Carroll free press. [volume] (Carrollton [Ohio]) 1834-1861, 1845-12-19

or mi0fTalS, has been reserved from
sale, aud numer us Leases upon them
have been granted TO individuals upon
a stipulated rent. The system Of grant
ing leases hAs proved 10 be- not only
Improbable TO the Government, but IN.
satisfactory TO the ctizpns who have
gone rpon the lands, and must. II con
nDued. lay the foundation o. much lu :
lure duff uly between the Government
and the essers, According to the Fl
CA reccrd', the smouul of rents recsV
ed by the Government for The years
lS4 lS42 l843 and 1874 was SIX
thousand three hnndIed and 6(tg- four
dollars and seventy four cents, while The
expenses OF the system DUNG the same
period, including salaries OF suprrnIrn
dents. agents, clerks, aud incident ex-
Pensrs. we're twenty SIX thousand one
hundred aud eleven dollars and eleven
cenls-ihe income being less than one
fourth Of the expenses. To this pecu
mary loss may he added he injury sus
tanned by the public in consequence Of
the destruction Of timber, and the care
less and wasreCul manner OF working
the mnes. The system has gwen rise
to much litigation between the United
States snj individual crriz ns. produc-
inc irritation and excitement in the
mineral region, and involving lhe Gov
ernment in heavy additional oXpGndl-
lures. II is believed that sImll0r los Sos
and emharrassmenls will continue to oC
cur. while the present 81 stem ol leRsin 2
these lands ramains uOchBnge6 These
lands are now under he supe rintt ndence
aud ,re oi the War Department with
The ordinary duties Of which they have
10 proper or natural cOnnexion. | re
commend The repeal Of The present sVs-
ten, and that these lands he placed un-
der the sOperinreHdenCe and manage
ment Of the GrneIal Land Office, as 9th
er pubic lands, and be brought IntO
markei d sold upon such terms as Con =
gress In ,heir wisdom NAV prescribe.
Crstrv,ng 10 the Government an qu,la
bic per ceUuge Of the gross amount Of
mineral product, and that The pre- emp
ion PrlucipIe be extended to resident
miners ard settlers upon them. al III.
minimum price which may be establish
ed by Cong ess.
reIer you 10 the accompanying re-
port of the Secretary OF War for inIor
NATION respecting the present situation
ol The army, end its operations during
The past wear; the state OF oar de(e0ccs
he condition OF the public works; and
our relations wrh the various Indian
tribes within our Limits or upon our
borders. invite your affection to the
suggestions conlsined in that repor, in
relation 10 these prominent objects OF
national interest
When orders were given duriNg lhf
past summer for concentrating militia
~ force on the western troRliPr o.
| Texas. cur troops were widely drspeIs
ed. aud in smai dctachmpnts, orcUpvI log
posts remote from each othor The
promp, & expeditions manne 10 Which
an army, embracing more than half our
peace establishment, was drawn 'ogpth.
or on an emergency so sIdden, TT f'rts
great credit on the rffi fi:rrs who ware
entrusted with the execution Of these
| nFdoFS uuaII In a t.ott,lIao II
The army itself. 10 be 10 strength lc
protect and defend the people and terri
tory OF Texas, 10 The event Mckee
should commence hoslIries or invade
her terrilorIts with o large army whlct
she threatened ! sulhO, 2 The Gpner
al assigned % the commnn6 Of oCcuna
rlnn 10 make rPq1lsitlon for adJit ona
forces from sFveraI of the States neares
'he Texan territory and which cou {
most xpediIiousIy 10 nisb them, IT, ii
his opinion, larger force than that IN.
der his command, and The auxhIorV aid
which, under like circumstances he was
auhoriEed to receive from Texas, shoulc
be required The contingency upon
which the exercise oI ums authority de.
pended has not orCus red. The crrcum-
stances Und r which Two companies oI
State artillery from the crly Of New Or
leans we're sent into Texas. and muster.
/ ed int the service OF the United Stalee
are 'ulIy stated in he reporI Of The Se'
cretary Of War. | recommend TO Con
gress that pr vision be made lOr tbs
pavme NJ of these tropps, as we'll as a
small number Of Thxan volunteers,
whom he comm ndug General though
it necessary 10 receive or muster mi,
our service.
During The last summer the first regi
menl Of Dragons made extensive eX-
Curslons through the Indian country or
our BORDERS, part Of them advancing
nearly 10 the possessions Of the Hud
sons Bay Company in the north, and {
part "a far as The Souh Pass of the
Rocky Mountains and the head waters
Of the tributary streams Of the COLORADO
of the West The exhibition of Ihi