Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1853-12-22

Office Depa rtneut for the fiscal year
ending June 80, 1858, the gross ex-
penlitureI was seven million nine
hundred ana eighty-two thousand
seven hun ared and ffty-six dollars,
and the gross receipts, during the
same period, five million nine hun
Ared 4 nd forty-two thousand seven
hundre ed and thirty-four dollars;
showing THAT the current revenue
failed to meet the current expenses
Of the department. by the sum Of
two million forty-two thousand and
tbirsy-tw4 dollars. The cause which,
under the present postal system and
laws, led inevitably to this result, are
fully explained by the report Of the
Postmaster General; one great cause
being the enormous rates TIE de-
partment has been compelled TO pay
for mail services rendered by railroad
companies.
The e1hibfb in the report Of the
Postmaster General of the income
and expenditures by mail steamers
will be found peculiarly interesting,
and of a character to demand the
immediate action af Congress.
Numerous and fragrant frauds upon
the Pension Bureau have been
brought 10 light within the last year;
and, in some Instances, merited pun
ishnent inflicted, but unfortunately,
in others, guilty parties have escaped,
not through the want Of sufficient
evidence to warrant conviction, but
in consequence of the provisions Of
llmitationin the existing laws.
From the mature of these claims,
the remoteness of the tribunals TO
pass upon them, and The mode in
which the proof is Of necessity fur
nished, temptations to crime, have
been stimulated by the obvious diff
culties Of detection. The defects in
the law upon this subject are so ap-
parent, and 30 fatal to the ends Of
justice that Your early action rela-
ting 10 it is most desirable.
During the fiscal year, nine million
cighthundreE and nineteen thousand
four hunaredEand eleven acres of the
public lands have been, surveyed,
and ten millibn three hundred and
sixtyfhI fee t thousand eight hundred
and nine ty-o ne acres brought into
market. Within the same period,
the sales by publicpnrchase and pri7
vate entry amounted to one million
cighty-three thousand four hundred
and ninety five acres: located under
military bounty land warrants, six
million one hundred and forty-two
thousand three hundred and SIXTY
acres; located under other certif-
Gates, nine thousand four hundred
and twenty-seren acres; ceded to
the United ST ites as swamp lands,
sixteen million six hundred and
eighty-toli IL tlIoustnd two hundred
and fifty three acres; selected. ror
railroad and ptber Objects, under
acts Of Congress, one million four
hundred and tsfenty-seyen thousand
four hundred had Gfy-threc acres;
total amount of kinds disposed Of With
in the fiscal ydar, twenty-five million
three hundred Ind forty-six thousand
nine hundred Pnd ninetytwp acres;
which is an inc rcase in quantity sold
aud located unle land warrants aud
grants, of twelve million two hun+
dred and thirtE -one thousand eight
hundred and e7 gbtocn acres over the
fiscal year imnl ed1ately preceding. II.
The quantity d f land sold during the
second and third quarters OF 1S52,was
three hundred and thirty-four thou
sand four bundled and filty-one acres,
The amount received therefor, was
six hundred and twenty three thou
sand six hundred and eighty-seven
dollars. The Quantity sold the see
bnd and third quarters of the year
1858, was one million six hundred
and nine thousi and nine hundred and
nineteen acres; and the amount re-
oeiyed therefor, two million two hun
dred and twenty-six thousand eight
and seventy-six dollars
The whole number Of land war
rants issued under existing laws, phi
or TO the 30th September last, was
two hundred and siXty-ax thousand |;
and forty -two,. Of Which there were
outstanding, at that date, sixty six
nine hundred and forty K
seven. The / quantity of land re- j
Iaired TO satisfy these outstanding
warrants, is four million seven hun i
lred and seventy-elght thousand
me hundred and twenty acres. Il
Warrants have been issued 70 the |
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