New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1849-12-26
REPORT
or THs SECRETARY Or The INTERIOR.
DrrAarxrsr or 1zx lSrxI.oa- Dec 3, l.is

NA OcC- pea % age s-C4-1-sttN- " y
| bosines., in calseqae1cs Il vhch i,uai ieit' II
some respecs il perfsc'. Ire Department g
| named ia tne title A HON, Department O0s
Toe bC3y n TIE at provides Lat Il snsl D eaSo
| The DspAgsmsu: cf to lr'srlor re we .
the act, beng to Psrr last adopted u tae y go"
Of enac.a. 49, IS D. isv 20 . ez Press ine 70 'suIi0
| 0. CONFESS - o 10 name, BIZ . lsnE t.S OF
tie scsi issf o-isz inper2ave, ie.. c5ss.- a4-sd
. coa.orn . u iatee siJpti1- ri SEES -nl 10 80
! 9TH oGicG. scts
Inposta.t dstrs reqIrnE much flcii lsoo',
were u, nsfsrfec f11A u Presiden' ala i'on re
| Sat. tie Treasury. sad TIE "a u PA-ime-is !"
ne Document 4 the Ilter.or. The act prov dee
| b, ne ocoi t1astt O. 5scresa'y and =! chef
/ o.erk. 5Gt directs tie enpioynenF Of 10 lt'Sf
| c.,rsl except II the provison, That TIE Presi-
| dent q The United states, On ire recon ne nd2-
! ton q the ss!1 5ec-ttiry oil the Ilie1Jf, may
| strsssfer frlm tie TT ssury Department JrcP-r;o
! toe Department Of the Interior such clerks 70
tie Office u lie secrstsry Of ;he Treasury as -
l. firm Ire duties over witch the supervision srd
'ooneoi a'e gwen by tais act 70 The .ecre;s 4
! the Interior
I,ua. however, s.certsin.d, on careful exam
| naaon. tna. snere was 20 CLERK EhO could he
Transferred, D. virsOe Of tuis provision for g.
| though some pat - toe dE.ies Of ssvera. G 50,
| employ e. 10 the Cfi-e Of ;be sec-ttery q she
Treasury wss Ia.strr,d o, tti' Department, yei
thcre E.s NOT & transfer o. al. Or even the prIL.
aga ~ ri toe duties n any Ous c,crk. Insr--
| tore, on tsk og charge OF ths new De 2srtmens
| found trAt there were 0nercgs Ites RAINING 1910
much octlh, euioined by az to be pert rued, 'tc
! e. II cans PROVIDED = enable ne 20 perform ,neH
| A great proportion was current 0VsintH. winch
required attention from day - day, 6nd wa MT
! Oesr postponeneLt Pres +. therefore. b. TIE
nocesstiss Of the the 10 DE- service ] 81. II iG
camtent oa ne - employ sgcn clerical sld ~
would enable ne 10 organize ne Department,
open lie BOOK, Gni Aeep uP the current bGsneis.
| uuth Congress should 1sks permsneE: provision
for tho full and regular discharge Q! Al. - da-
ties Eor ths Temporary PorPcso' ! took on
the Ge.crll Land Office two c.-rks, from irs
Indian Once cGe from the fsusiop OMcC oue (;
and IN addition thereto. employed hye-ihree
oil them az sYresd salaries Of eighteen hun
drod, fourteen hundred, and twelve hundred dc..
lars respectively. subect 70 tie approval Of Con.
gr.ss tho otnertNO At the usual per en- wages.
There vii, be NEEDED, IS perni1eGt iJ,cs H. 10
Department proper ten ciers', whose oom1euss-
tlon IN the Aggregate IL estimated a, fourteen
tn lUssnd two hundred dOIAt
Ia addition @ his various Gdministratlve du,Ics.
taere are referred 10 the kead Of III D par'mcat
from tie Pension Office, tho General Lsnd one
aud tue Ohi.e Of lad an AT airs, msny csSes {
iuiiclsl decision, ilyO wing The examination OF er
lience snj the dote ui- alton Of q1est'7us Of lss
TIE decision Of these cases, nsAy ofth6m OF gres.
msgnliu@e and Importance, requires the time,
care anG research which IRE ou9 - lie safe ana
proper exercise Of Judicial fuacrOns. For many
years there vss 30 icitor pertaining N the Gen
erai Land Office, whose Office was abolished "a
l7i2 Bat since that time the tcti Of Congress
giving bounty ands 10 soldiers who serysi Ia the
Mexican war, have greatly increased the number
oil lcgN questions aisiag in that Bureau, while
those from the Pension Office, under the same
ec's and other AVS eonterfiug pens % and mill
tAry unties, are vc.y hume Gus and often q fl
cult. The number Ci private land claims, and
quest OnH sIIsls out e OGr Indian intercourse,
"a he slso n ten &
our settlements To Oregon AID toe accession Il
CelornlN ard New Mexico. From ali those
sources " III s1se 81 amount 4 iq1ci A. duty SUR
Client 20 require toe undivided time and attention
Of az able lsg officer, and which cRunot be
promptly and veil osohErgsd by the head Of
Department engaged in bic daily Administrative
duties Ia my opinion therefore, the public set.
vice would be promoted by the creation % the
Office Of Solicitor Of the Department Of the Interior
winch officer snOpd be charged with the extIniaa.
ton and decision OF these vS-iou. cases and calns
The &C. establishing tle Department Of the Ia
terror wss passed a. Immediately before The A..
iourhmeat of CoDgreS, ina, no provision WAS or
could be embodied N the general appropriation
act for its support. In the law by which is ia es
tsbllsn ed there q PROVISION directing that por-
t'on OF the contingent fund Il the Oifce u the Sc
cretsry OF the Treasury should be transferred 70
| the othce OF the Secretary Of the Interior. Under
TINS provision the sun offour Thousand dollars has
DC ell 20 Transferred, leaving TN estimated deficit
| 10 cover expenses incurred, and vCich must be TO-
CURED IN sah fioe in the past and presen, fiscal
years OF thirty lou. thousand seven hundred AID
thirty seven collars AMI sixty eight cents, for
winch an early appropriation will Re desirable
PUBLIC BUILDINGS.
In applying tie spp.opuaIiJn Tor the painting
and repairs OF the ttpitCi II became Necessary -
| examine " .A sic M 90 diron OF the walls auo
. Fetacye such portions oi the stone crum-
b,ing or falling of IN scales, hist tie "a, Of Psnt
mlst' he iaid upon asound and soNd t1r'tc.. o.
| this exsmlDatiln il wss found that any OF The
stones especially thoFe nesr the bsse Of the b91-
log, were dsintegrGted Al the surface and some
were 40 much and 40 deeply effected that 4 was
hsoesary TO remove them. Tie Capitol Is =
nsssivc building, re walls are thick an1 maintain
| certain equality q tenPefs'ur-, cha girg slos
- with The changes In the Temperature OF the air
Ia charge from cid % warm. The walls remain
or a time cold AMI thee Is condensed upon
them O. portion OF the mOistare Of the stucs-
0here, &c upon pitcher containing ice Va.
ter IN su'try day. The s.one being Very
'fous, readily Absorbs the moisture. AMI ~
nAters. cement which seems 10 be- slowly solub c
M water, IL dissolved or 0thervae loses its sihe
sive power, and the stone cfgmbes - sanj.
thea coat o. paint, carefully spilled froui time 20
time hAs been resoried 10 70 presCrve aud 40 doubt
TENDS t. preserve the boliding; bur uniess some
o1her aud more permanent prot ction De resorted
g., II "a destined - cary dIapiiAtion Ii left
.
one nito o.. the time that marble structures. are
NO ~ 70 have stood. this uobll ed nee would De-
come mouGd o. aans
Tne Treasury building And the present Patent
Ohce balllng are q the sane mSterisl, sac,
ha'log been 40 nomGnEer pro,s c.ed, Giresdy Fuov
angus O; decay. Ice o1slics u ths Treasury
balciog, winch exposes L ne syy mass Of stone 10
Atmospheric action, begins to be rno.-gro~n ard
pieces of the mol5inz Of the Patent Othcs tuud.
ing bsve cfumbled and fallen. Beside its ten
feney 70 dsiutegrt.iOn on posare, the stoDs 10
l,s beat condition s weak, Offering little more re-
sistsnce 10 crushing force than common brick.
inese buildings cannot, win q possible care, be
Gag PrsscrV ID By tne means st prosen. adopted.
81t Al the r.uce ~ u salcs la 10 walls oouli be
e rcercd permanently sod aos7.utely inpernes
bic 20 moisture, toe principal ifh -uiry would De
Removed and this may psfhsps be done BY some
GSGrs kDcsn - tie sIts, Or n hleh may b. disco
vered by experiment. F.: t's purpose ! sou-d
recommend tlst Epec.neGs .! the atone be are
tally snsly zsc, an that series OF experiments be
TIE 3, si,hs view q fading some chemical agent
the application OF which siA prevent i.s sosorp-
iiol OF moisture. AID thus sJrer gtaea snd render
il dqrsbe.
In % ssquecre Of the 9Cf,c.No q4Ai.y Of thu
ne. sui q Re ports iron commit Of Congress
il $50 ard l>39 cocdsInius ., Eaousai proper