The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1881-08-25
Our washington Letter.
WASHINGTON, August, 19, / s8l


cupy attention than USUAL at this sea-
son. The anxiety over tho condition
of the President has overshadowod
everything else for six weeks, and
though Government business has not
been at q standstill, it has, nevertheless
been considerably lost sight Of except
to those directly Interested. But
with all their watching and the alb
sence of customary consultations, tho
Cabinet officers have time to attend
to their duties, as we'll as to tako
few breathing spells between bulletins
and the current business has not fallen
behind. In the Post Office Depart
ment there is about as much activity
as ever and the proceedings in room
SO are SAID to be as mysterious if not
as interesting as ever. Tho prepara-
ton OF the star route cases to be pre-
sented to the grand jury next month
will be very elaborate. Theses eases
promise to furnish series of State
trials moro important and Interesting
than anything Of the kind since tho
arraignmont of Belknap for selling
post tradesbips. =.
Some of the accused profess to be-
love that thore will be no trials, and
their organs here are very spiteful,
but it is difficult to SEQ upon what
ground they base any such expaction.
There will bo trials and there will be
strong evidence produced. Every
unbiased man, woman and child will
he convinced that there ia undoubtod-
ly guilt; yot there may bo no convc-
tion. Ex-senator Dorsey appears
to have vanished from public view.-
At least he shows desire to do SO
and has gone off down into New Mox.
ico or somewhere in that diroction.-
Poor Dorsey! What fall was there!
Is it not warning? From being fe
ted and Toasted us the hero Of cam
paign and tho savior of Indiana, to
hunted outcast accused Of theft and
robbery. a friend who knows Dorsey
we'll, told mo when the exposure
first came that the EX-Senators skin
was worry thick, that ho would not
feel much hurt provided he escaped
But from all | can learn he does feel
it and is completely orokcn and |
wrecked. Brady shows much the
greater thickness Of skin, for he stays
here, buys newspapers to- argue him
into "n honest man while they abuse
the administration and every one con-
ncctcd with the prosecution.
Secretary kirtw ood's big Indian
pow WOW assemblies here in IL few days.
1t will be a peculiarly interesting
gathering of tho noble rcd men. The
object OF the council is to investigate
and discuss charges that have been
made. at various limos that unauthOr-
lied persons, Americans aud foreign
era, nave been engaged in furnishing
several Of tho Western tribes with
arms and ammunition. In the event
of the charges being sustained, and
tho indications are that thoy will be-,
tho Government will take Immediate
steps TO secure an indemnity for all
who have suffered by such action
"Dr." j. S. Cannon, chief guido and
interpreter for tho United Statos, has
boon engaged in working tho maLter
up for moro than year past and has
collected o largo amount of evidence.
Delegations from nine tribes, repre-
senting about ninety thousand In
dians, havo been summoned to attend
the big council and some of tho most
prominent chiefs are expected. Spotted
Tail was to havo been among them
had not Grow Dogs bullet interfercd
with his plans. Tho twelve hundred
Indian children at tho Carlisle School
will also be here. 1t will be tho big
gcst pow WOW ever held here.
At this season OF tho yoar whom
hons arc off their reservations, invad>
ing the gardens of peaceful people in
order to hunt the wild earth worm
and the timid grub, the amount OF in
jury inflicted upon the vegetables and
tompcrs of mon propabIy exceeds that
caused by Indians on the frontier.-
And it has just occurred to us that
the Government has no hen policy.
1t simply ignores the existence of hens
and turns deaf car to their wild war
whoops and tho indignant language
of their victims. While we have an
Agricultural Bureau where much
brain and money has been expended
upon experiment in raising boiIod po-
tatoes and growing granulated sugar,
why shonld we not have a Hen De-
partment that would give attention
to producing breed of hens capable
oflaying soft boiled or scrambled eggs
Wo have, too, and Indian policy
a inl in thn snuiIn 81 :"