Baton-Rouge gazette. [volume] (Baton-Rouge, La.) 1819-1856, 1850-12-14
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Synopsis Of the Reports Of the Eecre-
taries Of the Departments Of tho
Interior and War, and Of tho Post.
master. General.

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Interior and War, and Of the Post.
master. General.
HEronT or SECRETARY or TnE In.
TEstor.--The report of the Home Depart.
mcnt states the estimates Of the year
ending June 1869 at $7, 132, 0i3 Az, All
excess Of ~ ,72s,G70 CD over the previous
year. This Is owing to various causes
First, the execution Of the Bounty Land
Bill causes IN excess Of St57,i15 90
Second, Indian AfTairs. Here Is an excess
Of a million and q hall, owing TO new trea-
ties mid the new relations waffthe Indians
OF Mexico and California. Our Indian
population has been more than doubled by
the recent acquisition Of territory. The
Pension office shows an apparent increase
of $t,145,460 but the real excess is
$416,O92. The expense Of the Census,
1T is supposed, will be covered by the last
appropriation Of $1, 9 900.
PNbltc Lanas.--The number Of acres
| disposed Of under the various laws, Is
5~,1s4,4f0. The lands have yielded to the
Government Sl,125,000 annually above
the expense for the last fifty years. The
report recommends a Board OF Commits
siol,ers to pass on California titles.
The GoR Ldnas,--The report is in
favor of sales at auction, and opposes lsases
or licenses.
Tie Pactfc RaNtoaa.-A survey il
recommended to ascertain the practicable
ty Of such a work. !.
An Agricultural Bureau Is deemed i'm.
portaht.
The Census ID spoken Of as furnishing
the most valuable mass Of facts ever col
leeted.
The report Is written with c1earness and
brcvity. It Is a model of a State paper.
The Mexican Boundary Survey will
require during the yehr 300, 900.
Pension ODfce.--The number Of persons
OH the rolls is l9,75s. Revolutionary
Pensioners Under act of 1903, amounted
to 2O,4s5. There remain now 1921
Under the act of 1928 there were 1852 /;
now there remain 162. Under the act Of
1882 there were added 32,75s now there
retnaill 52d7. Widows and orphans Of
soldiers in the Mexican war, the number
IL 1856.
The amount expended during the past
year is $1,40O, 900.
The General Bounty Land Law-It
Is supposed that $50, 600 persons are EN-.
titled to claim its benefits.
TnE WAR DEPARrMENT.--T'he Army
consists Of 1927 officers and men. Of
these 1876 are stationed in Texas, Cali.
.forpia, New Mexico and Oregon. An i'm
crease Of the Army is urged. The Secre-
tary is convinced that all the force which
he can detail from the service will be in
sufficient to protect the Western frontier.
The only available force 10 cavalry. lie
recommends at least one regiment more
Of mounted men. The cost OF supplying
the troops OF the frontier is enormous
The freight on a barrel Of pork to Santa
Fe is $32 90. To Taos and other parts,
Sill 60. TO Paso del Norte $Is 90. lie
recommends the Importance Of civilizing
the Indians, us the onIy effectual mode Of
protecting orr frontier, aud the Mexicans,
whom we are also bound to protect. The
Seninoles are at length reduced.
The Surrey Of tie Misstssippi.--The
report thus speaks:
AN appropriation was made ut the
last session of Congress to survey the
Delta Of the Mississippi river, with a view
to the deepening of the channel at its
mouth and the prevention of oyerAows.-
The execution Of this work, so important
to a large portion Of the Mississippi valley,
has been confded 10 Major Long aud
Captain Humphreys, two accomplished
officers OF the corps of Typographical En-
gineers. In addition to which, MIR. Chas.
Elicit, jr, a distinguished civil engineer,
has been employed to examine this intere-
esting subject, and report the result of his
observations to this DepaStment. These
two parties will act Independently ofeach
oteer, and yet will cooperate whenever it
may be found advantageous to do so.
The retired Last for disabled officers is
recommended. The expenses of the Quarter
Masters Department for the year 1S50-51
are $3,915,954 !; for the coming year $4,-
100000. The cost Of transportation for
1650-51 was 81, 900, 900. j
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The PosT OrFIcE REponT.-The re-
venues for the year ending June /, 1850,
were $5,552, 971-expenses $~5,212,953.
The balance due the Department frotu all
sources is $1,122.045. The estimated
expenses of the coming year are S6,0l9,-
500, 80. The estimated revenues are
Cheap Postage.-The Report recon-
mends the reduction to three cents Of all
prepaid, and Of five when not, and
a further reduction or prepaid letters to
cents, when the condition OF the
Department will bear it.
We will notice the other Reports in our
next. As yet we have received none Of
them in full.