Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1850-1854, 1852-12-10

tdtu PThHlS O,ZlS,1cC dCTeS lDteTndl improves
ments, railroads, &C. 3O2592 making in the
aggregate l3If5,l75, being an increase of the
amount of lands sold and located under land
warrants of 569, 220 acres above the pevious
year.
The whole amount thus sold and located under
land warrants reported under swamp land grants
and selected for internal improvements exceeds
that of the present year by 3,342, 1872 acres and
the sales wou!d W thout doubt have been much
larger bu, for the extensive reservations for rail
roads In Mississippi, Missouri and Alabama r.
| For the quarter ending 30th Sept. 1852, there
were sold 243, 255 acres; located with bounty land
warrants 1857 ll6. located with other certifcavs
| 1859; reported under swamp land grants 2 49,
| 2S3 making an aggregate for the quarter of 4,
| l3l 1853.
Much the larger portion of arranging and clas-
sifying the last census has been finished, and it
Will now deTolve on Congress to make the neces-
sary provisions for publishing the results of the
| returns in such form as shall be deemed best
The apportionment of representation on the basis
of the new census has been made bv the Secretary
of the Interior in conformity with the provisions
of the law relating TO that subject, and the recent
| elections have been made in accordance with it,
| / commend to your favorable regard the sug-
gestons contained in the report of the Secretary
of the INTERIOR that provision be made by law for
the publication and distribution periodically of an
| ana ytical digest of all the patents which have
D~SA VI
| tons and discoveries, with such descriptions and
| illustrations as may be deemed necessary to pre-
sent an ntel IDLE view of their nature and opera
ton. The cost of such publication could easily
be defrayed out of the Patent Fund, and am per
suaded that it could be applied TO no object more
acceptable to inventors or beneficial to the public
at large.
| An appropriation of 500, 900 having been made
at the last session for the purchase of suitable
ste and for the erection, furnishing and fitting I'D
an asylum for the insane of the District of Colum-
bia, and of the Army and Navy of the U. S.. the
proper measures have been adopted to carry this
benefcent purpose into effect. BY the latest ad
vices from the Mexican Boundary Commission, it
appears that the survey of Rio Gala from its con-
fuence with the Colorado to its supposed intersec-
ton with the western line of New Mexico has
been completed
The survey of the Rio Grande has also been
finished from the point agreed upon by the Com
missioners the point where it strikes the South
ern Boundary of New Mexico, to point | IS miles
below Eagle pass, which iSabout two-thirds of the
distance along the of the river to its mouth
The appropriation which was made at the last ses-
sion of Congress for the continuation of the sur
vey is subject to the following provSo That no
part of the appropriation shall be used or cXpcnd-
ed until it shall be made satisfactorily to appear TO
the President of the United States that the South
ern Boundary of New Mexico is not established
by the Commissioners and Surveyors of the Uni.
ted States further north than the town called Pa
so, than the same Is laid down in Dsturnell's man
which is added to the treaty. NV attention was
drawn to this subject by report from the Depart.
mcnt of the Interior which reviewed all the facts
and submitted for my decision the question whe.
ther, under existing circumstances, any part of
the appropriation could be lawfully used, or eX-
pended for the further prosecution of the work.
After careful consideration of the subject came
TO the conclusion that 1t could not be, and so in
formed the head of the Department Orders were
Immediately issued by him to the Commissioner
and Surveyor to make no farther requisitions on
the Department, as they could not be paid and to
discontinue all operations on the Southern line of
New Mexico. But rs the Department had no ex-
act information as to the amount of provisions and
money which remained unexpended in the hands
of the Commissioner and Surveyor ii was left dis
cretionary with them 10 continue the survey down
the Rio Grande as far as the means at their dispo-
sal would Ell able them, or at once to dsband the
| Commission.
A special messenger has since arrived from the
officer in charge of the survey on the River with
inform ton that the funds subject to his control
were exhausted and that the officers and opera
tors employed in tho survey were destitute. alike
| of means of prosecuting the work and of returning
to their homes. The object of the provision was
doubtless to arrest the survey of the Southern and
| Western lines of New Mexico in regard to which
different opinions had been expressed for it is
hardly TO be supposed that there could be any OBJ
lection to that part of the line which extends a
long the Rio Grandc but the terms of the law are
so hroal as TO forbid the use of any part of the
money for the prosecution of the work or even for
the payment of the officers and agents the arrcara-
gcs of pay which are partly due to them | ear
neatly invite your pIompt attention TO this subject
and C mmend a modification of the terms of the
piorI o. so as TO enable the Department to use as
niue OF the appropriation rs will be necessary to
di>cI arg die existing Obligations of the Govern
ment, and TO complete the survey of the Rio
| Grande t. its mouth. 1t will also be proper to
make further provisions by law for the fulflmcnt
of our treaty with Mexico for running and mark
ing the residue of the boundary line between the
| two countries.
Permit me to invite your particular attention to
the interests of the District OF Columbia, which
are cOnfided by the Constitution TO YOUR peculiar
care. Among the measures which seem to me of
the greatest importance TO its prosperity are the
introduction of copous supply of water into the
City of Washington, and the construction of suit
able bridges across the Potomac; to replace those
which destroyed by high water in the early
part of the present year. AT the last session Of
Congress an appropriation made to defrav the
cost OF the surveys necessary for determining the
best means of atfording unfang supply Of
good and wholesome water. Some progress has
been made in the survey, and rs soon as it is COM
pleted the result will be laid before YOU
| Further appropriations will also be necessary
for grading and paving the streets and avenues
and cmbellishing the public grounds within the
City of Washington. l commend all these OBJ
jects, together with the charitable Institutions of
the District to your favorable regard.
| Every effort has been made to protect our from
tier and that of the adjoining Mexican States from
the incursions of the Indian tribes OF about l / :
900 men of which the army is composed nearly
5000 are employed in the defence of the newly
acquired territory, including Texas, and of emf
grants proceeding thereto. l am gratitied to say
that these efforts have been unusually successful
With the exception of some partial outbreaks in
California and Oregon, and occasional depreda-
tons portion of the Rio Grande owing, it is
believed to the disturbed state of that border re-
gion, the inroadS of the Indians have been effec
tually restrained. Experience has rhown, howev-
er, that whenever the two races are brought into
contact, collisions will inevitably occur.
To prevent these collisions the L. s have gen
orally apart portions of their Territory for the
exclusive occupation of the Indian Tribes. A
difficulty occurs, however, in the application of
this policy to Texas. By the terms of the COM
pact by which that State was admitted into the
Union, she retained she ownership of all the va
cant lands within her limits. The government of
that State, it is understood, has assigned no por-
ton of her territory 10 the Indians but as fast as
her settlements advance, lays it off into Counties