Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1857-12-26

IS - ~ tuV WOE45u3U0 Tue department.
lNatsA Hj6ts and Lahds.---Tle Iadian
kthes within cur limits number $40 900
eoul. Tho Secretary suegests the galLsr-
arg 1t Indians on fsnaller reservations md
u denser settlements, the reservation 10 be
Divided iato farms and tis,ributed anIonr
The individuals Ut the tribes. aithout tie
power Of sAls or transfer, wtth ce6aral
faPMs 1he tia instruction Of the children.
So . eeeol9 az implements If agriculture
tse III. Che tribes which have advanced In
oisitngeioas md wkoss prospects are eruti.
lIt9S, the G hociaws, Chickasaws, Cher.
r - Qseek[ with the Seminoles in the
: x09jtueg Weat ri Arkansas. The estate
Mihment Of District Court for this Super.
lMteAdescy is recommended, to heal disputes
xulOhx the people. In Washington and Or.
: sJc'n the savages remain brlligerent. It i
psesn,asnsl that the expenses Of dele.
Wstton from these tribes to the Federal Cap.
tHl be paid BY Government, in order tina,
they may be seen and heard. Indian trust
1nnds have bsen invested in Safe Stocks to
tAe aMOunt Of 81, 481, 476.
Pension DGrsau, Land Boumties.--Up t.
Jsne, 1857, total Of Sol, 3l4,620 in money
aud large donations of land, have been paid
" Revolutionary soldiers or their widows
Dusing the past year Al, 48S warrants for
bounty land have been issued, requir.
ting to satisfy them 1852, leo acres Of pub
lilo land. The number OF warrants Issued
per order all the Bounty Land Acts from
the Revolutionary War to the present time
. 81. 3eO-reqairing 60,7OAs042 acres of
lahd. Frauds upon the pension office are
numesOus. and an extension Of the station
sry limit II two years is recommended, to
remedy the evil
lJ1siriet Atsornsys Fsss.-The Report
Te00usnends an increase of tho Attorney .
salaries on An equitable basis.
1oods, Routes, de- The waxon-road
works have been commenced on tho routes
from Fort Kearney to Honey Laks, in Tall
fofnia, from FL Paso to Fort yuna. at the
Meuthotthe Gila, and from the Platte Xiv.
O. % the Running Water. The Mexican
!hssandary Commission has concluded its
fatsnt ODtcs.-The Patent Office, from
- $40 Z rs were filed, 1000 patents
:, and 1887 applications rejected. The
IeoeiPts kr three quarters of the year were
ot61. IA; expenditures $l6S, 942; excess of
expsaditnrssSfs,6 26. OF the expenditures
vsIsSJ9 w blade up Of fees restored to
apn;icant ger the examination IT their
eci etary urges the necessity of
nakf the bure u selt-sustaining. The
J right Ut appeal to . District Judge is cen.
sssed. "
The Report concludes by indorsing the
Agricultural division Of tho Department.
KxroKr OF THE SsoRKrARY or War; Sec
rotary Floyd's annual report has the rare
nerit "f brevity.
Actual strength Of the Army, a. now
posted, 1884 men,-not enough the Sec.
rotary says. to protect our immense terrific
sy,-nor to keep open for the emigrants the
Various lines 1T communication with our
possessions on the Pacific.
Eve additional regiments would meet the
exigcncies Of the present. a line Of posts
running parallel with our frontiers, but near
t. the Indians usual habitations, placed at
convenient distances,-would insure suff1-
sient protection. Large bodies Of horse are
also required.
During tho past year the army has seen
scttve service against the Indians in Florida.
Il'cir presence has also been nect ssary in
hansas,-and now, in Utah. The state of
affairs In that region occupies several pages
Ut the Secretary's Report, in the main.
but rehearsal VI facts already familiar To-
the public.
Attention is then invited to various de-
fscts in the organization of the Army.
Much has been said - to the propriety of
separating the purchase of stores aud sup
Plies, and all inoneyed accountability, from
I = officers proper Of the army.
This IS stein has been adop4ed in France.
but is objected to as giving to the civil off,
oers thus employed an Immunity from mill
isry control, injurious, if not fatal, to inter.
esfs Of the service. I his objection would be
fully met by providing that this class of Of
ncers, without receiving military rank. or
i'ring entitled to command, should he amen.
ai'ls to military tribunals, and thus act un-
der tho same responsibility that the disbur.
sing oahcer now does
u y certain that an officer looking for
ward to military advancement aud fame. is
tsinpted to incur risk on tho field uf battle.
the fatal ISSUE of which might ruin his tam
aNs and seme OF his friends, and his own
feputatiop, through the disorder which his
sudden death might bring into his pecunia-
y affairs.
These proposed changes would restore our
military system to that simplicity which
would render such amendments rs experi-
ei,cs might recommend easy and well adapt
ed to existing circumstances.
fcOncur with my predecessor in other pro-
posed ameliorAtions, and especially in IRE.
pairing for infirn and disabled officers a
oOmpsient and tranquil retreat, aud tor the
unwDrthy substantial dismissal from the
service thus securing that efficiency of the
army which will entitle it to full respoct
f1m the country, and which the country
hsye right to demand.
Military roads to the Pacific are urged.
6tockale posts would not require q very
large force to maintain them.
!. The irOs,ps have extended valuable assist.
ancs ~ tho explorations and surveys beyond
tho waters Of the Upper Aissouri-aud On
the Colorado.
A National Foundry is recommended.
The National defences on the Atlantic
Coast are advancing towards completion.
New York, the great heart Of commerce
On. this continent, where more and greater
interests concentrate than ut any point on
our Atlantic coast, may be considered as i'm.
pregnaCle from any attack from the sea
when the Notifications now in progress shall
b. finished. The Notifications will be bet.
ter, the guns heavier aud moro numerous
than tLoss Ut Ssbastopol
The sums expended in the Quarter,nastsr
Generals Bureau are extremely large, but
Tie iatles Performed are very great and the
necessat'es for the payment Of immense sums
OF money in this department seem unavoid-
abte. This vast expenditure will cease to BIZ
= matter Of surprise to any one who, with
proper Information, reflects fully upon the
extent and character OF the country over
which our military operations are conduct
81. 49,
Onr territory lying between the Missis.
stppi river and the Pacific ocean, is about
1900 miles in length from north to south, :
lie breadth from esst to west, in latitude 40
dsgreea ~ 1900 miles: in latitude 80 deg.
lSeO miles; and in latitude 80 degrees l.
t60 miles: the area being about 2,000 600
square miles. 8.
One OF these defects IL the independent
character Of the staff corps, another is tho
un;erta.a and .ll-de6ned rights Of brevet
s4n'k. We have adopted the word, but not
~ dki6cat.os from the English rule. and ap-
e g. circumstances not contemplated
66ug when 6rst established.
1--WE have sstAined another fault, abandon.
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