Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1853-01-06
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Fl. Stuart, Secretary OF the Interior, fi,ls
six and half columns of the National
Intelligencer, and abounds in various
interesting statistics and many important
suggestions.
The sum required for the Department
for 1854 is less, by s774, ,S02, than for
1853, and the amount estimated for PEN
sions shows a decrease of $3.50, 1893,
while the public buildings will require
an increase of S689, ,158, caused by an
item of $780, 600 for the Capitol extern
sion, for which no estimate was made
this year, and for other new objects in
Washington. The estimate for agricul-
tural statistics has also been increased
$1,000. q
The report gives various statistics of
the public lands, embraced in the report
of the commissioner of the Land Of
flee.
From the report of the Commissioner
Of the Pension Office, to which the Sec
retary refers, we learn that the pension
ers on the rolls of the Pension. Office
have been reduced to ls,80S, and are
743 less than last year.
Under the act of 9th of March, 184S.
for the relief Of officers and soldiers in
INDECENT circumstances. 90.485 were
pensioned, of whom 1916 are now on
the rolls; only 389 have received pay
ment in the first and second quarters Of
1859. 1853 persons were pensioned
under the act of 18th of May, 1928,
passed for the benefit of officers and
soldiers of the continental army who
served to the end of the war; l93 are on
the rolls, but AZ only were paid in the
first six months of the year.
Pensioners under the act of June Z,
1859. 33,O66; on the roll, 4,3e8 re-
ceived payments; in six months. ,495.
Pensioners under the act Of July 4,
1886, for revolutionary widows and or
phans of certain volunteers and militia
troops who died in service since 1918.
number 5, ,l63, of whom 978 remain on
the rolls.
The act Of the 7th July, 1888, gave
five years. pension to revolutionary wild
ows who married before the first Of jan
uary, 1894. l1,4O0 were enrolled; leg
only have been paid in 6 months.
Under the act of Cd Of February. l848,
for life or widowhood, 5000 were en-
rolled, and under the act of 98th of July,
lS48 which extended the period Of mar
riage to the year 1900, 975 were en-
rolled. On the rolls under both acts,
$3.50 pensioners, of whom 4.2O9 were
paid during the first and second quarters
Of the year.
The act of 9lst of July, ls4S, for the
widows and orphans of those killed in
battle, or who perished by disease in the
Mexican war. enrolled l,l22, while the
number pensioned was 1880.
The whole number on the rolls, ua-
der invalid acts, were $3.50, an increase
of 627, compared with the last annual
report; 4.932 were paid in the first six
months of the year.
There are now on the rolls 726 inva~
lids, entitled to navy pensions, who re-
ceive annually s45,O49,96. There are
also 514 widows. who annually receive
SlO1, ,49O, and 48 orphans, who receive
Sc, 1873.
The expenditure on account of PEN
sions since the last report, is about ST.
100000, embracing many claims al
lowed before the close Of the last, but
paid within The present year.
More stringent measures are called
for to prevent fraud in procuring PEN
sions. In some parts of the country
the business has been reduced to sys-
tenn, and bodies of men have confeder-
ated for the purpose of carrying into ef-
feet their nefarious schemes, by means
so artful as TO render detection almost
impossible.
The cost Of printing the sixth census
was S178,805. Lippincott & Co. now
propose to publish 10000 copies of the
statistics of the seventh census, in two
folio volumes Of 1000 pages each, on
fine type and paper, well bound with
Russia backs, for the aggregate sum of
$40, 500, being less than one third of the
amount paid for the publication of the
sixth census.
The progress of the extension of the
Patent Office, and the great importance
OF the Bureau, are referred to. and, to
show the increase of the Patent busi-
ness, it is stated that in 1889 the whole
number of models in the Office was L.
069; in the beginning of 1851 they had
increased TO 1887, and now reach
nearly $4,000. Various suggestions for
the benefit of the business are made
Much space is devoted to the Mexi
can boundary survey. and the causes
which, few months ago. led to its sus-
pension. The progress ofthe extension
Of the Capitol is also detailed, and the
propriety of an appropriation by Con.
gress of sum sufficient 10 erect and
furnish suitable houses for the accom-
mediation of the Vice President of the
United States and the members OF the
Cabinet, strongly urged upon Congress.
/: is estimated that II would require the
expenditure of about 100000 inclu-
ding the purchase of the necessary
ground. In making this Recommended
ton, the Secretary says:
"The cost of house-rent, provisions,
fuel, and indeed of all the necessaries OF
life in Washington, has risen to such a