New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1851-12-04


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anoSDi o''he present Appropriation applied
~ The purposes OF the lsst year tous9
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thai for The picsenI year ~ only So, e05
PAuPtR LUsArtCs AND AGsicuLryRAL sr.r1.,,
Une these he aas the csumAses are tie s.as ;.
last year.
PUBLIC svIDIS0s.
The estimates for the mex fse,i va.
ass 10 % lees than Trey ~ere for the nr,s.,. Nv
not~ iihstsncirg they embrace items "a t>a 800.
Of ssl s3f Il 70 meet ceacieae,ss in the 40
licus for The present hscs! year '"S
THE estimates for the next &acai wear Almanac,
$fl-5ot n Amount properly charsesA1s =. ,s ~
present year VIII be $5a3 ic9 Il whrs s,ss .,a es
more than l. Row estimated for TIE mex, a,s,I -,
PRNIrsNu.RY.
The estimate for the next isc Al year il A sos H.
than that for the present year
MEXICAN BOUNDARY SURVEY
The amount embraced IN the regular esttms...
for the present FISCAL year wa....-.... tlOp eS -
The smount included ia the estimates
for the next year s..-..-.-............. 90 90 A,
PENSION OFFICE.
The whole amount expended for pensions dur,.
the year ending seth September, 1851, exclusvs ~
navy pensions. is about 81 .i39.sis.
VIRGINIA HALFPAY AND coNNUrArioE cIaNs
The half-pay claims examined ana allo we'd s...
the date OF my last report amount TO 400 aclui
ing the sum OF 5. 80 %. which had been pfeyoas,
adjudicated but not paid.
MEXICAN WAR.
There have been ~ lao apple atoms filed for hsu,
ties under the act OF ll;h OF February. 1917. graness
lands or scrip TO sololers engaged IN the war sss
Mexico In al - 9j5 claims have been allo sed sA
warrants or scrip issued 70 the parties entitled TIE
warrants and tcnp issued since the last annual 70
follows.
each 223 warrants for 40 acres each 90 certificates
for 500 each and certificates for SIS each. slsl
cases are suspended for further evidence.
The details OF the branch OF War Department
embracing the Bounty LAM Law and Survey, are
given in The Land Commissioners Report
The acquisition OF New.Mexico and California.
and the rapid expansion Of our settlements In Orc
gon and tab, have given increased importance 10
our Indian re atoms and may render change in our
whole policy IN regard 70 them necessary. Former.
ly they have been driven West. Now stream
OF white population Is fO.lng upon them from NJ
Pacific coast Thus the pressure Is increasing upoa
them from both SIDES Of The Continent aud they are
now encompaSSed by an unbroken chain Of civlllza.
ton. The policy OF removal, except under peculiar
circumstances, must from necessity be abandoned.
and the only alternative Is 10 civlllZe OF exterminatc
them. OF course there can be no hesitation which
60 choose. They must be civilized Unjust be COM
menced by substituting Kindness for coercion by
feeding and clothing them, rather than warning upon
ard diving them from thew territory.
Tie subject is presented at considerable length
by Mr. Stuart, and the Indians of New-York, also
the Cherosees, Chocktaws, Chickasaws and Greeks
referred TO as evidence that Indians be civ
illZod.
Unter tho head Of Jui.,al Expenses the Repor,
states that the expenses of the Judicial Department
have increased very rapidly OF late that the laws
regulating fees sc, arc IN some respects obscure
that different constructions are put upon the same
law IN 6lfeTcl localities tina, many ingenious de-
vices ere resored TO by which exorbitant fees are
al nod vr Ae
The Secretary details the varl0ns laws relating to
fees and the practices under them indifferent States
and recommends that all the laws relating TO eos be
carefully revised The report also suggests the pro-
priety OF general revision Of the salaries OF District
Judges witha view TO render them more uniform aud
pIoporonate to the labor and responsibility OF the
Office. An act constituting the Attorney General the
head of the Department of Justice, and making It
his duty 10 seal and counerslgn all commissions for
Judges, Alarshals and Attorneys and to exercise the
supervisory and appellate control over all accounts
connected with the expenses OF the Judiciary now
xtrclsed by the Home Department
Certain Improvements IN the Public Grounds AMI
Buildings at Washington are adyerted TO, and others
suggested II proposed that as soon as the eastern
wing OF the Patent Office shall be completed, to
transfer % II the officers attached 10 the Department
proper and also those belonging to the Indian Ba'
re au these officers being IN want OF better apart.
nenis than the rented ones they now occupy, and
there being some ~ more rooms IN the Patent Bud.
Inc than that Office requires. The enlargement OF
the Capitol has been diligently prosecuted since the
duOluOn Oh tDe pan approved Oy INC Ifosiueut-
Census returns have been received from all the
States except California. Partial returns have been
received from that State and the remainder are et-
pected IN few days. This delay has prevented tho
Secretary from making the apportienment OF Repre-
seniatOn among the several States, deemlng that he
has no authority for proceeding on partl returns
large number Of Clerks no aged in classify
lDg and arranging In suitable form Tor publication
the diversified statistical information furnished BY
the tables. IL Is believed that when completed II
will be the most perfect work Of the Kind ever pro
sented TO the public.
An additional appropriation Of $3.50 900 is solicited
for paving the expenses OF taking the census, ana
preparing the statistics for pubic alton.
The establishment Of an Agricultural Bureau Is
again torcIoy urged upon the attention OF Congress
The proceedings Of the Mexican Boundary Com
mission are detailed at some length, but we observe
important facts which have not already appeared
IN The Tribtme.
The able report Of Mr. Secretary Stuart concludes
by commencing TO the consideration OF Congress.
the interests OF the District Of Columbia Tho pro-
priey ard necessity OF introducing into tho City oI
Washington, a cspacIous supply OF pure water 10
urged with great force