The Portland daily press., 1875-10-01
WASHINGTON.


WASHINGTON, Sept. 30.-Messrs. Cresswell,
Purvis and Leowold, commissioners of the
Freedmen's Savings and Trust Co., announce
that they will commence paying dividend of
20 per cent. on all audited claims on the LIST of
November next. All payments will be made
at their Office, No. 1907 Pennsylvania Avenue
upon the presentation of pass books or other
satisfactory evidence of the Co. s indebtedness
Depostors residing at distance should for
ward their books or other evidences of indebt'
edness through some responsible banker by
mail or express Upon receipt of the pass
books or other evidences of indebtedness the
amount Of payments will be entered and a
check fer the amount will be returned without
delay with the book or otner voucher. DEPOSIT
tors at the Washington branch will be paid by
check on the Treasurer of the United States
Those at other branches by checks on the AS
sistant Treasurer of the United States at New
York city. All checks have been drawn to the
order of the original depositors, and assign
liver the check as originally drawn to tie as
signee's creditors. Where claims have not yet
been examined and audited, by reason of fail
ure to forward them, they may suffer slight
delay, as no payment will be made except upou
o careful examination and verifcation. In
this connection the commissioners desire again
to caution the creditors of the Co. to hold on to
their claims and not dispose of them at sacri
flee. Although still unable to fix the amount
the Co. will ultimately pay, other dividends are
the assurance that, as far as it may be in their
power, everything shall be done to hasten the
payment of dividends, and the satisfac tory ad-
justment Of the Co.'s affairs.
Indians Going to their Reservations.
The commissioner of Indian affairs received
the following despatch this afternoon from
Special Agent Symptom at Portland, Oregon:
81 have made satisfactory arrangement with
all the Indians north of the Salmon River and
they are now moving to the Siletz reservation
as defined by act of Congress-"
Internal Revenue Receipts,
The receipts of internal revenue today were
$4O9, III; for the month $9,751, O56; and for the
fiscal year $2S, 613,S71.
Indian Territory swarming with Out
MUsKAGEE, Sept. 3O.-Commissoner Shanks
reports that 1900 horses have been stolen from
the Indians while on the reservation near Fort
Sill, and only 40 have been recovered. The
government by treaty promised to return or
pay for them. One party in Texas is said to
have taken 400, and others have been driven
to Kansas. The Indians complain and ask to
be protected.
There are nearly 1000 white men in the
Chickasaw nation in vocation of the Inter-
course law.
1t has been known for some time that we'll
organized band of criminals existed in the In.
dian territory, composed mostly of persons es-
capped from justice in the states, with regular
trail and places of rendezvous extending from
Kansas to Texas and Missouri. Measures were
set on foot short time since by Major ingalls,,
an Indian agent. to capture them. Securing
the cooperation of Gov. Orion of the Chcka
saw nation and of Mckenzie, commanding the
forces at Fort Sill, Deputy Marshal Wyman
with a posse were sent out to make arrests
They succeeded in taking 81 in the Chickasaw
nation, and brought them safely to Caddo,
where they arrested six more of the gang, and
from information received have gone to arrest
six more. Nearly 100 prisoners are to be tried
at the next court, for crimes committed in the
Indian territory. They are nearly all whites
and negroes, less than ten per cent. being of
Indian or mixed blood.
Sale OF Gen. Grants Blooded Stock.
ST. LOUIS, Sept. 3O.-The sale of President
Grants blooded stock took place at his farm,
ten miles from this city. The attendance was
slim and the stock brought exceedingly low
prices. The mare Vicksburg. ridden by Gen.
Grant at Vicksburg, was knocked down for
$685.
A number of mules, work horses, quantity
of harnesses, crops, agricultural implements
in fact all the working machinery OF the farm
will be rented hereafter, Gen. Grant having de-
clded to make such disposition of the property
rather than run it on his own account The
aggregate proceeds of the sale are not known
Tonight, but it is very small considering the
real value of the property sold.