Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1876-05-31

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HEADQUARTERS OF TIE
WASHINGTON, ID Tf,
GEN. p. III. SHERIDAN. . Chi.
rave Just been to the 90 sidnmgo IL
GOV. Thaycr. Afts't ,rao inc tho with
!, >rs and sons d;scnss,'nu tho pa
|ent i. I'd that people WHO lad a resi-
o the Blacs Hills of Das,ta ins 1he
he Sioux reservation. or who M, " go
here, are there wrongfully. and 8, 'O'd
'e notified of the fact, but the poycr n
lent is engaged in certain nlcos,,re.
hat will probably result in the omen. !
ng up of the country to occupation
md settlement. In the meantime The .
no Indians should not be allowed !,
o scalp and kill anybody ap' 10
ire authorized to afford pr- !. You
o all persons who are election TO
md who arc o. coming away
stores for tho. Aveying food and
icrstants sc already there. | UNI
N that arrangements arc now
" ,rogress with Red Cloud and
spotted Tail,to remove. If satisfacto-
~ arrangements are not concluded
new orders will be made as to the
whites who have intrudcd on the
Sioux reservation.
% w. i. SHERMAN, General.
II The Cabinet to-day considered the
Indian matters. A telegram has been
received from Bismarck announcing
that serious fears exist that the In
dams will make a raid upon that g i.
Element. Gen Sherman does not 4 AL
this will happen, but proper an ehnr;
ties have been authorized to CT n mnm
the nearest military post for all
Asa II. Robinson testir ,oJ hofor,
the Blaine Committee to-. dav and do
MED he ever told witne 90 1y,rr'' ,,,a
the package which ,c;,,ess hvo,'mh
to Blaine from Cal. lwnH nh bog1,
in II; may have to- ID Cmrv ii m;"h
have contained b onls hut nevcr ~.
nrmed u for he did NOT know. Con
suffered Curry y ycracious man.
Dihiiie SAID he had understood thai
me committee had Summoned Cald
Wen from Lolsstoii. and ASSUMING thaI
TO be coryect he desired TO know n
.'ie cohApalttee intended to keep this
matter open till Caldwell should ar
rVe> He thought the committee
1 shuhiu. report upon this matter now
/ NM Hnnton said he could not STATE
what the full committee proposed te
MI Blaine then was sworn and
made the following statement
Mf. Chairman 1t is entirely true
that in the Spring of n, Robinson
delivered to me in the Speakers par.
Tor, |. package. think the package
was about Is or 20 inches long and
about four inches in diameter. l re-
Iceiyed his card while sitting in the
| Speakers chair. As soon as il became
i convenient l went out and met him
IN the Speakers parlor. He handed
me package and said, "This is a
package which Caldwell handed me
for you. The package was done up
carelessly in brown paper. tho ends
turned down and tied I should say.
although ! canndt. tell precisely at
this dQte, III a. ve1y loose manner. /
| chatted, with him moment about
the condition of the Fort Smith Road.
land somewhat about the coal lands in
the Arkansas Valley. He then want
ed to sec some member of the House
lie went and l went with him, AS
passed up to the Chair threw the
bnndle down eareiessly. 1t Law there
until the House adjourned, and took
! II down in lower private room that
! had. IL lay there for months. Ii
was package Of maps, some of the
description of pamphlets, and some
OF the dcscl intion OF sketches. |
peah some Of those made by iAd;vid.
uals and not published, showing the
coal fields in the Arkansas Valley.
" Waa considered at that time hy
caldwell and others that there wonl.l
be quite speculation In buying those
lands aud those allotted of to show
how much could be got in one body.
as SECTIONS We're taken alternately.
IL was very hard to get large tract
together, and a very few thousand
dollars would huy a considerable
quantity Of them. think the com
ph1y otlered them at rs or ~ an acre.
This was sent to me as a prospectus
and q general -: sesGasss fsnssnlati"m
did not give Great deal Of atten-
4 ton Ia II. The result Of tho whole
thing was that | did not embark in
it,; that Is all there is in the whole
story of the package. There was
nothing. any more mysterious in il
than il should hand this book to
the chairman. II was delivered in a
crowd, carried into The house and
thrGWn down without care. Robin
son never delivered me bond of the
Fort Smith and Little Rock Company
cither In Washington on any other
place. | desire to make that state
mcnt as broad as it can be made in
every shape and form. both inclusive
| ~ and exclusively. Mr.. Chairman,
while am here | desire 70 repeat I'M
der cath ip relation TO this entire
SG4sD. charge, the statement made
by me on the floor of the House in all
! its parts, without mental reservation
or evasion, rs the iron clad oath says.