The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1856-12-07

Il ef cor dining tn advances 70 pension agents 10
amount Of beir mi annual pay ments has had soI
eject ! am PERI ed mat In most cases when und
the CD the pension agents were not directly col
peDested by the for their services they w
ely paid other wise cannot satis fly
count for tie large amounts OF pension money they ge
rally ba6 on hand over and above what was actually
cessary 10 meet the current demands nor can il be ID
srmed that they would nave performed the service viii
out or il they received none, der Il
any btnetit from the trust thai they would have rest
tent 80 opg without presenting their claims to Cd
gress
Notwth,,an ling the vigilance OF the Pension Buried
and ihc numerous precautions adopted, and the crim
sut.d and successfully prosecuted, frau
still being pep tated many OF which cannot be pi
vented PUNISHED when discovered. without revisit
OF the laws relating TO such offences.
On the 3lst OF ptemoer 1862 the number OF appli
sons Tor bounty land pending and ON the suspended
OF ne Pension Office liable " be called up for re-exat
The number CT applications fled during the ]
year ioiowiog was about. ~,
IuIipg me next year ab out 1913
And thehce to the both September, lSb6..... 26S,
Making n all. ........................ se7, q
The number Of warrants issued during the year
ending toth september, 1889 was about. Al,
Ibe number 'ssued the succeeding year was.... LII
During the year ending soth September, 1856. 1885,
Y.ki-s the total. :. sse.
The number Of pensioners added TO the rolls betweI
he lat Of april 1858 and the Both September 1885,
$3.50; the aggregate OF whose yearly pensions
$7C5 200 "a, besdes the sum of l67 81 paid a.
rearaRes Immediately on the admission of the claims
These ere merely some Of the results Of the Operated
OF the Office They convey but faint idea o, the vario
hnd complicated intermediate labors involved betwe
the receipt Of an application for bounty land or pens|
and the final determination OF the claim, for besides u
oxsmiD alton AID frequently re.examnation OF . cai
before 1t is admitted many pension claims have bel
presented (probeby three times the number Of those
miited) which been examined aud amined ID
eth suspended rejected and these generally requi
the most patient investigation and research.
The number of letters received at the Office during
past year ia lC7st0, and the number sent them
270e87 extent Of correspondence probably without
precedent. ibis vast amount OF business chiefly CD
sequent upon the execution Of laws, passed during n
tubf equent TO the year 1883 viz the pension at Of
February 1858, aud the bounty land law OF sd OF Marc
1865 and the amendatory act OF 1lth OF May, 1855.
all accomplished, stated in my last report with
the time conten plated, and largely within the means 9
propriated.
Ali the monuments agreed upon by the joint comm
s,o have been erected and tho line Ia marked from d
Gnf Of exico to The Pacific and the United States ~
poesession O, the territory.
A considerable noitlon OF the boundary is formed
the Rio ande and n the ne settled pSr
Ss t 81 nn changes and transfers conf
dersble portions land from side TO .-bt vi
The commissioners concluded, aud Il h thos~ ii
correctntss that except the Of grad uaI acz
on one or the other bank Of the river, the boundsd
would remain where the river fixed II Ut the time Of u
survey and Is shown in the maps, Notwithstanding oil
tuaI IN course OIL the river. Cao0 OF
kind is threatened in the valley Of Fl Paso, and anxo
inquiries have been made the subject. The perti(
mskpg the inquiries have been referred to the pr.zt
maps niorMsd that any change In the river detac
ing solid OF land does not change the jursdct0l
The Aexicsn commissioner, according TO an agreemet
with the American commissioner, repaired 70 this eli
with corps of assistants about the first OF July last
the purpose OF constructing the maps required BY "
treaty 10 show the boundary, and 10 now here on h|
duty.
On the psrt of our commissioner, these maps will
finished by the frst o. March next. Already the I'd
Of many OF his ASSISTANTS have been dispensed will
and Is In conteu patton to discharge the whole force
draughDmen before that time, and Of the employ
will be re aimed except sucn may be required 10 81
perniend the printing Of the maps and reports descr
tive u the bouL Diary and adjacent country, the public
lion OF which was ordered by Congress at Its last sesso
The frstI part OF the report already In the hands
the printer and nothing retards its publication but u
necessary delays IN engraving the maps
NOTWITHSTANDING the Senate Ia Its order for the publ
cation Of Tie report and the accompanying appendix
the boundary mission, directed that the expenses
publication should be paid out OF the boundary appropl
atoms, there will Of them untouched In the re
sury, some eighty thousand dollars.
No officer could have discharged his duty with mod
ability greater ddety than the commissioner Who'll
were COL ndec the interests OF this government Aud
proper state that the utmost harmony has existed
his commission between The officers OF both the goyer
ments, and that al questions likely TO produce N
least difference have been amicably settled and, as
believed to the entire satisfaction OF all parties
Since the FIRST day Of January last the Patent Office h|
ssued 2at6 patents, and within the year The number vi
probably De increased 10 some z, BOO.
All applications are promptly attended TO, and II
Hoped the interests OF kat merorous class OF pei
pe the inventors properly secured and protected
None are more worthy the fostering care OF the gene
government.
From snall beginnings the Patent Office has grown in
proportions conf aranveiy gigantic. Halt century Il
The whole rcycnue Of the oce did not exceed 800 u
apnum, wbRc vas appropriated 10 the payment Of d
clerk who usnsected the entire business OF the oGAd
II income for the preecnt year will be about 400 cd
which VIII ,t be csrecy sufficient % defray the curre
o. - sff@ 18th Ia hun
clerks and Other employees
we empire the pre- ent condition Of tho once vii
what n wH few years rgo, We shall ind that duri1
the four years previous 70 1853 the average annual
Der OF applications for PATENTS 2622 while for q
tour iubt quent years such average will be about Cd
The number OF patents annually Issued during the I'd
period averages 100; during the latter, about SCI
For the current the whole nber Of applcAtoI
made, the whole number Of patents granted and q
amount Of revenue received viii, respectively, be
east double What they were In any previous year. II
number Of applications for patents in this once the ID
year was greater than that In any other country hav
been 44ss, agains, 29bs in Great Britain aud 90
in France For the present ear the number Of appDd
uons win probably reach 5000.
Tire business Of the ohioe seems 10 have o. L.
system upon which II has thus far .. 1870.
which VAS adapted 10 previous ~ sson conduccl
The wisdom OF Congress NAV ~ gI I've existent
making such modincatio- :. c, MU.nDy exsrcscd
quire. P0ons cnS'nsA1ccs
,,s. 70 The business or tho pa.,nt of,ce prop
MAJ beoh oevoivcd upon the Commissioner. or |
iens The supervision Of the National Gallery and the
rectipn OF tie fund annually appropriated for agricu
fa purposes, The former Of these duties 10, compa|
lively Of tmal moment; cfo latter OF goat and rapid
growing importance
There seems no very natural or IMMEDIATE connect|
between the legitimate business OF be Patent Once :
the subject OF agriculture except IN b Dir mutual relat
10 the Industrial pursuits OF the people but the revcn
OF the ofbco being some what In ersss m 1882 the Co
missioner Of Patents authoriz' 10 apply 81 900
the purpose Of procuring agricultural statistics.
many years subsequen 10 thas lime annual approp]
tons made from the sexao fund, for q similar p
pose. These were ncreescd from time 10 time, ID
they reached the sum OF 95 600, where they remaiz
nearly stationary fer several years.
In 1tb4 the appropriation was Increased 70 e36 000
made payable out OF the Treasury and tho appropra1
for .ne present year has been increased 70 sos
The objects embraced In this appropriation decla
10 be stbe collection Of agricultural statistics, invest
tons for promotire agriculture and rural omy,
The procurement and distribution Of cuttings and seed
In pursuance Of the design OF Congress, measures \
been taken 10 procure cuttings and seeds rom ev
quarter Of the Globe where any new product can .
found which 70 likely 10 prove useful In any port'os
the United states Many new productions OF great
bable utility have thus been introduced, and others
ber soueh 1T for wherever there Ia any prospect Of
cess vessel has Just been sent 70 South America
procure cuttings Of tho sugar cane, 70 furnish .
southern planters with fresh stock, 70 supply the
Of that which supposed hes dctercrnsso BY contin
cultivation without renovation from the indigenous p
The front basement OF the ceuuc building and The .
wing Of tire rsfert Once have been finished and,
the exception Of the portioo vhieh N In rapid prog
sha he AID of Wipr.