Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1853-12-13
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routes was 6I s92 $40 miles, and the annual cost
thereof, 81, 495, $685. being about seven cents Two
mills pefmile. or these 81 s642 miles OF an
ntal characterization, IL, 9e6,70 miles arc required
To- be performed on railroads ata cost Oh
32l being about twelve cents three mills pc mile;
$685., 065 miles ia steamboats, at COST OF
1858, being aboutiine cents four mills per mule;
81 $3.50, 1926 miles in coaches at cost oil SlsSUo'-
96S, being about FIVE cents six mills per mile; and
90 800, 446 miles in modes not specified, at cost
! of 81, 1913, being s cents per mile sssee.
The expenditures of the Department during the
last fiscal year were 1882 75s! Tliegross reye7
nue. from ell sources was S5,94O,I24.
II appears, from the foregoing statement mat
the gross revenue of the year ending June 3VthI
1852, falls short of the expenditures by me sum oil
IS2, 042, 031. 800 .-,.st...f
s1,5i1,000 of this defeiencyis supplied BY The
balance on the Auditors books on July, 1853, aud
by The appropriations 70 supply dehclencles'
amounting,to upward Of 81, 000, 600 leaving 646,-
600 to be provided by Congress for the service OF
the year ending June 30, 1858. d u r1Ea
REPORT OF TilE COMMISSIONERS OF INDIAN AFFAIRS.
The following extracts are the most important
portions OF tie Report OF the Commissioner Of In
dian Affairs, made to the Secretary Of the Interiors;
Ihaye the honorto submit general view of the
present condition Of our Indian relations and
statement Of the operations OF tins oranch OF tne
public service during the past year. ..3 =
Referring to the accompanying Reports oil the
different superintendents, agents and other persons
employed for the benefit of the Indians, Tor more
detailed and specific information IN regard 10 thel
present condition and prospects, lwouiu rematk'
that peace and tranquility have prevailed generaly
among The emigrated and other tribes along the
extensive inner frontiers, from Lake superior anu
\ our Northern boundary TO Texas, WIN whoIl we
haye conventional relations and inteIcourse otlong
| standing. In regard 10 those more l. mole and
more recently brought under the supervision oil Tue
ID partment, fewer occurrences OF painful ma
ture have beenreported Than might have beeh an
/ tcipated H aa- - asefl t. sa.r !. II
The whole number of Indians within our limits
! is estimated al 1000. About $4,000 yet linger
in some of the States east of the Mississippi rver
principally in New York, Michigan and lWiScohSlnj
the remainder, consisting of Cher 'keeS,s Chock-
taws and Semlnoles, being in North Caroilna' MIS-
sisSippi and Florida.
The number in Minnesota, and along the from
tiers OF the Western States TO Texas comprising
mainly emigrated tribes, is estlGlnitd at llV,uOO:
Those of The plains and Rocky Mountains, and not
within any of our organized Territories, al 65 UUu;
those in Texas at %, 600; those in New Mexico at
$4,000; those in California ut 10000; these IN
Utuh at $4,000; nndthose IN The territories oil ofe
gon and Washington at "a, OOO. - d..
The unfortunate and dIStracting controversy Tor
some time existing am,ng the Seneca Indians OF
New York, III regard 10 their form oil government
seems happily TO have terninatedj the republican
system, adopted by the naiOntY IN lS4S, being ap'
paTently now acquieSced in by the remainder, by
whom it was long strenuously oppUsed,
The dictates OF humanity aud good policy alike
requires the early and effective inteposIton oil The
Government in respect to the Indians Il Michigan.
These Indians some 1000 in number, lep;e-
scented 20 be divided iuto more than sixty Seperate
communities, and are to be found IN nearly eve ~
county of the Stale. Many OF them being with
out any settled places of habiaton, and gradually
Imbibing the worst vices of civilization, are be-
coming vitiated and degraded;apeS aud nuisance
TO tie neighborhood where they resort. ~ W
In this unsettled, dispersed aud otherwise I'M
favorable condition, nothing Gun be done 10 re-
| IL. 0f heir mr.
fortunate brethren who have enjoyed the adYan-
tageS of fixed locations, present q much more ia
| vorablz aspect. Most OF them have comfortable
homes, aud under the influence oil the devoted ell
forts of several Christian denominations are grad
ally improving in acquiring the habits aud tastes
of civilized life. BY provision OF the State Con-
slitution, they entitled TO citizenship on be-
n coming qualified Therefor by intelligence ana good
character and abandoning heir tribal condition
numbers have manifested proper appreciation OF
this high privilege laudibe ambition TO fl them
selves for II.
BY the treaty, these Indians have the right TO
home west OF the Mississippi should they englale;
but there is no prospect OF their ever being willing
10 do so. The citizens of Michigan, 1t Is UNDER
stood, entertain no desire TO have them eXpell-
ed from the cuuntry-the home OF their fore
tathers Suitable locations, II Is Understood,
lean be found for them in the State, wtere they
can be concentrated under circumstance favor
able 10 their comfort anu improvement, without
detrimentt 10 State individual interests aud early
: measures IOL puIpOSG ouOulo eAoOPbS1.
REPORT OF THE LAND oFYtcE.
The statements in this document generally
restricted TO the close OF the third quarter oil The
current calendar year.
During that period 9,816,4I1 acres were survey
) Cd principally in Missouri, Louisiana, Michisun,
FLORIDA, Iowa, Wisconsin and Minnesota, and OF
these anu others previously surveyed, lU,36S,S9l
acres were brought into market, under the PIeSi-
dents proclamatons, exclusive Of the land here
tofure reserved account of railroad grants, and
which have been for sale subject to the double
minimum. In the fiscal year ending tue Both
June last there were disposed OF III all 25346,-
Il 492 81. .-,.a
For the quarter ending September LIST, 1858, 81
i LOAF ,276 Sc acres disposed of by sales aud
locations, an increase for the last fiscal year, com
pared with the preceding of 12,23l,SlS acres.-
The increase Tor The third quarter of the current
calendar and the corresponding quarter of The pre-
yIouS year, is in all, $40, 1913 acres. The above
> statements have reference only to the lands east
Il oil the Rocky Mountains. TINS great inSrsaSe in
the disposal of the public domain has occurred in
! those States where railroads have been projected
and grants made Tor them, by the proposed con-
i Sltuction Of the Sault Ste Marie Canal.
As evidence of this fact, The lands Withdrawn
from sale in Illinois 10 enable that State 10 select
those granted to her by the Actol goth September,
!, 1850, were again brought into market IN July,
August and September, 1852, deductirg of couIse
,053 1900 acres selected ty her under that
2 grant. During the fiscal year ending 30th June
last, in that State, there were soldlor cash 2yS,
SOL acres; located with land warrants 2,5o9,l 100
acres; total 2,S07,9 acres-being abnnt one and
aquafter million more than all lhe land sold Tex
cludlng the locations of warrants) DUNG the pre-
ceeding fiscal year, i'll all the land States aud Ter
ritory. fft 8
4 This great and extraordinary increase in the
4 amount OF lands disposed of in several sections Of
the country, remote from each other, can only be
accounted for by tue Improvements Referred to; in
fact, SO great is the increase in hsValue of lands
that land warrants and land scrip nearly up TO
The par or face value. II, then, 10 other reason
existed Tor such grants, this one, the score of
! sound economy, would be sufficient. Many of
these lands, however, have been in market long
enough for The interest TO amount to much more
tan The principal; and during all this period; the
States were CjeprlVed of the right and benefit of