Butte record., 1855-01-06

mend the suggestions Of the Post Master Gen.
eral to your carly attention.
Daring the last fiscal year eleven million
seventy thousand uine hundred and thirty
acres cf the public lands have besn sarveyed
and eight million one hundred and ninety
I thousand and seventeen acres brought intC
I the market The number Of acres solI is sew.
en- million idirty-iye thousand seven hundred
AID thirty five, and the amount received there.
Tor nne million two hundred and eizhtr-hve
thousand five hundrel and thirty-three dol
lars Tie aggregate amount Of lands sold
located under military scrip and land war
rants. selected as swamp lands bv States. ANA
by locating under grants for roads, IS up
| wards Of tweaf = three millions Of acres. The
increase 81 lands sold, over tie previous wear.
Is about SIX millions of acres and the sales
! during the two first quarters Of the current
year present the extraordinary result ct five
AMI half millions sold. exceeding bY nearly
four millions Of acres, the sales Of the cores
ponding quarters Of the last year. thus in
ereaslng TO an extent unparalleled during any
IKE period IN our past history tie amount Of
revenue provided ircm this source for the fed
eral Treasury.
The commenda5le policy Of the government.
IN relation to setting ap4rt pablic j main for
those who have served their country in time
Of war, is illustrated IS tie fact. that since
1879 TO less than thirty millions Of acres have
been applied 10 this object
The suggestions which | submitted il my
annual message q last year. IN reference to
grants of land IN II I of tie Construction Of
railways. were less 3ul ana explicit .Aaa the
n.aguituIe Of the sal Ct and subsequent de-
vi I I--.
desirable. OF tae saaudaess Of the Urnciple
then asserted with regard to the limitation Of
ne power u Z ngrcss, entertain no doubt
bat IN It's application It IS uet eneugh that
tAe Falle d bands in q particular ~ l.iy may
te tuhanetd; that, IN 1act, a larger amount
ai money may probably 5e received in given
'li4e for alternate sections, than c0ull have
been realized for sil the sections without the
impulses a..d influence of the proposed I'M
proyeaeats, : prudent proprietor looks be-
Tond hHited sections Of lis domain. beyond
presen; results, Is the ultimate effect uron all
Ills possessions a1l interests Tie govern
meat, which is trastee, in this matter, fer the
feaplc q tAe state, 3 bound . Ike te c
wise and comprehensive view. Prl3r 10 AID
durirg the last session G. Congress. upwards
Of thirty millions Of acres Of llni were will
drawn from pubic sale v: a 1iew t. Fp.jcs--
tens tor grants vi tnis character pending ba-
fore Congress. J careful review ii The wtoit
subject iel me 10 direct that ali saca orders
be ahror tied aud the lands &c goraI 10 MAJ
k1t; -li, instla ions Tere lutI-o iiately given
10 that effect Tie applications Of tie last
session conjeu5pi 3trl the construction OF NOR
than five thousand miles Of road aud grant
20 the amount cf nearly twenty millions Of
acres OF the public domain. Even a3mit.iua
the right On tie pant Of Cong ess, to be IN
Questionable, il IS quite clear that Il. pro
posed z ans weuli be productive Ct $50 and
net ef-l Iac In rent pr cts .osiA
for the present to eleven states # ta5s la5ua
AMI oae Territory. Tie reasons aesizg i / J.
tie grants sAaW that Il IS propos ! te pa4 ta-
work specify in process II cen trag.iol.--
u Il We reliect that since thc eomuicne ert
* the construction OF rsliways in the United
S-ates. stimulated rs they have been hy the
large elFlaends le3llzed from tne e4I.ier
WeiAs over tie great tbogoUgh4ares, aEl be-
tween tie lAast Important points q commerce.
and poppia liQn. encouraged by State leg.sla-
iIoc, and pressed forward hy tEe amazing en-
erry Of lTl-ate enterprise. on.y seventeen
thousand miles lave been doapietal in all the
States in a quarter Of a century when VIC
see the crippled condition Of .lany works con-
nencei ana prosecuted upon what Sere deem
e to te sound IllnclF Is and safe Calculations ::
when We contemplate the e-19fm1ts IS abs rptI n
Of capital Withdrawn from the ordinary chan
nels Of business. tile exIrayasauf ratos of II
terest at ti:is moment paid 70 caEt L &c oper :
Jious, tAe baIkrupspess not merely in money.
bu: .u character, ami the inC7. ii Die GIFT uI-
on finances generally y-can It lie d4t5.ei hat
tao eudeucy is to ran 10 excess u tals INST
ter Is II HiSe 20 apEazat TINS excess 10y en-
courazing hopes at sudden wtaltA ezpse-el to
i5F from ma aEnllceut schemes dependent on
tho action OF Congress: D IS the spirit
which has produced such results, need to be
st.1nala,el or checked: Is it not the bette.
rule 20 leave IA these works 10 private enter
Ir.s7, regulated, and. when expedieL,, .ded
by the cooperation Of States. L constructed
by p:iFate G. + Il, the sti'au.aut and The check
49 tuaetGer, an furnish a s4lutaTy restraint
against specul ltlge scAelnes ana extravagance.
Elt - i manifest that, NiiA tae most elect
i've guards. t4are Is danger q going t0o last
and too ar.
We NAY well pause before 4 proPosi ta
contemplating a Simultaneous noEemaut f9r
tie construction c. railroads. which, iii exteEt.
viii equal. exclusive u the great I i tc road
and all It's branches, nearly ohe-th4r4 Of the
entire length e. sacl works now completed in
the Uutsd STATS. and which cannot cost, VITA
the GO iip.n eats. less tA2n one LaAdLei ami
fifty millions OF dollars tks danger. likely to
result ftom c0ll bla@ti9Is u Interests in this
character, can hardly be over estimated
Bat Independently Of these 4nsiler4tions,
where is the accurate knowledge. the compre-
heasive intelligence, which sh4l discriminate
between the relative claims OF tIose twenty
eight proposed roads. in eleyen States and one
Territory: Where viii you begin, anl wheTe
end II TO enable these c8muaales 20 execute
their proposed works, it Is necessary that the
aid ci tie General Cover nment be primarily
given. the policy viii present a problem So
Comprehensive in It's bearings. and 30 impor-
taGt to our political and social well being. as
10 claim, III aLtielpa the seTerest aualy-
SIS Entertaining these views, | recar with
70 tue experience and action Of ths
lAat session Of Congress, as furnishing assur
auce that tbs subject viii NOS tail to elicit q
careful e-examiLation and rigid scrutiny
1t was ny intention to present, on TINS oc-
casi0n some suggestions regarding internal
Improvement, BY tae general government.
wA5ca KANT of time at the close OF the las;
session prevented my submitting on the re-
turn 10 the :Ioaze of Representatives. with ob-
jecIions, Of the bill entitled, An act making
appropriations fos the repair. preservation
and completion OF certain public works here
tofore commenced under the authority Of law
but the space IN this communication already
occupied with other matter o. immediate pub