New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1856-12-03


ind'senre The neritoris rs and nseay psux;o..
now p orly aided by tbe Genera Goyermex
epsiops, ranging from 80 50 70 s3 per -. M
MAJ leStly in-UfhceD, 10 supply their no,e.spy~S
sifcialIy VIII ~ they ve compelled 70 frsi,S 49,
,rce for dependent MILES. II the pfine,oL
adnped, sId ressor able increase maze 10 tbe ~
ritance OF those whose services AMI wants depsss
HE amount sDi usl'y appropriated would not b
creased. but u e dstIibuaon would be far uos. -.
eoniiIble and ben, fetal.
There are Distinctions and Discrimination, 49,,
An,v OIL d Navy pensions whi rGretsaoshi. -
should not be permitted logger 70 exit Bv,A 49,
be placed on al equality as to The noua; 70 b. ~
oei,ed the Circumstances under which thoy shscN n
rented 81 the time they .ho old run; and d,asss
in the case shoald be Of tbs sane caasaeser n :
{ e other.
ON the 3O;h of Jure last, there were 10 80 pe,.,
ers, and the nmosnt dseassd Tor their beneds dan,
tie fiscal year wss 81 800 69i oil.
Every d,,'s experience proves thu the prossu, a..
tm coptinng the advances 70 peDslon sg-uts 10 H.
amount OF their semi-sbnusl paymcn's has lad "a
effect. / am persuadei tpa' IN m'st cases uls,s
under The old sys en-, the peaslon agents we're not IN
n CITY compensated by the Government fcs thev o.
vice. they were indirectly paid; otnerwie we cson.
sst,sc;, fily account for the l.rge amounts Of pn. a
n ouey they gepei ally had on hand oyS AID sb,ys
What was actually nec' ssary to NEE, ;he earsai De.
n snds nor can II be Presumed that they woald have
per.oIn.d tie service without remuneratsn; ~,
t.y Itce ed zone nor drIS ed sny benefit sfou The
Trust, that they would have rested content 10 hog
without presenting their Claims TO Consress.
No.wi,h tending the vigilance of the Pensice b.
r,au ard the numerous Pr cautions sdop'ed and he
criminal p proceedings nsi uted and sue ersfaiy proc
Gu Cd frauds still bong perpeirafed maay Ut w1dA
car not be prevented, or punished when discovered
iihout reys Of the laws relating 70 such odenses
ON the aOtb Of Septe nber 1882 the number Of a..
plicatous for bounty land, peod'pg and on the
Tended flee of tie Pension Oihce, liable 70 be esd
fol rec .mDs,ion, wa. about. Sss
klloWnt about 1S
During the next year snont nti
And IL, TO the SCsh Sept.
Mskipz in So
The number OF warrants issued daring the Q " end
ms The seth Sept 1853 ne
Tie nun her ssuei the sucoecdiss year wa.' N
bum p shc wear e. ding scii Sept
Making the OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES.
Tic nm Der of pensioners added 10 thu rolls bctwe
te LIST Of April, 1853 ard the 3Oth Of September, iS
ia q5S5, the aggregate of whose yearly pensons 3
SCI 30 7i-losloe the sum OF -, ID. paid q
anesra. Immediately on he admss'oa Of the claims
These arc merely some of the results OF tho opera
ti,rs Of the Office Ttey convey but IA NJ hsa q
tle various and comphcatel mternediae IahOrs H.
yolvo0 between IL receipt OF an application Tor bonn.
~ land epsloD and the hnai dcterniasu"n OF tho
claim; for beside the eXamian N and htqamuy the
,; EXAMINATION Of claim before II Is admitted, MANI
pension claims have been presented lprobtb'y three
tjmss the number of those aimibI1 which have bee,
examined ard roexamired AID stili suspended o. ~
ected; AID these generally require the most lient a.
| est CATION and research.
The humber of letters received at the Office during
TIE rast wear is l07 500, ord the number tent thence
go S.-an e,,ent # core ncence probably sihout
pr, G, dent This vast unit of business u chiefly
M upon the ext sutOD OF laws passed during
and Subsequent to the year 1853, viz: Toe Pension
act of I'd February 1853, and he Bounty Land lag Of
% March 1867 and the amendatory act Of 4th Nay.
1850.
The field work of the NJ xcan Boundary Commis.
eion was all accomplish ed stated in my lest report
within the tine contemplated and largely within the
means spproIna , >.
sn have been erected. the line is marked iron Tie
Gu Of Mexc to the Pacific, and the Unite states u
| in posses sion OF the territory.
4 considerable porto of be boundary is formed BY
the Rio B,ayo or Rio Grsnde; and in tue stisd per.
| ton of the valleys which best adopted TO asdu.
ture the bed ofthe river sometimes changes, and trans
trs siderable portions OF land iro vne do to Tue
other The Commissioners ludcd sno II ;hoo ht
with CORE Ctnets that except In the Gaze OF gadad
secretion ON one or the other bank OF the river e
boundary would iemein where toe river haei Il az ms
time Of the survey aid as shown In The maps, not~sn
siaDding sctual changes ia the course OF The rye
case OF This kind is threatened in the valley OF III Pso
ana anxious inquiries have been male on the sutc,
The paliies making the inquiries have been refcrrei
the printed msps ard iaiJ me th At any change th
river detachiDg solid masses OF land does not chang
tie Jurisdiction.
| The Mexican Commissioner according b an agree
| ment with the American Comm ssiobeT, repaired
this CITY, with corps OF Rss.ants, abou, The trst
July ast for the purpose Of constructing the msps re
qurd by the treaty, to show the boundary and nov
| beIe on that duty.
On the part Of our Commissi ner, those maps win b
fbsbed by the first Of March next. Already The str
vices Of many of his assistants have been drpena<
With, and IL is in contemplation 10 discharge tie who'll
force of draugbtsm, before that ii me- and none
he ,nployse will be retained, except such "a may
requiieo to sUperiniend the printing Of the
reports descrptye of the onndary ana adjacent coan
| at lis lest session.
The fret pant of the report is already In the bands
the printer and nohi retsrds its publication bat tn
necessary delays In ens ruyIng The maps.
Notw Outstanding the Senste, in iis oritr for the Pub
icaion Of the rlOrt, and accompanying appendix, y
the Boundary Commission, directed penses
publication should be paid out Of the bouniay appro
IIatiops, there will remain Of them untouched 10 Ii,
Treasury tou Q sS,O
No officer could have discharged his duty with mms
ability or greater fidelity than the Commissioner
whom were Guided tie iLteIerts Of this Government
And il is proper 10 state that the utmost banoay
existed this Commission eiween the office bvh
the Governments, and that all questions key 10 pre-.
dice the least difertrce hare been amicHbly seed
end, iris believed, to the ortre satisfaction Of al par
ties
Since the lst day of Jsnuay last the Patent 0hacs
bas Issued 2255 patents and Within the year The nam.
| Ter will probably be increased 10 some 2,500.
AL applications are promptly atteaded 70; snd II d
hoptd tue interests of thai merit Tious class Of Our
people, the inventors, are properly secured aud pro-
t.cteo. Nore are more worthy the fostering care Of
| tie Gene al Government.
From small beginnings tho Patent. Ofi,e has grown
Ito proportions comparatively gigantic. Hall ceo'
tiny ago, the whole revenue Of the Office not ex'
Geo ~ 80 per anDum, which was appropriated 70
The ps mont OF one clerk, VITO transacted the entire