Weekly Council Bluffs bugle. (Council Bluffs, Iowa) 1857-1860, 1858-12-29
WEEKLY BUGLE.
Ocaaam senavss.

WEDNESDAY,, DECEMBER -, 1851
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The Secretary of the interior submit
wheshsE il woala not be wise polio,
70 pass gsnaral law, resarVing ah an
rifereus silver and oinnnehar mines fron
sale for the uae and occupancy Of sh
people Of the United States under sue
regulations az Congress may prescribe
and leaving thoss lands containing COP
peT irons lead and coal snhiees 30 the or,
diBary laws Of settlement and sale 70
their development. He recommends leg
islatEen with regard 10 the pahlic landi
in Utah, to put the lands surveyed int
market, and TO enable the present aeeu,
pants to obtain tides to their homes bI
the establishments of Land 0f&ce, and
the extension Of the pre-. emption laws q
that Territory. e.
The income Of the ensuing year from
the sales Of public lands Is estimated al
$5 200, 900. The Secretary is opposed
to the removal Of the Ihdian tribes, and
advocates the policy Of assigning land
10 individuals among them without tbs
power Of disposing Of the same, aud sx,
pending the money anRuities for thepab-
Iic good, instead Of dividing it per cap
isa, as nov.
RKPoKr or THE sEeRETARY oF W4R.
The Secretary Of var in speaking Of
the var with tbs Indians % tue Pasi6o,
SAYS thst n permanent peace has been
established by treaties entered into With
them, The war ia Texas may be look
ed upon as just begun, and the probabti-
ities are that il will ba ppe Of iereeness,
and may be OF considerable duration.
The 5perasfaas Of khe Utah armz haEe
been important aad are fraughE with
momantoua results. The peQpta Of that
Territory, however, still eylnce o spirit
Of insuhordination, aBd strong force
is needed sslIi 10 be kept there.
The disbursements amount 90 BsaFty
$10, ,000, 900 in the QuagteEmasteE,a De
Fsytment. .s.
Fhe Secretary calls attention TO the
necessity Of providing for the payment
Of claims against the Goyegnmen hy the
different States for the services Of vol
teers. The Secretary says he attempted
as faE as possible, to meet the wishes Of
Coparasa in reducing the expenses. The
statements Of the BsEs asoal year are less
than ths appropriations Of the last by
50, 100, ,48s. They amount in the aggre-
gate to $l8,0I0,O0O He hopes the eK-
penditures NAV be still further reduced.
Unless there shall be further and larger
demands for suppresstng other Indian
there will be no further ne"
oesaity for q. peasieRay Bill
REPORT or rHE SECRETARY Of TRE Navy.
The Secretary, after referring IN de
tail to the yarioas services performed by
our naval forces during the year, pro-
ceeds to argue the necessity for its in
crease BY addition of vessels and men.
He proposes that Government shall Pur-
chase, for speci6c sun the sevsrat
vessels recently chartered By the Para
qua expedition. He also suggests the
building Of ten heavily armcd Tassess
% light draught, and the increase Of
the personnel Of the navy by the appoint
msnt oR tvrnratw aAdstiarsl asa rzannz- Lhh
same number Of assistant surgeons, nj
teen or twenty Pursers, and the IN crease
Of the AaTips Corps to 200 with the US
ual number Of officers,
The expenditures for the hssal year
ending june, 1858, we're nearly fourteen
million dollars, being little under the
appropriation. The estimates for the
current fiscal year were $l4,6l6,O0o,
and the appropriation SI4s505 ,0OO' The
ostinates for the year ending June 1860,
are Sl3,50O, 900, Inch qding $3.50 900 toE
eompI eting the slght liz ght dFaaEht steam
a-s, but not including $g36, ,U0O for steam
shi abd mail soTyi"'.
couHrssIo~E& oF iNDAH AFFAIRS,
H. report Of ,hs indian Commission
er. estimates tie nutG 4er II Indians ggth
in our IiEaits Of Is 900. The whQla
number of t-ioas and bands is It's, with
II onIw of wh!ca We ave treaty engage
ments. The quaint y Of land acquired
by these treaties upwards Of ool ,0V0-
100 asres, end the cost to the govern
ment Of falAiliRg tErse FFeas'es has bean
$50, 900, 900.
The whole amount Of the trust fupd
held on the Lndi On aceounE Is upward:
of SL0r50O 900 He points out severn
errors whieh haze hitherto marked oul
policy towards tie iRdiaRs makes sew
eral important suggestions for the sqt4f'
embracing among them q recon "a enda
/ tion that the various tribes should b.
permanently located on reservations no
! larger than is necessary for actual occu
pssloa, and that they should be requlr
! ed TO live upon and oVlsiFqts their reser
/ yations. He also recommends gaEiA@a
tion Of the tgaaties of the Indians
Washington aud Oregon Territories a
q means of preventing further hosuiI
tiss.
COMMISSIONERS LAND oFFIcE.
The report Of the Commissioners OF tn
Land Ohfaa, covers period Of i've qasi
tsrs, ending September, 1868, at whie
| lime there we're Surveyed nearly 81, 600
900 acres Of land, which had never bee
offered at pahls safe. During the nv
quarters there has been sold 4ss4 ,W
acres for cash, for which upgards
t25 .0OO. 900 were realised. TIE who
amount Of lands sold and located uhd,
military warrants and swamp grants
l3, ,Is4, 900 acres.
The Commissi iouer recommends all ca
msuts to the pre- -emption laws, Eltn1
view TO uniformity in the system and
{ reduction in the number of litigated ca
, es.
PATENT oFFICE.
The income of the Patent Once 4
the three quarters ending II septsnb'
vas nearly S7sl 900, excssdlng the e
- penditares upwards Of $50 900.
THR PAcFF1o RArLRoAD BFLL.--Ihs II
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