H. L. Richards has a brother in Washington, D. C., William Richards, who was the former editor of the Des Moines Valley Whig, in Iowa. William is a thoroughly honest man and has resided in Washington for many years. For some years he was a very efficient and reliable Special Commissioner of Internal Revenue and was the first to get on to the "inwardness" of the Whiskey Ring in New York. He proved too honest for some Washington officials and was turned out by Delano at the insistance of Schanck, of Dayton, Ohio where he had been sent to investigate some distilleries. Since that time William Richards has done a good deal in collecting the claims, of Southerners in connection with the Southern Claims Commission. This last business has decreased so greatly that William has been forced to look for some other employment and has taken an interest in the Indians. William was a former classmate of Trowbridge, the new Indian Commissioner, having graduated with him, as did H. L. Richards, the writer of the letter, from Kenyon, Hayes' College. If he could become connected to the Indian Bureau his salary would not be great but he would be instrumental in doing good for the Indians. Richards encloses a letter from his brother enclosure present and even though McMaster may know the facts contained in the letter from other sources it may still throw some useful light on the disposition of the new Commission. Richards advised his brother to correspond directly with McMaster but his brother can not afford to be involved in any way in case any facts he sends are used. It is most aggravating to think that the Catholic Church in America should be misrepresented by such a man as Charles Ewing . He hesitates to name Father John B. A. Brouillet as being blameable also, because Brouillet is a priest, and because he knows nothing about the man except what he sees in the Freeman's Journal. Richard's brother has been corresponding with Bishop John J. Keane of Richmond, Virginia, who is a personal friend of his brother, with reference to influencing Archbishop James Gibbons of Baltimore, Maryland to change the Indian Bureau in some way if possible. Bishop Keane will be in Washington, D. C. on the 12th of May of confer with his brother on the matter and Richards will send the results on the conversation to McMaster. P.S. He encloses postage so that McMaster can return his brother's letter to him. A.L.S. 2pp. 8vo.