The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1852-12-25

and Gen Hitchcock has done uuch with yer,
small mraps.
The attempt TO cultivate farms with soldier,
has not succeeded, but it ia hoped il NAV here
alter SUI the expense Of the Quarter Master
dcrarimer; show a decrease Of 1901 .OOn com
pared with last year. and the estimates Tor s.xl
year are reduced half a million moie The pol
icy Of allotng special territory to the excusiv,
occupation OF the Indian tribes should be sill fur
thrr cx'euded. In Texas, however, there is a
difficulty abou, It, That State does not recup
nlzs any Indian title. hu, LAYS out and sells her
Wild lands over which the General @ Gover, rlent
has no oohtoi,-w ithogt reference to the prescn,
Occupants. This drive. them to despera Ion AZ,
provokss hostility. The Secretary recommend,
That some arrangement Ue made with tn. State
to sci apart sufficient territory hr her Indians
We quot what he says OF New Mexieo:
That Terrnory is SO remote and Inaccessible
aud holds out such little induceAient to emigrn,
ton, that the struggle between the two ,sees i.
destined, in al probability, to cuninue there long
after 1t shall have ceased in every o,her portion
pf The continent
By the last census the total population Of New
Mexico, exclusive Of wild Indians, is lin round
uumterl 900 souls and its whole real estate
IS c'limaled At (in round numbcrs) $2,TOO,OOO
/" protect 'hi' small p"pulaliun We are com
p'Hed to MAINTAIN large military force al an
annual c:pen-c nearly equal to half The value oi
the whole teal estate Of the Territory Would
It L"i he hrtt,r to induce the iubahitans to ahan.
don country winch seems harlly fit s.r the h,bi
tation Of civilized nau, by rctnuneratiny them for
their property IN money or in lands sItgsted in
more favored regions Even if the Government
paiIi" The property quintupei., val,ei i, would
sill merely on the score of economy, 1e largely
the gamer by :be Transaction. aud the troops now
stationed m New Mexico would be available for
TIE projections Of other portions of our own and
"i the Mexican territory. Unless the means
nave indicated, or some other be adopted to re-
hevc Tie Indians form the necessity of plundcring
To Pi"cGre the means of subsistence, their d.pre.
dN'iuns must not only continde but increase -
hi' would require a corresponding increase in
the mean. Of protection Ia that view concur
IN the recammcudaiion of the General in Ciei
that IN additional regiment Of MOUNTED men be
authorized
The attention of Congress is called to Tie ne.
ces,iiy Of completing The Qualifications ALREADY he.
gun at Boston, New York, Philadelphia, Baltl.
more. Norfolk, Charlestor, Savannah, Psnsscola.
Mobile and New Orleans. II tue work are not
promptly cared un the loss in the injury they
VIII suiisr will he very heavy. New Bcgfard
and San francisco also stand 10 urgent need of
inrisca!lons aud it is thought there should be a
fort outside Of Sandy Hook. In carrying on the
works, tie Department. has dispensed with civil
agents and slpernteudeut., and hi. confdsd hem
TO the two corpse OF engineers aud Typographical
engineers, tie former taking those on he Allan.
iic and the Gulf of Mexico, and the latter those
on the northern lakes aud western riyer-. Cant.
Stl'grear's has completed the exploration OF tue
Gda aud Colorado Rivers but Iii. report las not
yet been submitted. The Secretary recommends
th'ts lAS he passed reguciriug all minors of Is
snd upward Who shall hereafter enlist in the ar
my to 'crNe out their time II Is also recommend.
ed by hoth ie Secretary and the Gep.ral.in.
Chief t"at the pahsion laws be 50 amended ~ To
place the widows and orphan, of rfii'ers of the
army on an equal loo;ins with those Of naval Uf
nceTs