Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1841-12-27
VOL. 36, NO t5,-WHOLE NO. 1896.

"'"'e""S 'Sehnent o warriors TO serve IN Flor
Iua, Whlch nave no, been fulfilled. Here an nm
preparation is nececessorv
-, Inc construction OF Notifications under the
liberal appropriation OF the Extra Session is Wig.
orousIy progressing The Secretary saws;
IL will he seen that some of the most imnnrtant
works Tor the defence of the harhor of New York
cannot be continued, for the want Of the appro-
priations that were recommended at The late ses-
sion. Ii is OF the utmost consequence, to the pro-
lection OF that city, that prompt md decisive ac-
ton should be hnd upon the subject.
The Secretary urges that appropriations be
made for the completion of Military Roads au-
lhorised by and commenced under acts of Com
grcss They should either he completed or for
mally given up.
The Military Academy Mt West Point, and its
general condition and conduct, commended.
The secular duties now imposed on the Chaplain
should be transferred to another officer. New
barracks are required. The means of acquiring
practical knowledge of the duties OF sappers, mi
ners and pontonies should also there be furnished.
I he Board of Typographical Engineers is bu-
silly and usefully employed. The boundary line
between this country and Texas from the mouth
Of the Sabine to Red River, of the mouth of the
Suwanee, of the Desmoines and Iowa rivers and
of The most difficult part of the boundary between
Michigan and Wisconsin, have this year been COM
p eted The surveys of The Lakes and the North
Eastern Boundary are in progress The prepare
tons for the removal of the Red River Raft arc
nearly completed, and the work will speedily be
prosecuted with vlg0r.
The works authorised for the improvement of
| farbors have been arranged in two classes the
first including only those of great importance aud
Immediate necessity. The estimate tor the prosecu-
ton of works of this class is 573 GOO while $4,000
more is required to preserve works of the second
Gloss from decay. The works authorized
mainly OF the Atlantic, but the Lakes, with COM
merce amounting annually to S25 900 600, pre-
sent claims which cannot be disregarded. The
] 80 tlIot here
authorized but upon thorough surveys. He pro-
ceeds
The report of the CommisSary General Of Sub
sstencc exhibits several gratifying results. The
expense for subsistence will he considerably di-
nlinished the ensuing year There has been great
pronlptness in the rendering Of accounts by The
disbur,ing officers and in the settlement of those
of the army and special contractors; and not a
cent has been lost during the year through the
regular disbursing officers OF the department, or
It's temporary agents.
There has also been great reduction effected
in The cost of clothing, &c, during the past year.
The Pensioners of the United States are rapidly
diminishing. The report states that,
1 Duling the las! year, The number OF pensioners
on the ros has diminished more than one third,
the greatest proportion having occurred among
HE iuyalids, the revolutionary pensioners under
The act OF 1918, and the widows Of certain per-
3 sons who served in the of the Revolution UNI
, der The act of 1898. The whole number of all
descriptions, The rolls at the date of the last
| uuG repor'. forty tour thousand three hum
4. dred aud ninety four. The whole number at pres
rnt is twPnry-siX thousand five hundred and thir.
e ty.one of whom Two thousand six hun red and
. five are nvalids three thousand nine hundred
and fifty ght receive pensions under the act Of
/ 1873 four hundred and thirly-siX under the act
4 of 1928 sixteen thousand six hundred and egh-
ty-wo under the act of 1882 two thousand three
\ hundred and three under the act OF 1886 and
five hundred and forty -seven widows under the
act of 1888.
. BY the treaty Of 1885 with the Cherokees the
h warriors o. that nation who wounded in
:. the service of the United States during the
t last war with Great Britain promised pen
C sons but the promise has never been fulfilled,
If though several of them have applied for justice
e. Provision must he made for their payment
The acts granting Bountcs for service in the
Revolutionary and Last Wars have expired by
/. limitation, but two hundred aud three claims have
,r been established and allowed under it since such
N expiration. The bureau has been abolished, and
T. its duties confided to the Commissioner of PEN
t. SONS. The archives of the War Office are now
ii Kept and its various business transacted in bull
l. ding entirely insecure and Inconvenience Proper
ST " OF immense value is there exposed 10 destruc
lr ton by fire. A and safe building is required.
; The Island Mt the influence Of the St. Peters
10 and Mississippi rivers has been purchased by the
y Government for $4,000, for Military purposes.
J. Board consisting Of Brig Gen Armistead,
to Lieut.. Col. Long, and Surgeon Lawson, is now
y engaged in selecting site for National Armory
n on tho Western waters.
of The closing paragraphs of the Report, briefly
l. rccapualing recent arrangements with various
re Indian tribes, we copy as follows
A. The amendments made by the President and
,e Senate to the treaty with the Miami tribe, were
of assented TO by them in the month of June last
Is thus eXtnguishng the Indian title to lands thro =
If out the whole State OF Indiana. An arrangement
Sc has also been made with The Saginaw Indians, by
he N
,k have been supplied, and the cession OF the lands
r. intended to be embraced in it, has been completed.
OF Since the adjournment OF Congress, II treaty
Sc has been concluded with some OF the bands of
il the Sioux for lands, not included in any PREVIOUS
$. negotiation: and another has been made with the
halt breeds Of the Sioux, for n cessou of tie lands
a. set apart TO them by The article of The treaty held
Us AT Prairie du Chen, on the 18th of July, 1889.
A treaty is now negotiating with the Wynndots
A, for their lands IN The State OF Ohio, which, it is
If believed, will soon he brought to concluson.-
10 The attempt negotiate with the SacS and Fox
j. Inns utterly failed As the n this failure
are believed TO he temporary, or such as may be
is removed by arrangements with other tribes, re-
l. newed effort will be made when propitious oc-
no cHsion shall offer.
al 1t is source of regret that the information re-
n speeding the state ofIhe Indian schools is sean
" and imperfect. Few subjects commend Them
in selves more strongly TO all our symPah'es rs men
ce and Christians, man the education and civilization
he OF The Indian tribes aud, so far as depends on
ar this Department. The obligations resulting irOm the
he provisions made in various treaties for That pur-
pose, and from the appropriations by Congress,
"A. shall be faithfully discharged.
he The recommendation of the Commissioner to
so revive the Investigation into the claims arising
der the 14th article of the treaty of Dancing Rab-
OF bit Creek, and that proposing that authority should
ON he given Tor the sale of lands at once upon their
ur being ceGed, on which buildings have been erect
ed, OF Improvements have been made by the Uni
of ted States, respectfully commended TO The con-