authorized
| 10 commence business FOR several years.
! SURVEYING EXPEDIrIoSs.-A party has
! beer organized by the Engineer Bureau OF
| the War Department for the prosecution OF
| surveys I'm Central New Mexico. southern
! and southwestern Colorado and California
! under the immediate charge of Lieut.. George
! w. WheeIer, I. = Eng neers. Surveys Will
! also be made for the purpose OF a>ccrtaiaiug
! the practicability OF diveriing the waters of
! the Colorado of the West, for irrigation and
! other purposes. A small party will also he
sent ont by the Smiths oman Institution 20
| make archaeological Investigations in the
Santa Catalina Islands.
THE DEMOCRATIC CoNGEFss which will
! convene In December next is not to have
! such an easy sway after all, .f things keep
/ on in this way. There has been received at
me capitol the papers in tie con teS ted e!ec-
non ease of Josiah G.. Abbott ". Rufus T.
Frost, in one oft Massa chusetts districts
/ They came in box OF huge proportions. and
weigh two hundred aud sixty-fiVe mounds
aVerdupois. The outside of tie box is NOT
| only cmbellished with red tape. but bears the
magiSteIial seals of Observation-Disclosures before
II.
/ mere are several, as no one could have tao
/ kied ailof it. any more than one jury can
SiaEd ali the evidence in the Beecher trial.
! 1t Will require at least five mon 10 carry
/ these papers to the Speakers desk. After
I the me mhers OF the new House gaze on the
{ ourdensome bundle they will be writing
note 10 sam. Randall something akin IL
IhlS: My dear Sam:-FoT Gods sake don't
/ pUt me on the election committee
| THE RAID UPON THE WHISKY RING
[ Secretary I,TiStOyv aud those 81,
| him are quite reticent in regar,i tO their pros
| rcctiyc movements, but there is uumiStake-
| able evidence that another blow is To be
struck within The ensuing fort weight hours
the force of which will be felt in the east and
IN kentucky. 10 day Secretary BFiStow
| called on the Attorney General and after
wards on the Pres ideut both visits having "A
significance with reference tO UaSt oprTatioaS
| N d additional ones. Subsequently the Sec
rotary WAS closely clOscted with the newly
appointed commissioner OF Internal rev
| enue. Mr.. Pratt, and received damaging
statements against the ring. submitted
! To them hy Revenue Agent IaTVan.
Within the past few days Mr.. BriS,Ow has
received communications from eastern cities
Indicating 10 him that he has hardly as vet
broken the crust OF the formidable ring which
ne * trying In put down. Oilers have been
made him, contingent on his cooperation
win those making the offer. Ia supply evil
denCe which will involve number of here
toioIe regarded respectable houses in Phila-
Gelphia, New YORK, Baltimore, Pittsburgh
aId elsewhere. With commeudable fore
thought the Secretary has relieved the secret
service from any further active participa-
ton IN the crusade, and mas entrUs ted to
Mr.. Pratt, the new revenue commissioner.
| the duty of arranging for further seizures.
MIR. Wilson, the solicitor Of he de-
partment, was not chosen for the
work that he performed in the rec.
raids, owing TO any remarkable aptitude, he
Possessed, personally, for conducting the
same, but because he was the only available
man, at the time, who could be uSel. and
owing To the further fact that the Secretary
was ri the time afraid To trust the revenue
department. The recent raids have devel-
orod who the efficient AMI honest revcnue
agents are, and Mr.. BristOw has concluded
that il is even safer 10 confide To the revenue
department his further plans, than to trust
The other force. who have too often. in The
light of past experience, been engaged in
opeIatoHs not wholly creditable To them
'elVeS or The department employing them
APPIvAL OF INDIAN DELEGATIoNs-
Major II. W. Bingham. Indian gent at Chey-
enne, arrived here Saturday nj yht, accom-
panied by lire Sioux Indians and William
Fielder as Interpreter. The names OF the In
dams are Lone HON, head chief of the MIN
reCoTl ous; Tail ManGan. heal chief OF the
Two Kettle Band Swan. Bull Eagle. SPOT
ted FIX, the Duck, Red Shirt, battling Rib
and Charger.
Red ClOld and Spotted Tail. with their
Geie2at ons arrived this morning. being ac-
comranied by Agents j. j. Saville and r. \.
Howard. and VIM. GaTnett and Louis Bor-
consists Of Little Wound, American
Horse. shoulder, C0nquering Bear, Face
sitting Bull, Tail Lance, Fast Thunder,
Black Bear Iron Horse, Pawnee Killer and
Bad Wound and wife. spotted Tails party
consists of Swift Bear, Looking Horse. Crow
Dog, Ring Thunder and He Eagle. Rel
Cloud ard Spotted Tail look about as they
did when here several years ago. The latter
wears, beside his usual Indian toggery. a
rev SILK (''plu%') hat, which has been pGr-
chased for him since his arrival in Washing
Tor IUTlDE the morning he EiSiIpi his Qll
headquarters at the Washington House 10
say how TO bis paie-face friends there. Il IS
Understood that the Indian, are not in very
good humnr at the prospect OF having 10
give nj the Black Hills country, and 10 j.
believed they Will exhibit Il great deal OF
~tubbornnCsS in the grand council which VIII
lot probably come of before next week. u
j. further believed they will couple their
consent 10 the REIMBURSEMENT of the Black
HIS with conditions in which the govern
m6nt cannot acqlieSce, as the have been
continually tempered with since their de-
Earturc from the plains b. certain white
men and half breeds, mostly ira who are
DESTROYS of @cttin" gratuity from the gov
eTUment, and have told Rel Cloud and
Spotted Tail that they mast insist On pro
Nis.on being made Tor them in Whatever
treaty may be made on the pTcteNt Of their
valuable serV ices 10 the tribe, sc. Such pro-
visions have heretofore been made in almost
every treaty. but the Commissioner j. t..-
jcTlnlned TO break up the practice. Five
PERSONS Of the class described accompany
lie deiegatiCns at their own expense, and
'tiNN quarter az TIE lItDlOnt House. IL IL
feared they viii be the means of giving tie
govern mcHt a good deal OF trouble IN ncsp-
tathS with the Indians. The entire Sioux
ucIC gatiOn Will visit Gen. COrcn. acting
secretary of the Interior, and COMMISSIONS
smith TO mOrrOw 10 pay their respects.
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i NEW Trust DEED BY JAMES TTCE-
Jas. Lick. of California has made 4 uny
trust deed. II differs from tnat revoked an a
.'W particulars. The donation for satgary
al the state capitol of $4,000 is changed to
-i~,Co0 tor StatuarY for the city hau in
frisco. The appropriation for the Key mon
ument is reduced from $3.50, 900 tO'S ~ 900 The
$1,000 for the Lake Tahoe observatory is
con- m!tted 10 the University of California
for The same purpose. The dnna ton 70 Tho