Morning journal and courier., 1881-07-22
THE NATIONAL CAPITAL.

| Sitting Bulls Surrender-Honors to the Confederate Dead Approximations o1 Yellow Fever-Heavy Immigration for
 the Past Year-Other Matters.
 l WASHINGTON, July 21.-The voluntary sur
 render of Sitting Bull terminates the Indian
 troubles in the Northwest and brings in all
 probability permanent peace with the Sioux. | Sitting Bull went over the Canada border in l 1876, after the war of that year, refusing to | submit to our arms. He took some fifteen hundred followers with him, but they have
 been struggling back from time to time until | 1t appears he had only a company of two hundred who remained faithfully with him | to the end. This peaceable surrender, par ticularly at this season of the year, indicates | that the Indian chief has been convinced of the uselessness and folly of ever defying the laws, and his course is construed by the In- dian Office, therefore, as guarantee of peace in future. Sitting Bull will probably be de- l tained under military supervision at one of the army posts for a while and then be put on an agency. His band will probably be divided and distributed so as to prevent con- certed action by it's members hereafter The unveiling of the monument of the confederate dead at Culpepper, Va, to-day drew about 5000 people. The procession followed by visiting companies from Alexan- dria, Warrenton and Charlottesville, veterans of the late war and Masonic and Good Tenn plar lodges of this and adjoining counties The procession was fully mile long and ex- tended from the Town to the Citizens ceme- tery where the ceremonies took place under the auspices of the Masonic fraternity. Ad- dresses were made by General Fitzhugh Lee, ex-Governor Kemper, Hon. John Goode and General Walker. The speakers were intro duced by General James Field All the pub lie buildings and private residences were handsomely decorated. Everything passed off pleasantly and the occasion was the grand est ever known in the history of Culpepper
 Commissioner Caswell, of the Washington Asylum, to-day received instructions to visit the various northern cities for the purpose of inspecting their charitable reformatory insti tutions and attend the national conference of charities and corrections to be held at Boston from the 25th to the 3Oth insts.
 The State department have no information of the reported coming of commissioners of the United States of Colombia charged with consulting in regard to those notifications of the treaty of 1846 which were proposed to the Colombian ministry during the last days of President Hayes administration. This treaty is one by which the United States guarantees the neutrality of the Isthmus. The protocol which contained the modifca- tions proposed by the United States were drawn for the purpose of clearly defining the circumstances under which the United States could begin to exercise it's right to interfere for the purpose of protecting the line of ca nal or means of transit. It is understood here that the Colombian government reject ed the protocol No commission has been heard of.
 Members of the National Board of Health are manifesting some concern at the reports of the appearance of yellow fever in one of the southern cities, and have assembled here to study the situation. The secretary of the Board says that there are as yet no indica- tions that the fever will appear in this coun- try this year, although it is now very bad in Havana. The Board is ready to use every means within it's power to check the fever if it shall appear.
 The Bureau of Statistics make the follow ing statement of immigration into the United States during the twelve months ended June 30, 1881: The total number of immigrants arrived at the customs districts of Baltimore, Boston, Detroit, Huron, Key West, Minneso- ta, New Bedford, New Orleans, New York, Passamaquoddy, Philadelphia and San Fran cisco was 66O, 239, as against 451, 1902 arrived at the same districts during the preceding fis- cal year. The total number of immigrants arrived in the United States during the year ended June 30, 1880, was 457, ,257. It is esti- mated that the total immigration into the United States during the year ended June 30, 1881, amounted to about 668, ,OOO persons, in dicating larger immigration than during any preceding year in the history of the country.
 The following are among the money order postof6ces to be established August 15: Connecticut -Montville, New London coun- ty; Noank, New London county, and North ford, New Haven county. Maine-Bar Harbor, Hancock county. and Barnham Viii lage, Waldo county. Massachusetts-Ash- burnham, Worcester county; Auburndale, Middlesex county; Baldwinsville Worcester county; City Mills, Norfolk county; Hatfield, Hampshire county; Newtonville, Middlesex county; Saugus, Essex county; West Gardner, Worcester county, and Whitinsville, Ware county New Hampshire-Belmont, Bel knap county; Berlin, Falls county, and En- field. Grafton county.