The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1853-12-10


widely engaged public attention The various projects
heretofore suggested OF which experience has test
becomips dsneero9s ,oures OF speculation and monopo
y the most important point OF me
vast RESULT already realized rom unresictsd naiouai
industry and enterprise have been so manifest that
whether spy further restriction than that above ndt
Gated with the addition of combining the working Of the
mipes to our citizens and those who declare their
intention become SUCH requires mature dehberation
Ocers connected with the sale and survey of the pub
s S for d.sns Unfairly with bona de sppicsnts
often excite grave and perhaps well founded suspicious
They can now with impuny commit many a'ts which
they should be prohibited, under penalties, from
purchasing being interested in the purchase, Of public
lands.
The business Of the Pension Office has been conducted
with great prompness, energy and ability. In none of
brought up to the present date The labor performed
with the last six months has been very great and the
number of cases daily disposed OF is far more than usual
The act of the Sd February 1S3 extended the benefits
OF the pension laws to the widows of Off and sol
ders Of the revolutionary army who married subse
quent to January in the year 1900 1t was supposed
there but few cases that could properly
within its provisions and the estimate and the appro
pria ion based thereon for the present fiscal year. meet
tally the deficiency being pwards Of $500 ooo
The number examined, admitted and placed upon the
pension list to the LIST October 1853 u.s. and Is
estimated that it will reach 000 and uire an
annual appropriation of $4,000
The widows of the officers, Roncomm ssioned officers,
marines and Mariners who served in the during the
period not embraced by the act but why such
discrimination should
Numerous frauds have been committed under the
pension laws In perpet ating them, perjury and forgery
have been frequently resored to- Several have
been successfully nstiuted the criminals have been con-
victed, and are expiang their offences Some,
whose gull. palpabs have escaped in consequ nce
Of the act Of Congress limiting prosecutions OF this cha
racter TO two years the commission of the offence
These committed in secret eXpedient
adopted to avoid detection and it is sell that with
the greatest glance they discovered within the
time limited by law for their prosecution
change is therefore, earnestly recommended, and II
if,rf 10 rxaI NJ Obi eh yatu
SHOULD be much EXTENDED
From examinations made it IA been discovered
that rvsd pensions have been obtained by persons who
do not come within the provisions Of the law and many,
ance the issue of the pension certificates have been found
without any disability whatever To prevent this in fu-
ture and to detect such impc siton the Commissioner
OF Pensions recommends the enactment of law similar
70 that o 1915 requiring an in examination of
the invalid pensioners and biennial examination, there
after by two approved surgeons. Ia this mo st heartily
concur. believing that it would afford effective remedy
against the abuse OF the laws and to the govern
nent large Sums frauduenuy obtained from the rea-
suiy.
and complicated; many various and conflicts s
constructions have been given them and they in
volsed in such doubt and uncertainty that revision
AID ccdii5aton seems necessary II judiciously aud
carefully executed it would conduce greatly to the de-
spatch OF business; elieve, by its simplicity the spp
cans and hecsiiss from large expenses and gross i'm
positions snd prove very advantageous to the govera
men 1t might involve some labor, and yet but little
expense
ore of the most important questions that arise in this
branch OF business those resting to the
ment ars arrears of pensions Hence the necessity, in
drafting pension laws amend Of using
that cannot be readily misunderstood. The time when
the pension Is to be commenced, should be fxai with
positive certainty and arrears OF pension explicitly allow
ed or dissllowsd
To secure direct and frequent accountability o.,
the agents for paying PENSIONS and to enable the mis-
oner prepare proper estimates and acquisitions, he
has introduced syssm which will enabls him. at any
time to show the condition OF each agency and prevent
drawing and Unnecessary accumulation of money
in the bands OF agent. To make efficient the
agents should bs required by lsw to make quarterly
turns to- and settle their accounts with, that Office
TIE Commissioner Of Patents, who communicates direct
ly to Congress- will at early day. report the operations
OF his bureau,
By his indefagable and un-smtting exertiors system
has been restored and tt business OF his ofcs ia
conducted with much order and regularity.
The number of applications constantly increasing
and the force though augmented BY the act of 1853
still sufficient to bring the old, and despatch with
promptitude, the new business As the public is SO
deeply interested in the speedy examination OF the app
cations for patents and the fund for this purpose
ample, every facility for despatch should be afforded
No complaint is heard against the integrity skill,
competency OF those dcharging the important duties of
the bureau but the delays incident to the smansss OF
baraslns Since the present Commissioner took charge
OF the bureau, the number of applications examined
and patents issued have greatly increased Sill from
unavodably eapses after the application is presented
before final action be obtained This is trial
to the patience of the inventor and often serious loss
him, yell as the public.
The law requires the models and specimens of unpa
tented inventions to be preserved and arranged in ua
BILE Some Of these are useful well to the in
ventors DESTROYS Of asceranDg whether their inventions
have been anticipated to the examiners in the dis
charge o, their duties But there many that
wholly worthless and unfit for airy purpose. In
instances thsy represent contrivAnces altogether
Of models previously eeposted where application
ia made for patent for design, merely the practice
uncer existing laws has been to allow the applicant TO de-
post his model specimen OF the article which his
design 10 to be placed in its full szs. Accordingly vast
humber Of stoves and other cumbersome articles have
cumuated to such extent render i'm possible
cases sspace OF SO much value and Importance to
and enlarged discretion given to the Commissioner
there being no CANCER OF Its abuse.
Appeals from the decision Of the Commissioner may be
taken to the Chief Justice either Of the Assistant
Judges Of the Circuit Court OF the District of Columbia
1t OPTICAL with the applicant to which Of them he will
take his appeal and the adverse party cannot have dc
cded by any Of the Others although the Judge whom
the appeal made, be unable from absence, age
appellant may be delay, enable him to infringe with
mpur ty upon the hts of the appellee and the law
it now stands, affords him this opportunity. As such
cases have occurred and may again arise the evil should
be emedsd
pui the past ear the In ians have been paci
hc than was expected few outbreaks have occurred and
the depredations committed by those in territories
and along The utes TO Oregon and California have been
comparatively small.
may be improved, and the hostile feeling often
manifested by them, and so freoueatly ensendeged
the whites and tbs derehcton OF duty o, public
officers may be subiued. n they cannot bs conci-
lated, solthed and civilized in this way they
surely wno be b. coercion, oppression and injustice.
Their attention shog1 be diverted from Wild predatory
life and, il possible directed TO agricultural pursuits
To give the Indian stability Of character 10 make him
independent resp moral being should be study
OF those who entrusted with his guardianship.
The time is rapidly approaching when this st be the
fixed policy of tue government since their roaming dispo
son cannot be gratied tolerated much longer Their
territorial limits daily becoming circumscribei
and unless they learn the arts OF husbandry their con5
ton in few short years will be destitute and degraded
and their utter determination must coon follow.
Their number WITHIN the limits OF the United States is
estimated at AGO 0e0 OF whom about 10 coo
Mississippi river principally ia New York Michigan Wis
consn, North Carons Mississippi, and Florida. About
10000 are in Minnesota, and along inner frontier to
Texas Those OF the Plains and Rocky Mountains
innate at So 600 and those in Texas at 20 90 CALIFORNIA;
ct 100 COO Washington and Oregon At % 0O0 New Mex
at as Geo. and Utah. ct IL 00o formidable number
OF ssvsges TO csntrol and properly direct.
BY the act Of March 1853 ffy thousand dollars
appropriated to enable the President enter into nsgoi
atoms with the noian tribes Of the States of Mia
sour and Iowa for the purpose Of securing toe assent