New-York tribune., 1880-01-12

of the INTERIOR notwithstanding the fact that DIS
vicious conduct in regard TO Indian girls, whom he
entIced to lead an abandoned life. was fully maue
known to the Commissioner by members oi the
Board of Indian Commissioners.
Another accusation against the Commissioner II
that he has ignored the action of the Board by re-
commencing and securing employment III tho
Indian Warehouse in New-York a person who' Tor
decidedly irregular practices while in the employ OF
this Board, was dismissed from their service"
1t is asserted, too, that Commissioner ilayt
treated with utter contempt and ndIcnle the
trusted agent OF this Board, who was formerly one
of its honored members, and whose report upon the
Missouri River Agencies was the most careful ana
thorough we have ever received, because OF Coni-
missioner Stebbins's unfavorable report on the
administration and conduct of Indian Inspector
Hammand0 Mr.. Stebbins accused Inspector Ham
mOud OF many gross irregularities, lndlScfe-
tions aud iumoraItcs. which enumerated
by General Fisk, who continues; When
Mr.. Stebhins gentleman who had the
entire confidence of this Board brought these
charges to the Department, MI Hayt proposed to
silence him by The tender of an appointment as In
dian Agent Had Inspector Hammond been rc-
moved from service in tho Indian Bureau at that
time nearly two years since as was the unanimously
expressed wish Of tbs Board, communicated
through one of our Lon0rcd members 10 the Com
missioner, we would have been spared the aodl-
fiona! chapter Of d grace hereinafter 6utten"
General Fisk then goes into detailcd account oi
the hrz,ua mining speculation in which he asserts
that both Commissioner Hayt and Inspector Ham
moad were engaged. The details of this spccula-
ton, as given by General Fisk, have already been
printed i'm TH TEBUNr, except the following para
graph: made such careful inquiry into the trans
action as led ne to nave DO doubt that great
crime ou the part of an Indian agent had been com
promised by Inspector Hammond for conSidera-
ton, and that he did il with the tacit consent #
not the active cooperation, of the Commissioner OF
Irdian Affairs and with the understanding that
II. liayt and his friends were to be benefited
th,reiy'
General Fisk concludes with brief account OF
The treatment Of another Iadian Agent by the Com
missioner. He says: In marked contrast with the
treatment of Agent Hart, oi the N0n Carlos Agency.
has been that SHOWN 20 the Hon. Geo. W. Frost 2fc
Agent az the Crow Agency in Montana, WHO was
falls ~ accused 10y dishonest trader ami bY per-
Iurcd witnesses indicted. The Governor OF Mont ana.
Senator Saunders and the Rev. DR.. Reid, OF the
Methodist Missionary Board, IN VAIN protested
AGAINST IA, removal of a gentleman against whose
integrity during long and honof"pie business
career There had been no breath OF SuSpcl0n, unlil
he shou,l have an opportunity to vindcate himself.
There vas absolutely nothing proved against Mr.
Frost. IIc received the honorable discharge or the
court, the Judge and Prosecuting Attorney speak
ing words of sympathy for the falsely accused
man."
IL is understood that the information for the
charges on account ol n0iadmlnlstrltlon Is
gathcred from the records Of the Indian Office by
The late acting Commissioner, who was personally
copuikaut of many OF the transactions at the time
they occurred. General FISK bases ms accusations
AGAINST Commissioner Hayt and Inspector Ham
Iuoud ON account of their mining spcculatIons ON or
near the san Carlos In han Reservation IN Arizona
on fact, winch hc obtained by personal lnveStiga-
tiou while in Arizona several months ago.