The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1880-01-29
LATEST NEWS
A Record Of Important Events
Domestic and Fore1 n.
WASHINGTON.


THE senate finance committee, says a
telegram of the 21st, decidid by strict
party vote to report adversely on the NOM
tor of the third Wisconsin revenue dis
trict. =
The president made the following
nominations Jan. 49,: James Russell
Lowell, of Mass, envoy extraordinary
and minister plenipotentiary to Eng
land; John A. Foster, of Indiana, minis
ter to Russia; Lucius Falrchild, minis
ter to Spain; Philip II. Morgan, of
louisiana, ministe: to Mexico; Eli II.
Murray. of KY, governor of Utah.
SEN. VOORHEES, exodus committee, on
the 21st inst, examined Wall, president
Of the emigrant aid society, who testified
that between 1850 and 800 negroes from
North Carolina had passed through
Washington for the west, principally to
Indiana. They had gone to Indlana on
representations that farmloom was in
great demand there.
The fusionist secretary of state,
Sawyer, opened an office in Aliens
block, Augusta, Jan. 81, appointed his
assistants and issued circular stating
that all persons having correspondence
with the state.department should address
him. He declared that he held the
great seal of state.
THE following nominations of census
supervisors were sent to the senate Jan.
10: Mich John G. Sharpe, Byron R..
Pierce, Charles D. Long, 81. Olin Young !;
Wisconsin-Alonzo Lopez, David E.
Welsh, Leonard Lottridge, Thos. s. AL
len; Iowa-John M. Rowley, James F i.
Metcalf, John s. Stridger, 1chabod N.
Kidder;. Minn.-Albert A. Crandall,
Charles w. johnson, Chris. G. Andrews
Illinois-James G.. Wright, David FL.
Sunderland, John W. Bailey, Henry II.
McDavil, Edward J.. Wadell, John II.
Chestnut, VIM. A. Northcutt, VIM. r.
Brown.
SEC. SCHURz had long conference
with the Piutes Jan. 81, 1t was definitely
agreed upon in council, first, that old
Chief Winnemacca should be permitted
to return to the Malheur reservation
in Oregon with such of. his people as
may choose 20 go there; second, that
upon their arrival the Indians are to take
up land in severalty, each head of a
family to select as farm tract of land
third, that such of the Piutes as are now
scattered throughout the white SETTLE
ments at work satisfactorily earning
their own living are to be permitted to
remain where they are.
THE second. auditors Office of the
treasury department, says telegram of
Jan. 22nd, in settling accounts Of the
lately deceased deputy auditor Chas. F.
Herring, has discovered that he was a
defaulter in the sum of $4,000 or $4,000.
It seems that some time before his death
he was placed in charge of some United
States bonds, property of person whose
claim Was hanging fire in the depart
ment Mr.. Herring raised money on
these bonds at one of the city banks, and
never redeemed them. He also Dor.
rowed money Of several clerks in his
Office. The departm had taken steps
for an immediate and thorough :investi-
CATION of the case.
In the progress of the Ute investiga-
ton in Washington, VIM. M. Leeds, for
merly chief clerk of the Indian bureau
of the interior department, was before
the house committee Jan. II. He at
tributed the disaffection of the Utes to
the inattention of Commissioner Hayt to
their condition, claims and necessities.
He assigned, among reasons and causes
for disafection, failure to the Indian
bureau to send to Indians subsistence,
supplies, and agricultural implements as
it had agreed to do; prohibition by the
department Of sale of arms and ammu.
milton upon their reservation; leaving
them under the necessity of travelling
nienty miles to obtain the Ito them)
necessities of life, as, without means
and ammunition for hunting, they were
unable to sustain themselves upon their
reservation; the delay OF the department
in furnishing their supplies to starving
| White River Utes, and notice given in
two successive annual reports by Indian
Commissioner Hayt that he proposed
their removal to Indian Territory with.
out making any mention of any PROPOSE.
ton to compensate them for their lands.
I A WASHINGTON telegram of Jan 20,
says case of great interest has just
been decided in the supreme court. It
will cause the national asylum here, for
the shelter of destitute veterans, to lose
upward of 100000. The case was that
Of George B. Brown against the United
States. The national asylum of Wash
ington is upon different basis from
any other Ct the national asylums. 1t
was chartereu as long ago as 1855, and
is supported by fines in the regular
army and small percentage of pay de-
Quoted from the regular stipends of sol
diers. The asylum here is intended
more for veterans of the regular army
than for any other class. In 1859 ar
amendment to the charter of the insti
tuition was struggled through congress
providing that pensioner of the United
States who became an inmate of the
asylum should surrender his pension
while there, and that the pension money
should be paid the treasurer of thu
asylum. In 1873 the statutes were re
vised, and in revision this clause in thu