Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1875-05-20
WASHINGTON.
Hon. jesse ID. Bright Dying.
Brilliant Parade of knights OF
PythiaS.
Grant Has an Unsatisfactory
POWwOw with the Owners
of the Black Hills.
Lone Horn Claims the Whole
Country and Proposes to
Fight for it.

NEW YORK, May ia Washington
dispatch, from the son of Jesse d. Bright,
saws there is little hope of his father living
through the day.
Hon. NJ. C. Kerr
has returned from prolonged visit to the
South, entirely restored to health.
A Brilliant Pageant.
The procession Of Knights of Pythias
this afternoon was a great attraction. 1t
was one Of the finest civil professions ever
seen in the city. The sidewalks were
thronged with spectators. Many houses
were decorated, and the march was enliven-
ed with music from twelve bands.
Grand Indian POWWOW.
The Sioux Indians, now here to DegO-
tiate with tie Government for the sale Of
tie Black Hills in their reservation, called
upon the President to-day, accompanied by
Assistant Secretary COwan and COmmis-
siOner Smita The President received
them in his Office; and after shaking hands
with each one, said he could not talk to
them TO-DAY on the subject Of their visit,
but he desired them to talk freely with the
Secretary of the Interior and the COmmis-
siOuer of Indian Affairs, and if any dis
agreements arose he would endeaVor to
right them. He desired them to accept
the statements Of these officers regardless Of
any statements made to them by Others.
Lone Horn said he was glad TO see his
great father. He then said he did own
some Of this great country but the white
people wanted to take it away from him.
Nv great grandfather, my father and myself
were chiefs. l am a chief. l never claimed
owned all the country before to-day, but
now claim It. l own it alone. These
men YOU see (alluding to the Indians
around him) are soldiers and viii fight.
At this juncture the President interrupt
ed the chief by stating that he did not wish
20 have discussed the object Of their visit
to-day.
spotted Tail said he was glad to see the
Great Father, and wanted TO have great
talk with him soon.
Red Cloud said that If the President did
not appoint a day TO see himself and the
other chiefs be would be very sorry.
The Indians then withdrew.
As Secretary DelanO is absent from the
CITY. and is not expected TO return until
Friday or Saturday, the grand council will
not probably take place before Monday or
Tuesday next.
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Special to the Cincinnati Commercial.
The fact that in 1862 Secretary Stanton
issued an order assessing five dollars
month on the pay Of all colOred employees
of the Government serving with the army,
such as teamsters, cooks, lsborers, etc, had
been almost entirely forgotten till recent
occurrences revived il. There were prob
ably one hundred thousand such employees,
! Al ~ Hvy-a IN,
five dollars Der month. The money arising
from this assessment was denOminated the
aCOntrabaud Fund, and was 10 be used
for ;he maintenance Of the Freedmen's
camDs in various sections Of the country.
As no record is in existence showing the
sums collected in this way, the total
amount can not be precisely arrived at,
but from the date available il is estimated
that it could no. have been less than Sl5,-
100000. The order was in operation from
1862, till the close of the war, April, 1865.
There was HO authority in law for the
order. Ii was issued and enforced as
military operation. The fund was
collected by the QuaTtermasters, who
paid off employees, and upon final
settlement they were not required TO
account for tie moneys so received by
them. iuasmucl as there was no law au-
thorfzfng them either TO receive or to ex-
peud the same. The order of the SecTeta-
II was all they had 10 act upon. An
effort viii be made al the coming session
Of Congress to have an appropriation made
to refund 70 the wards OF the nation the
amounts thus uulawfully withheld from
them. The Secretary Of War has been ap-
pealed to, but has replied that he will not
consider such claims, as he has no money
10 ply them if he should conclude to pass
upon them.