Daily Los Angeles herald., 1878-07-20

| ou1 Wituout ItoulI. All tue prom
ises made to those Indians hav,
been and are being complied with
and the Sioux chiefs have repeat
edly expressed satisfaction will
the manner in which supplies ar
delivered to them and also az to th,
quantity and quality of these sup
plies.
q. Has not the discovery o
the swindllng operations carrie
on at the Crow Creek agency by
DIR. Livingstone, been a surprise to
you?
A. Not at all. 1 knew the de.
tails OF it several weeks ago. The
fact Is that L had the case trans
mitted to the Department of JUS
tice some weeks ago for the prose-
cution of the offenders and
it is now in the hands of the Dis
trict.Attorney Of Dakota. The
Secretary says this campaign
against the Indian agents was
planned In this office and reflects
not dlscredit but honor on the
Indian Bureau. He declares that
these discoveries vindicate the In
dian service, which Is trying to
break up the abuses Of years.
He promises further developments
In the future as to the result of
pending Investigations. The pres
ent policy of getting the Indians on
reservations and putting them to
farming and stock raising, Is easily
framed but difficult to carry out.
1t needs the cooperation of the
whites and patience TO accomplish
1t. He Is confident that the Indian
service can be made honest.
Hos Weather in New York.
NEW YORK, July 19.-At noon
to-day in the shade the thermom-
eter marked 90o. People seem dis
posed to abandon business where it
is possible, and crowd the steam
boats and trains that run to the
seashore. AT Meridian, Conn, there
were five cases of sunstroke to-
day.
FitE john rorter's Case.
New YORK, July 19.-It is a seri.
Gus misapprehension to suppose
that Fitz John Porter's claim to
acquittal of the charge of disobedi.
ence of orders rests upon the propo-
sitlon that's subordinate Office may
fail to obey an unconditional order
because his own judgment is against
its wisdom. Pope's dispatch to Por-
ter was in terms based
upon Pope's supposition that
Porter had in his front only an in
significant body, comprising the
enemy's flank. Porter, being on
the ground, had later and better
Information, and knew that Long
streets whole corps had come up.
He was ordered to attack the enc.
my's flank, but the flank was not
there; so the order could not be
literally obeyed, and an attack
at all would have resulted in the
capture of all of Pope's command.
Porter's friends claim that the or
der was conditional and that it was
his duty to exercise the discretion
which subsequent events have
shown was wise and patriotic, but
only on the ground that POpe's Or
der depended upon condition re-
garding the position of the enemy
about which he knew Porter would
have the best information.
New York-ET.nt-Y yellow Fever.
NEW YORK, July 10.-The pre-
dicted heat wave struck the Allan
tic seaboard yesterday, and, from
North to South, accounts come of
intense hot weather, the thermom-
eter marking everywhere from 98o
upwards. Sunstrokes are numer-
Gus here, Iut not so many are fatal
as at the West. In this city tow
ards evening a thunder shower
came up which cooled the atmos-
phere ten degrees In few minutes.
Yellow fever has broken out at the
Brooklyn Navy Yard. So far three
deaths have occurred. These men
were stationed on the receiving
ship Vermont. The ship is being
thoroughly fumigated.
ERecls OF the Heat.
ELIZABETH, N. j., July leone
factory here, in which there were
yesterday thirty cases of prostra-
tion, has closed in consequence of
the great heat. There were four
cases of sunstroke in rope factory.
40. LOuis's Hot speIl.
ST. LOUIS, Mo-, July 19.-The
hopes INDUCED in last night that
the heated term was about to break
m were blasted this morning when
the sun arose almost as blistering.
ly hot as ever. Since nine O'Clock
the mercury has shown but about
one half degree lower tempera-
ture than yesterday. Previous to
that time the difference was about
two and half degrees. There is
q considerable breeze, however,
but it is more cloudy and the at
mosphere closer and more sultry.
At the dispensary this morning
five cases were treated up to eleven
o'clock, all of them genuine sun