Delaware patriot & American watchman. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1828-1828, 1828-12-05

other purposes. The suggestion Of the Postmaster
General that the insurance of the safe transmission
OF moneys by the mail might be assumed by the
Department, for moderate and competent remu-
neratiOn, will deserve the consideration Of Con-
grcss.
A report from the Commissioner Of the Public
Buildings in this City exhibits the expenditures
upon them in the course of the current year. 1t
vii! be seen that the humane and benevolent in
tenti0ns OF Congress in providing, by tie Act of
goth May, 1926, for the erection of peniteniiary
in this District have been accomplished. The au-
thority Of further legislation is now required for
the removal to this tenement Of the offenders against
the laws, sentenced to atone by personal coniinc-
mcnt Tor their crimes, and to provide code Tor
their employment and government while thus con
fined.
The Commissioners appointed c,nformably to
the act OF Cd March, 1897, to provide for the ad-
iustment of claims Of persons entitled to indclnni
iicaton under the first Article Of tile Treaty of
Client. and for the distribution among such claim
ants of the sum paid by the Government OF Great
Britain under Convention OF 18th November, 1896,
closed their lahurs on the 30th of August last, by
awarding the claimants the sum Of one million one
hundred and ninety seven thousand four hundred
and twenty-five dollars ard eighteen cents; leav-
ing balance Of seven thousand five hundred and
thirty seven dclla,s and eighty two cents, which
WIS hlstIDutcu t0LcdDI1 amongst IL
to whnm awards had been made, according to The
directions Of the act
The exhibits appealed to the report from the
Commissioner Of the General Land Office present
the actual condition Of that comnlln property OF
: the Onion. The amount paid into lhc Treasury
from the proceeds OF land5 during pc year 1897,
and the first half Of 1898. falls It'll short Of two
, millions o! dollars. The propretyE further ex.
/ tending tie time for The extnsnishnlt of the debt
+ due to the Cntcd States by the purh1sers Of the
public lands, limited, by the act Of IS March last,
to tic .,h Of July next, will claiathe consiiera.
ton of Congress, to whose vigilanc and careful
attention, tie regulation, disposal, Ind preserva
ton, Of this great national nheri.as las By the
J. People OF the United States been nused
G Among the important subjects t9vh!ch the at
l. tenton OF the present Congress II already been
Z invited, and which may occupy thr further and
deliberate discussion. will DE the FoYision TO be
5, made for taking the fifth census remuneration Of
Is the inhabitants Of the United Stas. The Con-
4, stuton of the United States reqres that this e.
d numeration should be made withrvery term Of
le ten years, and the date from Will the last emu
of meraton commenced, was the FIRST londay of Au-
nust Of the wear 1890. The laws und which the for
N mcr enumerations were taken, wennacted at the
re Session Of Congress immediatelprecedns the
N operation But considerable incoeniences were
Of experienced from the delay of Leighton to so late
lit d period That law, like these the preceding
to enumcrations. directed that the nsus should be
r. taken ~ The Marshas of the sewl districts and
st Territories under instructions In the Secretary
Of State. The preparation and trsmission to the
Mar shals of those instructions, reired more time
= than was then allowed between tlpassage of the
!, law and the day when the enu,rati0n was to
o.. commence. The term Of six mths, limited for
II the retnrns of the Marsha.s, wasso found even
&c then too short and must be mos0 HOW, when
: an additional population ul ut leathlee millions
If must be presented upOn the retur AS they arc
!, to be made at the short session. Congress, il
-, would as well as from other celebrations, be
~ more convenient to commence enumeration
from All earlier period of tie yearan the first of
"a August. The most favorable sea- would be the
~ Spring. On review of the fornenumeraons
It will be found that the plan for'.ng every CEN
i sus has contained apprehension that of its
IA predecessor. The last is still supti5le of much
81, improvement. The third censiuas the first at
~ which any account was taken Off manufactures
>,, of the country. 1t was repeated the last emu
~ meration but the returns in botases were me-
.bo7 cessary very imperfect Theyust always be
j.. so resting Of course only on Recommendations
Inc voluntarily made By individuals liested in some
II Of the manufacturing establlshns Yet they
~. contained much valuable informal. and NAV. by
tcl some supplementary provision Oh law be rem
lpir uereu more eHcCtNc' Auc CoiuAoi age, com
alc mencing from infancy. have hithebeen confined
wn to few periods al! under the muir OF 10 years
TO important knowledge wou, be Nincd, BY ex
,ra, tending those columns, in interyof ten years
her to the utmost boundaries of humae. The labor
M, Of taking them would be a trtll,elion to that
nee already prescribed, and the reslvoud exhibit
. comparative tables Of longevity BY interesting
,r,, to the country. deem it my h, further Ia
n' observe, that much Of the imperlens in the re
ars. turns of the last and perhaps o. prlng enume.
or rations proceeded from the inadiqncss Of the
lred compensaons allowed to the MaTs, and their
Isd assistants in taking them.
lars lii closing this communcationsnl remains
and for me to assure the i4egislaturcay continued
! ON earnest WISH ~, ''o "oPto" ~ lures reco"'