The weekly Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1861, 1858-12-23

should be expended for the common good,
instead of being divided per capita, il IA al.
20 proT osed that Congress shall authorize
the substitution Of mechanical and agricul.
tural implements, seeds, clothing, &C., In
lieu Of payments Of money.
The information in regard to the working
oEthe-system In GaliforHtGis 10 discouraging.
The product OF the several farms is altoge-
ther inadequate TO the support of the Indians
and the expense of the system as heretofors
managed Is ehotmuIiS. This is owing in q
great measure to the unnecessarily large
numbers OF white persons employed, and a
change is TO be made in this respect. The
estimates for the Indian service in Califor.
lnia for the next hscal year have been reduc.
ed to The sum of $4,000. II will soon be
necessary to assign reservations of proper
extent to the Pines and MaricopAs ofArizo.
ma and slso to the Apaches, Camanches,
Kiowas, and other rowing tribes Of the inie.
tior, as soon as definite understanding can
be had with them. A revision and codi6ca.
ton Of the intercourse law is also recon.
mended.
The current business of the Pension Or
fice in oil its bran ches has been brought up
to- date, and the large clerical force which
was required for the execution OF the bounty
land act Of 1855 can be dispensed with at on
early day. During the year. 1886 bounty
land-warrants have been issued, covering
2,O34, ,420 acres of land. The whole num-
Der of army pensioners il 1923, requiring
for their payment, the annual sum of S902,-
700 90. The whole number of navy pen.
sioners Is Se2 annual payment $l30,6Ol
! 10. The total amount diSbursed for pen.
sions up to this date is about ninety millions
Of dollars and il to TINT sum be added the
bounties in land, 69,739, 1862 acres, at 81 25
! per acre, the whole amount for bounties and
pensions will be more than 1853 millions of
dollars. The report proceeds to give some
OF the reasons why these amounts are so
much larger than was anticipated when the
scveral acts were passed, and also alludes TO
the frequent frauds which have been prac.
ttsed upon the Pension Bureau.
In relation to the District Of Columbia,
mention Is made Of the progress of the work
on the building occupied by the Departures mt
OF the Interior; and a recommendation is
made that the squares and open spaces
which belong TO the United States should be
enclosed and handsomely improved by the
government, while the opening of streets
and avenues, grading, paving, and lighting
the same, the construction OF sewers and
drains, the erection Of markets, the supper,
of police, and whatever may be necessary
for the health and cleanliness of the CITY
should be paid for by taxation. Whether
the government, as property holder,
should contribute 10 these ends in proportion
to it's interest IN the city, is question which
addresses itself exclusively to the discretion
Of the national legislature. ...
The addition to the City Hall for The nc.
commodation OF the criminal court, and the
erection Of a new Jail, are subjects that com.
mend themselves 10 the attention Of Con-
gress. On the lst OF July, 1858, there were
III inmates in the government hospital for
the insane, twelve of whom were paving pa.
tIents. The completion Of the building, ac.
cording to the design originally adopted and
approved will require further appropriation
OF $76,lll. The Columbia Institution for
the instruction Of the deaf and dumb and the
blind is in much more prosperous condition
than 1t was one year ago. Its debts have
been paid off, and there was balance on
band at the commencement of the present
fiscal year. The inspectors of the peniten.
tlary have at length succeeded in effectino
an arrangement by which the labor Of The
convicts will be made to pay the cost Of
their maintenance.
The wagon roads under the direction of
this department have all been located and
Tor the most part constructed.
A recommendation is made that stems
shall De taken at this season to provide for
the taking of the eighth census. The p!an
which was adopted for the last census is go.
proved, and the secretary recommends that
this be taken in the same manner, believing
that such course will afford the greatest
amount of accurate information, and prove
most satisfactory to the country. The cen.
sus OF Minnesota was not returned to the de. |
partment until the 23d of July last. That
Territory then contained an aggregate popu.
lation OF l5o,o93, with 26,7s7 native and
% .393 naturalized voters. From the DIGEST
OF the statistics of manufactures according
to the returns Of the seventh census il an.
pears Tint the capital invested in nanufoc.
lures in 1850 was $500, 900, 900, the cost of
labor and raw material, $773, 100000, and
the value of productions, ST. ,0Oo, ,oeO 900.
The report recommends an amendment of
the laws regulating the compensation of the
United States district attorneys, marshals,
and clerks OF courts, in order to render the
important branch Of the service with which
they are connected more harmonious md
ethclent. Notwithstanding the steady growth (
OF the country, and the consequent regular
increase OF business in the courts, the ex.
Penses OF the judiciary for the past year were
somewhat less than they had previously
been, and balance Of the appropriation re-.
mained unexpended on the both OF June last
The lease OF Burton's Theatre in New York,
and the purchase of the Masonic Temple in
Boston, have furnished ample accommoda.
tlons for the United States courts in those
districts.
The operations Of the Patent Office fur.
nish the most gratifying proofs of our pro-
gless as people in the useful arts OF ciyiljz.
20 llie' The income of the office during the
'hree quarters ending September 80, 1868,
Was $l6o'993 81, while the expenditures
we're $l44,433 Al. During that time 4,O9I
,pPlcatiohs Tor patents were received, and
'96 caveats fled 2,Si6 patents were issu.
"a, 10 extensions OF old patents granted, and
l'2o6 apPiicaiions rejected. The establish.
neht OF board OF appeal is recommended,
n addition to the present force of the office.
TINS would restore to their respective class.
Is the three examiners, who are now almost
engaged in hearing appeals. At
present the overwhelming pressure of the
business Of the Office compeis the examiners
20 dispose cases hurriedly and unsatisfacto.
n.y. II not specifically. The proposed ud-
1it'on would enable more thorough scruti.
ny TO be given 10 eunru nnnlina.;an