Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1880-02-13
WARRINGTON.

Inc secretary OF J1e treasury, on the 80,
decided to purchase sl1, 100000 of bonds for
the sinking fund.
On the Sd there we're 35,OOO,OOO standard
silver dollars in the Treasury, and Of frac
tional coin &2O,OOO,OOO making s55,OOO,OOO.
Alexander g. Wells, son of j. Madison
Wells, was nominated for Surveyor of the
Port of New Orleans on the 4th.
The House Committee on Agriculture has
prepared a bill making the Department OF
Agriculture an Executive Department.
A bill was introduced in the House on the
5th providing that the following three rail
way companies shall on the first day of April
and October, in each year, pay into the Treas
ury to the credit of the sinking fund the fol-
lowing amounts, viz: Kansas Pacific, $3.50, goo;
Sioux City & Pacific $50, 600, and the Central
Branch of the Union Pacific, $4,000
The Secretary Of War estimates the organ
lied militia force of the country az 124,995,
and the unorganized force or number of men
available for military duty at 6,5l6,75
The special committee Of the Indian Com
mission, in the case of ex-Commissioner
Hayt, completed their report on the 5th.
After reciting the evidence concerning Ham
mond, Hart and the Hayts, the report says
owe cannot consider Hayt's excuse for
Withholding important papers from the Secre-
tary of the Interior as sufficient, inasmuch as
additional evidence and correspondence sub
mitted to the Department of Justice, to-
gether with the atidavits in January, does
not add to the strength Of the testimony suf-
fciently to show why the same may not have
been transmitted before. We cannot avoid
the conclusion that while one case against ex-
Agent Hart was promptly forwarded to the
Department of Justice for execution,
with regard to the other case, involving
more serious charges, neither the Com
missioner nor Inspector were sufficiently
In earnest. Inspector Hammond admits
that in the spring of 1879, he was
personally interested in the proposed pur-
chase OF Washington mine, and that in Au-
gust, upon the arrival in Arizona of Edward
Knapp, SO called, the nephew of the Commis-
sioner, he devoted much time and attention
in assisting Mr.. Knapp in securing the mine
for Hogencamp, OF New Jersey. Another fact
" 40 NGs~4VUu, naLneiy, UnaO I9I IAnapp, So
called, nephew of the Commissioner who fig
ures so conspicuously In this transaction, was
passing under an assumed name and was real
ly Edward Knapp Hayt, son of the Commits
sioner, and that he adopted this name at the
suggestion of his father.n
The Government has received information
that the pre- parations for invading the Indian
Territory are assuming formidable proper
tions. The President will issue proclama-
tion similar to that of last spring on the same
subject.
The sentence of the court-martial dismiss
ing Major Reno from the service has been ap-
proved by the President.
The House Committee on Indian Affairs has
agreed upon the terms of bill to provide for
the punishment of crimes upon the various
Indian reservations. 1t provides that the laws
of the respective States and Territories (in
which are located the Indian reservations)
relating to the crimes OF murder, manslaugh-
ter, arson, rape, burglary and robbery shall
be deemed and taken to be the law and in
force within such reservations, and the
United States District and Territorial Courts,
within and for the respective districts and
territories in which the reservations may he
located, shall have original jurisdiction over
all such offenses which may be committed
within such reservations.
The Republicans OF the District of Colum
bia elected two delegates to the National Cor
vention on the 9TH. No instructions were
given, but one of the delegates voluntarily
pledged himself to vote for Grant and the
other made a similar pledge that he would
vote for Blaine.
James W. Clayton, for many years a CLERK
in the House of Representatives, but latterly
occupying a similar position in the Senate,
died at Baltimore on the 7th.
In compliance with request from secreta
ry Schurz the Board Of Indian Commissioner,
has appointed a committee to make further
inquiries into the conduct of Indian affairs
and the business methods and management
of the Indian Bureau. The committee will
make a thorough examination of the entire
Indian service.