New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1877-10-22
CURRENT TOPICS AT THE CAPITAL.
THE PROSE- ERITY OF FRUGAL NATION

WAsHNGrON, oct. 81, 1877.
The Department of State has received re-
port on the social and political condition u The DntcA
nom the Minister Of the United States the Hague
There has not been bank failure In Holland durhS tue
last forty years and the paper money OF the banks has
been equal tc gold There Il such hl- "a failure OF
Fire Insurance Companies record and while the rate
OF insurance does average more than oneaf 81 one
per cent the companies IN the most hOurishlng CON
dou realizing II to &c per cent per annum frst-class
railroad travo IS only one cent per mile, and yet the
roads nav good dividends. offering officials are scarcely
ever heard and when they SHOCK the nation Oy tunns
40. they severely punished and forever usXace No
pls=es granted over railroads and managers anu u
rrCtOrs power pass ans body over the roads
free. A must pay the public rates Gishohesy OF any
sInd "a Lire IN business means puDIlc usLnnO' anu
utterly the dishonest from any future pubc con
sderl.ion. Four millions Of Tcopi" I'VE within an are"
Of 10000 square miirs, ioct unprecedented IL HuF
other country, and al arr"aI 10 ZEE hapt' prosperous
oontened Tie secret Of this prosperity lies ~ me
fact that all live within tAelF INC t AM lnat ausl!
and honesty are principles go firmly established tLdt
eir violation is !0oked upon outrage on tie La
tJnal characteristics.
TAXES IN THE DISTRICT.
4 meeting of the Citizens Congressional Com
nittee OF hundred held tonight ~ Willard Hall
II appeared statement al 10 them that the debt OF
,he District OF Columbia il between S23,0O0,000 ami
s. 100000 Tic a5sessdbe prC 7erty Of citizens is S92
100000 anC me amount " collected $500 900
The expenses Of the District Government are twice tDis
amount IL view Of the sact that large expense is
tailed upon taxpayers IN providing school accOmmo-
payers, and Or Tie exhaustion under Whrh the properly
holders .aDoring froIl their efforts To improve
bcuiiy the National capitol theT ASA JntI thr gov
euents proportion OF the expense be fXad ri 80 per
cent Committees were appointed 10 wait upon Con
AN ACCIDENT IN MR. BLAINE's FAMILY.
Senator Blaine received the sad intelligence
by telegraph from Maine today that his oldest daughter
aLou sixteen years Of had been injured b. nccden
lay shooting herself He departs for his home to-mor
~ morning having paired with Senator Herman on al
political questions in the senate
TIE SIOUX COUNTRY DEFINED.
General Sherman has published a general
order 10 the army by direction OF the Secretary Of War
in regard 10 the boundaries OF the Indian country. lie
says:
The Indian country" within the meaning Of the
trade and intercourse acts may be defined IN gen
ea as. first Indian reservations 1ccsl 1E 5
indian title has not been ext glisnc- lrtn rn"Is
extended by Of Congress over d.ircts not IN othef
respects indian country.
The General OF the army also gives letter from the
Secretary Of the Interior which quotes from the treaty o
Is-C deaning certain boundaries ~ follows
The said parties hereby agree that the northern and
western boundaries OF tine r-efN alton hhed ~ afco
%. ths SI ,! 1gt1 co,cIded Apr 30 SIS, and
proclaimed February "a, 1863 shall De as follows Inc
e.tara houndar,es snail commence the intersection
NJ no IO3d meridian Of longitude with the northern
boundary OF OF NcDrlsha thence hOfth hols
aid meridian to Il, Intersection with the south FORK u
rho Cbeyeune r. YER thence down said stream % ia
Junction. with tine north fork; thence up the north
fork Of said river Ia the south branch Of Cannon
bali River or Cedar Creek and the northern
boundary OF said reservation 3hall follow me sau
soutn branch ~ it, Intersection with the main Cannon
BAH River ana thence DOWN said main cannon Ban
Eyrr 10 the Missouri River; and tho said Indians 90
hereby reinGuish cedr the United States all Tue
territory lying outside the said reservation, ss herein
modified AMI described including al privileges ~ nunt
inc ana article o OF said treaty hereby abrogsted.
II any special case snail which. IN the Wow OF
the dauarfment commander y not appear 70 De
Embraced WITHIN the definitions ABOVE stated such c0l
Dander ia instructed report the case, with al The
fac and circumstances 10 the secretary OF war IN or
der that tie question whether the LOCALITY II INDIAN
Country may referred 10 the Secretary OF the interior
for lia aeLl