The Indiana State sentinel., 1880-12-29
To the Associated Press:


The receipts from the internal revenue to-day
were q, ,103, sos, and from customs, sos, ~.
THE PoNcA CHIEFS.
The Ponea Indian chiefs to-day had another
long interview with Secretary SchuH nj the In
terror Department. Standing Buffalo and White
Eagle were the PRINCIPAL spokesmen, and In max,
houses and educational facilities for their chill
dren. Secretary Schurz informed them that the
school house now being built at the Reservation
would be pushed 10 completion as RAPIDLY as pos
ible. He also informed them that he hoped
pending Indian severslty would be passed
during the present session OF Congress, and that
as sdon as it became a law each one of
title to which would be as valid
the speeches. and after some explanation by Sec
retary Schurz, the ten chiefs signed paper that
they had requested to be drawn up, in which
they declared their desire 10 remain on the lands
now occupied by the POncas in Indian Territory,
and TO establish permanent homes there, and also
express their willingness TO relinquish all their
right and interest in all lands formerly owned
and occupied by the Ponca trbe in the State of
Nebraska aud the Territory of Dakota. In COM
pensation tor the lands, as well as for personal
property at the time Of their removal TO Indian
Territory in 1879, and for the depredations COM
mitted upon them by the Sioux Indians they
ask Congress to appropriate SliS, COO, the saline
sum asked for in the bill submitted by the In
| terror Department about two years ago. After
enumerating some purposes for which they de-
| sire TO have this sum expended or invested, the
paper closes as follows:
I'VE declare this TO be an expression of our free
will and desire, as well as that of our people at
present residing on the Ponca Reservation in In
dian Territory and we ask that this declaration
and request be submitted to the Congress of the
United States for its favorable consideration and
action
The papers bear the signatures of the Ponca
Chiefs present and the certificates Of the inter
prefers.
reiterated that they had concluded to take this
action, not upon their own motion but upon IN II
consultation with all the members of the Tribe
in the Indian Territory, and now wanted to go TO
work, and to be left undisturbed by outside inter
eIsnce.
THE DESIRE OF THE PONCA CHIEFS.
WAsHINGToN. d. c., Dee. 94.-The Ponca chiefs
had another council at the Interior Department
to-day, and were examined by the members of
| the Commission recently named by the President
| TO inquire into their wrongs and their remedy.
| TO Indian Territory, and what hardships they had
suffered but added that good time had now
come for them. They said they were entirely sat
/ isfed with the land they now occupy, and want
10 remain in their present location. In answer TO
questions whether this change had
been brought about by any threats or prom
of any kind offered to them, but they had consid-
cred the matter among themselves, and had come
TO the conclusion that ii was best for them to re
main in the Indian Territory: They requested
that this determination on their part should be
communicated TO Congress.
A GOOD SHOWING.
The Chief of the Bureau of Statistics reports the
total value OF exports of petroleum and petro-
month OF October, 1880, were SS,Si0,6O2; during
October, 1879, 81. la. For the ten mon hs
S29 945, and during the same period in 1879 they
were S300S7,S ,S07
INTERESTING FIGURES.
| John D. Defrees, the Public Printer in his an
nual report, shows the actual expenditure on ac-
count of current in binding, engraving, litho-
graphing, etc. for the Government OF the United
States for the fiscal year, ending June 80, 1850, as
executed at the Government Printing Office,
on hand at the end of the fiscal year was S3i, 79S
During the second session of the FOrty-sixth Con
gress there printed for the Senate 1,649 bills
and joint resolutions; 216 Executive documents
10i miscellaneous document 725 reports OF Com
documents
For the House, there were printed: Three
| thousand eight hundred and eight bills and joint
resolutions, ninety executive documents, forty
seven miscellaneous documents nine resolutions
and ,7g3 reports of Committees. During the year
| there was received from the sale of Documents
| records, waste paper, ETC., ,503, which has
been deposited in the Treasury. Regarding the
! enlargement OF the building, Mr.. Defrees says:
| "Tne enormous increase of the public printing
| and binding Is such as to require the enlarge
ment of the building in which the work is done.
There is not half room enough TO store the print
ed matter as the printing progresses, Fifty thou
sand copies of the last annual report of the Com
missioner of Agriculture have been printed but
for want OF storage the printing OF the remaining
250,0OO copies has been suspended until the
edition of $4,000 now printed can be bound and
delivered. Other public documents are delayed
| for the same reason. AS evidence
of the increase of the work in
| this Office the number OF blanks printed during
the fiscal yesr ending June so, 1879, exceeded
those printed during the previous year by 30S54,-
| 9S3. and the blaNk books by l26,5ll, and the in
crease Of blanks printed during the fiscal year
ending June 30, 1880, over those printed during
1872 is % 454S $50. and of blank books 9i,195 The
increase of the work during the first quarter OF
| the present fiscal year are shown by the requisi
tiOns from the Executive Department. which
exceeds that of the last fiscal year during the
| same time by % per cent"
The attention OF Congress is again called to the
| bound and unbound copies of the Congressional
| Globe purchased several years ago by Congress
which was found to be odd numbers. there being
| only two comnlete sets. and entirely worthless
except for wastelpaper, unless additional volumes
are printed to make complete sets.
! In this connection, Mr. Defrees sub nits for the
consideration of Congress: '"rhat should it be de
termined not to direct sufficient mum
ber of volumes 10 be printed to make
specified number of sets. theT
! TO authorize the sale of the odd volumes, bound
and unbound at public auction TO the highes
bidder waste paper and the proceeds thereof Il
! be converted into the Treasury. A statement il
given showing the cost of printing and binding
sufficient number OF volumes TO complete sets o