Plymouth advertiser. [volume] (Plymouth, Ohio) 1853-1988, 1853-12-10

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the public service. sgd lhsl. while proper
! ~ administered. il operates TO the sdEan-
tSge Of Inc community ia ordIdary b1sI-
ness relations.
! Among the Objects needing your atien.
ton will be important recommendation
from Secrela les of War and Navy. am
fully satisfied that the Navy Of the United
S's es is not in condition of strength and
efficacy comm nsuraie with our CONNER
cial and her interests, and commend
your especial atien ion 10 the Suggestions
on this SUBJECT, made by the se;re'ury Of
the Navy.
In The administration of the Post Office
Department for the fiscal year ending June
30th, 1853, the gross expenditure was
81, ,9s2, ,756; and the gross receipts during
the same period were s5, ,942, ,73i; showing
that the current revenues failed TO meet
the current expenses of the Department
by the sum OF S2,042, ,032. The causes
which, under the preyent postal system
have led inevitsJly 10 this, are fully ex-
planned in the report Of the Postmaster
{ Ceneral-one great cau'e being the enor-
nous rates the Department has been COM
PEELED to pay for mail service rendered BY
railroad companies. The exhibit IN the
report of the Postmaster g. neral, OF the
income and expenditures by mail steam
ers, will be found peculiarly Interesting,
and Of a character to demand the attention
of Congress.
Numerous and flagrant frauds upon the
Pension Bureau have been brough, to
light within the last year, and in some In
stances merited punishment inflicted but
unfortunately, in others, guilty parties
have escaped-not through the want oil
sufficient evidence to warrant convic-
ton, but in consequence Of the provisions
Of limitation in the existing laws. From
the nature of these claims, the remoteness
of the tribunals to pass upon en-, and
the mode in which the proof IS of neces-
sily furnished, temptations to crime have
been greatly stimulated by the obviou;
difficulties of detection. Ihe defects il
The law upon this subject are SO apparen
> and so fatal to the ends of justice lha
your early action in regard 10 j, is mos
desirable.
+, During the last fiscal year, hine mil
l lions eight hundred and nineteen ,hous
' and four hundred and eleven acres of th
public lands have been surveyed; and tel
: millions three Il ousand eight hundred ant
e ninety one acres brought into market
e Within the same period the sales b,
g public purchase and private outla,
u amounted to 1888 ,499, located TN
: der military bounty land warrants; G,
c 142 800 acres, located under other certiti
J. Gales; 9,400,27 acres are ceded to tn
l. States as swamp lands; l6,654,253 acres
selected for railroad and other ohjects,un
It der acls of Congress; I427,45O acres
l. Total amount of land disposed of with
t, the fiscal year, 25,346,992 acres, whc
u is an increase in the quantity sold and lc
e Gated under land warrants aud grants {
l2,23l,SlS acres over the fiscal year in
r m-diaely preceding. The quantity c
l. land sold during the second and shir
) quarters OF 1852 was 334,45l acres.
ie The amount received therefore W;
IL S623 6s7. The quantities sold durir
O." the second and third quarters of 1853 VIZ
to l,609,9l9 acres, and The amour, receive
As therefor 81, 226 s76. The whole nun
lg ber of land warrants issued under exis
e. ing laws, prior to the 30lh of Sept. la
ce Was 266, ,042; Of viii there was ou,s.ar
ing, at that date, &c, ,947. The amoun,
he lands required TO satisfy these outstan
tie ing warrants is 4,775,l20 acres, Wa
OF rants have been issued 10 the 30th
n September last, under the act of the IL
OF of February, 1s47, calling for l2,s79
2s0 acres. Under acts ofSeplember l3t
al 1850, and March 22d. 1852, calling f
On 2,505.36O acres; making total OF 2;
or 364 $40 acres.
ne 1t is believed that experience has mo
'al flied the wisdom and justice Of The pre-
IN enl system with regard to the pubic d
J.. main, in its most essential particulars
cal You will perceive, from the report Of t
ed Secretary Of the Interior, that opinio
2, which have been expressed in relation
IS the operation of the land system as I
er. being source of revenue 10 the Fede
Ii Treasury, were erroneous. The n
of profits from the sale Of the public Ian
bt, to June 80, 1853, amounted to the s,
a of $43 259,365. l recommend the {
we tension of the land system over the Tel
tories of Utah and New Mexico, with su
the notifications as their peculiarities may
Gus qre.
my Regarding our public domain as chi
in ly valuable to provide homes for The
ar, dusr;ous and enterprising, am not p
ues pared 10 recommend any essential cbal
far in the land system, except modification
&C. favor of tho actual settler and an ext
ual sion of the pre.empnon principle in c
ard tain cases for reasons and on grou
OBJ which will be fully developed in The
of ports to be laid before the Congress. r
10 a resentng the proprie,ors OF the territ,
al domain, and charged especially "
ses. power TO dispose of territory belonging
;ty. the United States. it has for long cot
ETY. of years, beginning with the admins
'ay- ,ion of Mr. jefferson. exercised the p
een er 10 construct roads within the territor
OF and there are so many obviovs distinct
'en- between the exercise of power ond
in Of making roads within the State that
the former has never been considered sub
'nts, to such objections as applyingt to The la'
the and such may now be considered and
oeen tied construction of the Federal Cove
ad. ment upon the subject. Numerous az
hnl -, nd