Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1877-08-22
WASHINGTON.
THE SITTING BULL COMMISSION


Dispatches Of the 18th inst, from
Washington, say that the commission
to visit Sitting Bull has been completed,
by the acceptance Of Mr.. John Mcneil,
a ST. Louis merchant, who became q
member on the condition that he pay
his own expenses, this generous govern
ment allowing nothing fol- such ser
vices, performed by its citizens. Gen
eral Terry, Of the department of Dako-
ia, will be the other member, and Cap
tain Corbin, Of the twenty fourth in
fantry, recently on duty at the white
house as military secretary to the presi-
dent, will act as clerk. General Terry
is expected in Washington at once,
when he will receive his instructions and
Join General Mcneil at Chicago the
middle of next week Several newspa-
per correspondents will accompany the
party. They will go to Bismarck by the
Northern Pacific r. r., where they will
take boat to Fort Peck or some other
point on the Upper Missouri, then they
will be given a guard of cavalry to the
boundary line of the British Possessions.
They will be met on the frontier by an
escort of the Canadian mounted police,
by whom they will be guided to Sitting
Bulls camp, which is said to be near
Lake Pekopee, about eighty miles north
of the forty-ninth parallel. The United
States military will not be allowed to
cross the border, but will remain liz
camp until the return of the commits
sioners. The command of the Canadian
mounted police will represent the Can
-, t1n
The commissioners will be instructed to
offer Sitting Bull absolute immunity
from punishment. for the murders he
has committed, the same terms on
which Crazy Horse and other Sioux
chiefs have surrendered, in case he will
90 to a reservation and surrender his
arms and ponies. They expect to reach
Sitting Bulls camp by the 18th Of Sep
tember and return early in October.
INTERNAL REVENUE COLLECTOR APPOINTED.
William H. Wheeler has been appoint
ed collector of internal revenue for the
Fifth district of North Carolina, vice c..
S. Winstead, suspended.
THE EXECUTIVE MANSION ALMOST DE-
SERTED.
In the absence of the president the
executive mansion is almost altOgethe r
deserted by visitors Secretary Rogers
and Assistant Private Secretary Pruden,
with force of four clerks, are at their
offices every day, engaged in attending
to routine work.
WATCHING THE MEXICANS.
The war ship Plymouth, which was
ordered to Washington at the time of
the labor troubles, will sail tomorrow
to Join the North Atlantic fleet 1t is
understood that she will be ordered to
cruise in the gulf, off the Mexican coast
at which place it is the purpose of the
navy department to have several YES
sells this fall
THE NORFOLK CUSTOM HOUSE.
The treasury department has ordered
an investigation of the alleged irregular
tiles in the custom house at Norfolk,
Va. A committee of experts left last
night to examine the books. Acting
Secretary Mccormick says that the gov
eminent loss may not be as large as it
was at first reported (S30,OOO) but what
is more important is to ascertain how
such falsifications of the customs &C
counts could go on for seven years and
not be detected. 1t indicates remissness
on the part of the several branches of
the treasury, and the investigation will
include the work of the accounting
officers since 1870.