Washington telegraph., 1854-01-11

office at S53, 900 per annum for two years,
with the privilege of purchasing within two
years at $3.50 900. with Interest from the
date of the lease, the payments made for
rent to be deducted frcm the amount.
REPORT OF THE COMMISSIONER OF INDIAN
AFFAIRS.
The following extracts from the most i'm
portant part of the report Of Hon Geo. w.
Mannypenny, commissioner of Indian af-
fairs:
l.. The whole number of Indians within our
limits is estimated at 400 900. About 49,
600 yet linger in some of the States east of
the Mississippi river, principally in New
York, Michigan and Wisconsin; the remain
der, consisting of Cherokees. Choctaws and
Scmnofcs. being in North Carolina, aIissis-
sirpi. and Florida
The number in Minnesota. and along the
frontiers of the western States to Texas
comprising mainly cmigra.ed tribes, is esti-
mated at 10000. Those Of the plains
and Rocky mountains, and not within any
of our organized territories, at $4,000;
those in Texas at 10000: those in New
| Mexico at $4,000; those in California at
10, 900 those in Utah at 12,000 and
those in the territories of Oregon and Wash
ington at 23 600.
The unfortunate and distracting controver-
sy for some time existing among The Seneca
Indians of New FORK, I'M regard to their
form of government, seems. happily TO have
terminated; the republican system, adopted
10y the majority in 1913, being apparently
now acquiesccd in by the remainder, by
whom it was long and strenuously opposed
TIE dictates of humanity and good policy
alike require tie carly and effective inter-
pos ton q the government in respect to the
lnoia~e These Indians. some
1900 in narnte represented to be di-
vioed iaie more tLan 81 Sty separate co@nu-
mites, aud are @ be fsund in nearly every
county of. the. sta;e. iany Of them being
without any se,,..d pla IS of habitation, and
gradually imbibing the worst vices Of civili-
cation. are becoming vitiated and degraded:
a pest and nuisance to, the neighborhoods
where they resort.
In this unsettled, dispersed and otherwise
unfavorablc condition. nothing can be done
to reclaim and improve them. Those of
their more fortunate brethren who have en-
joyed the advantages of fixed locations, pre-
sent mach more favorable aspect Most
of them have comfortable homes, and under
the influence of the devoted efforts Of sew
eral christian denominations are gradually
improving in acquiring the habits and tastes
of civilized life. BY a provision Of the
State constitution they are entitled to cti-
zenship, on becoming qualified therefor by
intelligence and god character, and aban.
doning their tribal condition-numbers have
! manifested proper appreciation of this
high privilegc-a laudabls ambition to fit
] themselves for it.. 1000 sHn ta@7Ft bag
| !, BY the treaty, these Indians have the
| right to,,a home west m the Mississippi,
should they desire to emisratc but there
lis no prospect Of their ever being willing to
do So. The citizens of Michigan, il is -un.
/ expelled from the country-thc home Of
their forefathcrs. Suitable locations it is
understood can be found for them in the
State. where they can be concentrated under
circumstances favorable to thcir comfort and
improvement. without dctriment to State or
| individual interests; and carly measures
for that purpose should be adopted.
REroRT OF THE GENERAL LAND OFFICE
The following figures exhibit the opera
tions of this department during the year
Acres. 4.
During the year ending 30th
Sept. 1858, there were
surveyed = ~ 40. rer- 9.S19,411
Brought into market 1e.36S, ,S9l
| In the fiscal year ending Both