Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1848-12-22

W,r,cn and the greater part OF The balance la
'nn'scd tol regular and ordinary purposes
1 Adams, The balances remaining, chnl2eu
i.c';nc officers they may be entitled 10 TURN.
| .,edms on ihc several accounts above sta'eu y
no amnnp, ri about $40 600. The remainder i
| ,.la,,ned by them as compensation ioi ~" n
vices. or as having been pau 10 o.,ei s',.c,;ons
GERS tot simlar services IN makins wv ION.
and The subject is recommended ~
| sderallon. a: ,rs =, he bu.
| ,...,,. .onnrcied With The department are ieiei'
rel 10 as evidence Of efhcIency III '''e U.s.
| 81 du,y. Temporary papnasseis' dPpo'"eu ~
tpr ,hc aci Of july 5h are retained III set.'ee
.,t ~ sni,>-ry. the convenience vi me Vo'uh'
Inn. have been sent into the sevefai se.l'o"S "
| no conniry where these troops were iais'u a''
,,,.n.z.t The vast increase 10 me e3'e"' "
| onI territory, and in the hummer OF ul.ih" 20
ma induced the Paymastef Genera 70 asA ,"1
me additional paymaslers appointed lot ,ne wal
nav he retained permanently in The Puoiic ser
v;ec This susseslinn, as well as thai teia,i'e
- The n.culiar trDure Of Office in this brahch o
,ha army Is commended 10 favorable coIsiuei3-
ton. . and on.
The ,ays and regulations securing ana en-
forcing The settlement OF The accounts oi uisoui
sing officers. sbouli be SO extended as 10 app,
10 The accounts Tor moneys received rom eo"'''
buttons and all ether sources.
No fund having been appropriated 10 mr. ~
penses Tor secret service inuiSIe">au -
,,,osecut;un Of Inc war, the collections IN .heapo
nave been reso,led 10 Tor these purposes. rs y
!, mol reasonable 10 expect that regular Vouche's
~ nayneur for secret services should be pfoauceu
he mode which seems most appropriate 10, 'ne
,avmcpt of Ibis service is that which has oeeh
provided Tor setting accounts lot ihe aisouise'
.,enl of Inc appropriation Tor contingent e3peh-
SEES ui foreign intetconrse - 80,
The nuutpcr Of military roslo Will rrooao'y
exceed t..e number I'll MEDICAL oIhcrfs no" d"-
norised - law Should that be me case, inc
employment OF physicians IN civll me VIII ne
I'm. necessary. Besides the difficulty OF pro-
curing such physicians al The points "nfie 'uey
a., wanted, The expenses often exceed me rcsu-
AR nav And emoluments Of army surgeons ana
assistant surgeons. With view both 10 econ"-
nv and 10 the Interest OF The sefyl e, am IN
dnced 10 concur in the recommendation OF lhe
sutceon general in favor ui The .epeal oil the pro-
yiso O, Tn. lnitd section Of he act VI me 10 VI
Iulv last 80 far as il relates IN the two surgeons
and twelve assistant surgeons authorised oy inc
act Of the li,h OF February, l647. By such re-
neal. ne above number ofsurseons and assistant
surgeons would be added 10 the permanent medi'
cal STAT a the army.
The estimates for Notifications Tor The next rs
cal wear Will be sufficient 10 complete some Of
The wofs.. and considerably advance olhefs al
ready IN me progress OF CONSTRUCTION. Il may &c
advisable 10 commence rev works al some ex'
posed points on The Atlantic and Gu!t COASTS par
iiculariy within The limits oi Texas
The concentrations Tor the army proper re-
onifed Tor The next t>ca! year amount 10 II i32,-
2S6. TIE estimates Tor he transportation ci me
troops ,af exceed hat OF any o,her yeaf previous
10 he war. Tne increase III his item Is TO mee'
me expense III sending troops TO oregon, we"
Mckee ard California.
SbnuI. the suggestion Of the Quarlermasier
General, contained in hrs report 10 employ the
public vessels in the naval service Tor The trans
porlalion py sea o. army stores ana troops, o.
adopted, this item Of expenses would be greatly
reduced Our possessions upon the Pdclhc seem
10 render he change in his respect appropriate,
and d. noI dOub that such measure VIII DC
attended by results favorable TO the puolic ser
vice.
In none OF he branches Of his department has
the business been SO much augmented as IN The
Pension bureau. The number oil invalid PEN
soners has increased, dufias the las year, SIX
hundred and uinely-une; the whole number on
The lis, is three thousand one hundred and TWEEN
ty-siI.
More than sixty thousand claims have been
prosecuted under the ACT OF The | tn o. February
,Sl7. for bounty land and treasury scrip. About
ior.y ihouS nd Of them have been acted on AMI
allowed, twenty thousand are now pending ana
il is estimated hat there are forty thousand yet 70
he pfeseoe,'. Grea, efforts have been made 10
despatch these applications, and aban, two hui
dred and MY are daily investigated and passed
10 relation 10 Indian affairs ihe removal OF the
trib-S 10 he country sci apart ioi inem, wesl %
the Mississippi river, have vindIcaied The VISION
A ~ - hoe.
duced. and particularly by the higher degree ol
Improvement among those who hrsl removed 70
the courtrv assigned To them
Dnf. g me las year, onr emigrants have eSpe-
riancrd lie. annoyance than AT any torncf period
from he indians on The Missouri frontier, and
IN. difficulties among themselves and WIN our e.
iZsns have been less frequent. Inns 1aVnrap'e
.nanse IN lpcir coniuct i 10 be mainly ascriheG
10 me luaiciuuS control exercised over theIf annu'
;es a;id IT, The holding oi them table 70 Dc use
| 10 compensate Tor damages !esulnng from lhci'
lawes> aseress,ons as welt upon each other a
| upon our own Citizens
An important tfea'Y has been recently neso
,;a,ed wrh he Moncmnnies BY which they hav,
agreed 10 coed all their lands IN Wisconsin :
! about four million, Of acres-and to remove Il
N. e1ce.len, country procured for them on III
Upprr Mississippi, adjoining ha, Of their OF
| friends. me Wiunebasoes recently removed iron
Iowa. This treaty has in effect, exiinsuishe'
| m, Indian title To The whole country East oil IN
| Mississippi, South Of Lake Superior.
| Within Inc last tour years the United state
! have acqni,sG by treaties, al cost Of on'y q,
| SD Gao ei.hcen million tiye hun:fed Ihousan
acres Of land; II which thirteen million NV huh
| dred thousand acres are ready Tor immediate 81
u.Geh, AID cultivation in the rapidly ofoR M
5 ate, of Wisconsin ana Iowa. Measures I"
| tDr emigration OF the Indians oil Mississippi an
other Sta:rs are in progress, under modified ar
raugrmeni> entered INFO within the last veal
| whitn praHiss favorable result.
| Tn, iaW AMI regulations - prevent Inc INTRO
iuct,on AM sal. q! spif,iunus liquors N The IN
| .iaa country, have sensibiv diminished IN
| amount OF suff.rIng among The irontier tribes
| and the general policy OF The government WI
regard 10 h. payment and distribution CT annui
le>, AMI The regulation Of llaie, have put an en-,
10 many evils and abuses which formerly prc
vailed and were highly detrimental To III. int
rests AMI welfare II ~ Intians.
No subject connected with our Indian affair
has SO deeply interested the department, and re
\ ceived 80 much o.. lis anxious solicitude and at
tentioa as that of educationi and am happy Il
be able 10 say that lis efforts to advance thu
cause have been crowned with success. ANON;
most of the tribes which have removed to am
| become settled IN the Indian country, me pies
sings Of education beginning TO be appre
ciated, and they generally manifest a willing
ness 10 cooperate viii the Government in dIi
fusing these blessings The schools already Is
tabiished have an increased number OF pupils
and preparations are making for establishing
many new ones. Much credit is due TO man,
excellent missionary ocieties OF different Chris
,an denominations Tor their aid and contribu
lions to sustain and advance the cause of edu
cation among the Indian population.
There are sixteen manual abor schools, anC
ciEhly-scven boarding and district schools now
in successful operation among the various In
dian tribes, and the number Of Indian youths
attending them. according 10 the reports receiv
ed at the department, is three thousand six hun
dret and eighty -two-of which two thousand
six hundred and FIFTY are males, and the re
naming one thousand and thirty-two are fe
males The schools are generally in charge o
missionary societies, and are well conducted :