Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1842-12-17

From the report OF tho Commissioner of pensions, ap.
pears that the number of pensioners ON the rolls - e by
1885, than the date Ut the last annual The whole
number that .53l. The number at present
the rolls 035 OF whom 2662 nvad ,12f receive
pensions uudcr the of 1875 il2 under the of 1925
Is 335 under the of 1892 2307 under the of 1886;
and 1876 pen-iocd under thc q 1885,
sequence chiefly of the joint resolution and act OF the last
session OF Conge relating 10 e death Of pensioners since
lS32 and the marriage Of ther widows. is believed
that many have died, without the fact being known
the agents, and of course reported BY them. The
who received their pensions the first and second
quarters Of 1912 amounted 1904 and supposed that
ids approximates nearly 10 the actual number now
alive. This would exhibit dminution OF $751; which Is
great that which occurred between the dates of
the reports in 1910 and 1871, and which amounted L.
S63 Ii will be that the estimate for pensions is much
below that for 1912.
The law relating to military bounty loads for services in
the revolutionary war; and in that of 1872 having been
vived by the of July "a 1872 the examination of the
claims presented referred the Commissioner of Pen
sions, the rolls and documents relating hem in
his Office From the statement annexed TO tins report,
will appear that 35S claims account of revolutionary
services have been presented within the and that 81
warrants have been issued for $3.50 OF land: that alt
claims for i'm the last with Great Britain have
been presented within the tne and that % warrants
have been issued for 10, 72O acres OF land.
BY the of March 4, $780, the Office % Commissioner
of Pensions continued until the Ih day OF March, lSi
when will unless further continued by Congress
From the appears that SS,2a4 Indians have
been removed regions of the Mississippi, and
of the tribes east of that river less than
rs 900 sous remain The portion OF these are u
der treaty obligations TO remove iwi,hin few years.
poor Indian and strongly censncs suporntcndents and
agents OF Indian tribes for selling introducing nioxcat.
ing liquors among them. He thinks remedy may be pro-
vided by substituting imprisonment tor Represent pecunia
penalty prescribed for selling introducing liquor or
iabshng dis;lleres i'll the Indian country, which is wholly
Intellectual against class of persons who have visible
property and by giving jurisdiction the offence TO
local other authority which convenient access can be
had With the Wyandoits of Ohio n treaty has been rai-
fled by which that State will be relieved Of population
that remembered the best portion OF Its territory, portion
that will be open TO enterprise, and contribute TO &C.
neral prosperity.
A treaty has also been held with the Sac and Fox In
dans by which about millions of OF some OF the
best land in the Territory OF Iowa acquired pur
chase has also been made of the Chppewas III the north
of Michigan and in Wisconsin, OF about ID millions
by n treaty which will be submitted TO the Senate
The reductions directed by the act respecting the oga-
nzaton OF the army and Tor other purposes passed at ,e
last session. have been effected So tar as authority or ta
purpose given by the The officers OF the super
ntendcnts the aoes have been abolished; the militia
stoIekeepe attached the ordnance service have been
reduced the number dectcd the duties of the Commits
say OF Purchases have been transferred to the uarernas
iers department; paymastr one surgeon, and ten as
have been disb nded, there being
in the office OF pay-rnaster and IN mat OF surgeon
II appears from furnished the department by
the second and third auditors that the number OF unsettled
in their offices had been considerably diminished
since the last annual report
He earnestly urges of the force the Second
and Third Auditors Offices at least temporarily the
existing OF be disposed Of The accounts of
the disbursng IN the Indian Department are IN
condition that dees power OF the Executive officers to
bring them close In conclusion he says:-l cannot
close this report whou, again rcvertng tn subject that
has repeatedly been BROUGHT the attention of Congress
namely the Inconvenience and the great insecurity OF the
buildings which the offices OF the Paymaster General
of the Ordnance Bureau of the Bureaus OF Engineers and
Typographical Engineers OF the Commssay General of
Subsistence, OF the Surgeon General and OF the Commis
sioner Pensions kept. Vain bethe effort,
stl duty ask, that the invaluable papers and docu
mens in those offices may be preserved from destruction
by being placed in building not exposed, as they now
the slightest careessness the inhabitants OF the
houses that surround then.-Phd. ChTOn.