Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1852-12-16

81 Jerome Napoleon Bgnaparc, oil DdilithoTe,
10 come u France.
Report of the secretary OF the En:c-
rior.
This is an able aud Interesting report of
which the Republic gives the following com
plutc abstract:
The Secretary If the Interior estimates that
II @ aggregate expense Of his Department for
The next fiscal year viii be Sl.92l 02j. icing
Il reduction Of $77l ,309 as comptrrd with the
amount required for tGe ruefeut fiscal year.
Some Of the estimates for the land aud Indian
service are. however, iaeo npletr. An item of
5000 900 Tor tIr extension of the Capitol Is
introduced making III, estimate Tor public
buildings 10 exceed THAI Of the present year by
a cons.de ratle amount.
Attention Is invited 10 the recommendations
Iofthe Commissioner The General Land OF
fee, Of whose report an abstract has already
been published. y compliment IS pol 10 the
diligence add activity which mark t.mt branch
ofIbe service
The pen .loGcis NOW Oh the rolls Of Pension
Bmeaa afe-cxcIusivc Of navy PENSIONS
IG,SGs, being 743 less Hmm the number rrpor.
ted III 1891. The expenditure on account Of
pensions since the lat report has been ST.
10000 aud the Secretary remarks that it Is
not likely to be diminished unless many exis
ing abuses he corrected hy legislation. He
proposes 10 conGne tue benefits Of tie pension
laws 10 those " ho rendered the service, and
IL tic widows and minor children Of such sol
dicrs as are dead. Stringent laws ara also
needed to pre-, cal the perpetraon of frauds
which are now beng continually pcrpetrateJ.
PERJURY and forgery are resorted to forth
purpose, ia many instances by coafederated
bodies of men, who too zen escape exposure
and punishment in consr ,luencc Of the defects
Of the law.
The number of persons pensioned under the
act OF March, 1918, was 20,dSJ, Of whom l..
I0lG now remain on the rolls, under the act Of
May, 1878, only les were pcnsioncd, LIS
81 whom are still ON the rolls; under the act Of
June 1892, not less than 81 OG6 have been
pensionod, 1923 Of whom are yet on the rolls,
though only l,495 received payment in the
! iirst and second quarters OF the current year.
There arc $3.50 widows OF revolutionary sol.
dirrs on the rolls Of whom 1 POO Only have
received payment during he year. The Mex
aean war pensions show a falling off Of 627
during the year, numbering now altogether l.
+ 1913.
Tie navy pension rolls embrace 726 inva.
ids, Who receive annually SI5,0l9; 5lI wild
ow', receiving SOL 100 and As orphans, re
ceiving $6,l3S.
The Virginia halEpay combination claims
allowed during the year amount to Sl59Gl.
During the year, ending on the 2jth Octo.
Der, the bounty land warrants issued for rcvo.
lntonary service and service in the war of 49,
II cover %, $50 acres. Under the act of lth
FEBRUARY, 1917, known az the Mexican boun-
~ land law, S3,0SS land warrants had been is
sued up TO 3lst October, and 3 .234 for money
and scrip; leaving 7,402 suspended claims
he cases registered under the bounty land
laws OF September, 1850, amount to about
2o0,oOU, OF which l400 5S have been admitted:
the warrants issued in their behalf covering
9,935'320 acres. Under the act Of March
last 7. 655 cases have been registered, and 2.
: BAL admitted The new applications now a.
mount to about 100 per day
The Secretary refers approvngly 10 sug-
eestions offered by the Commissioner of Pen
SONS IN regard to proposed changes in the laws
relating to pensions Particular attention is
called TO the propriety Of reenacting provis-
ION requiring biennial medical examinations
OF all invalid pensioners.
On the suhjec Of Indian affairs, the Score.
tary reitcrates the opinions expressed in his last
report as to the policy Which should regulate
our intercourse with the various tribes He
argues that it is more just, more humane, and
even more economical to subdne them by
kindness and to encourage them 10 pursuits
OF industry than to restrain them by military
force. The efforts Oft Department in deal
ing with the tribes resident in California and
i Oregon have been in a measure frustrated by
the rejection by the Senate the treaties ne
Io,'a'ed with them. Nothing further can be
ione un''l the Senate decide whether The In
Io" 'no shah ne removed from California and
Y.oE9n and here places of refuge shall be
l tho s.; 10, mem hope is cherished that
r rou Seminole tribe will fulfil their promise to
spring. ''''a )" inc ensuing
u It's announced thar the publication Of the