American Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Ohio) 1855-1860, 1858-12-23
CITY OF LANCASTER
Department Reports.


Department Reports.
We clip the following Synopsis of the
reports Of the heads Of departments at
Washington from the "St Joseph Valley
Register"
PosF MASTER GENERAL.
Total expenditures for the year. sI2,-
7a2. 40; total receipts. Ss.Is6. .799; ex.
psnditurss over recsipts. S4. 35,67s.-.
He recommends that tue rates OF letter
postage be raised from three 70 Eve cents.
that the postage upon newspapers ana
pamphlets be Doubled. and that the flank
ing privilege be abolished.
The whole number Of Post Offices in the
United States are 98.977. Of which the
President directly appoints the holders OF
s00--the remainder are filed by the Blu.
reau. The number Of offices established
during the year has been 2.l22 and dis
continued $50. Numbe: Of Postmasters
appointed during the year was 8.288; OF
these 4. .595 were to gil vacancies OCCASION
cd by designations. 998 by removals, g.
2.a78 By deaths, 2.f22 new Offices.
y The length OF mail routes in the United
States is goo, sos miles. and lie cost Of
naiItranspcrtation has been S7,79O. 4Io,
being an average Of a fraction over 90
cents mile. During the year the length,
'ofpssial routes has been increased 27.973
miles:
sRcRRTARY OF TREASURY.
The report Of The Secretary OF the Treas.
usy has not been made accessible, but il is
generally understood that il will contain no
recommendation lending 10 disturb mate
rally the existing Tariff law, while modi-
gcations may be suggested in the transfer
Of few articles to schedule other than
those in which they are now enumerated; !;
attaches much Importance TO sstsple tariff,
that interests Of commerce may not be in
jnred. and believing that the present low
tariff will ultimately yield snfficiency cf
revenue. The inference seems to be that
be would rather than the Tariff should be
changed in its prominent features, prefer
% resort to loans in cases Of temporary EN-,
'barfassnent.
sTs SECRETARY OF, INTERIOR.
The Secretary OF the Interior submits
whether il would not be wise policy to pass
A.gfnersl law reserying all aurifefons, sill.
yer and cinnabar mines from sale for the
use and occupancy Of the people Of the u
snited States, under such regulations as
Congress may prescribe, and leaving those
lands containing copper, iron, lead and coal
subject 10 the ordinary laws Of settlement
and sale for their Development.
Helecommends legislation with regard
to public lands in Utah--lo put the lands
surveyed in market. and enable the present
occupants 10 obtain titles TO their homes
by the establishment Of a land Office and
the extension Of pro emption laws to that
territory. At present no settler in the tor.
rilory has legal ttle to his land. The
surveys are progressing and already two
million acres are ready for The market,
The income Of the ensuing year from
the sale Of public lands. is estimated al
$4,000, 900. The income OF the patent
Office for the three quarters ending ia Sep
tembsr, was nearly $5i 600 exceeding
The expenditures upwards OF $4,000.
the report Of the Commissioner Of The
Land Office covers period OF Eve quar-
tsrs, ending Sept. 1853, at which time
there wers surveyed nearly 62,o0o,00o
acres OF land, which had never been offer
ed for sale. During the five quarters there
had been sold 100000 acres, for cash
from which upwards of $500. 900 was
rsslized. The whole amount OF land sold
and located under military warrants and
swamp grants is Is. i 1874, 600 acres.
The report oil the Indian Commissioner
estimates the number II Indians within
our limits at 10000. The whole number
OF tribes and bonds is rs. with Al ofwhich
we have treaty engagements, The guam
tity ofland acquired by these treaties is
upwards Of 58l, 900, 900 acres, and the
cost to government of fulfilling theae treat.
iss has been nearly S50.O0O.oOo. Tie
whole amount Of trust funds held on The
Indian account is upwards OF 8 10, 500 900.
~ SECRETARY OF THE NAVY.
D Tbs Secretary recommends an increase
in the, Navy by the addition OF men and
vessels; that the Government shall pur.
chase the several vessels recently chartered
for the Paraguay expedition, and build up
ten heavily armed vessels Of light draft
The exp ndilures for the year we're nearly
6l4,000,000.
SECRETARY OF WAR.
The S cretary of War, In speaking Of
the war with the Indians on the Pacific,
says that permanent peaes has been eI.
tablshed by treaties entered into with
them. The war In Tsxss may be looked
upon as Just begun, aud the probabilities
are II will be one OF fsrceness and NAV be
Of considerable duration.
The operations Of the Utah army have
been important and frsught with moment.
ous results. The people Of that territory
however. still evince asprit OF inIubordi
nation and strong force need be kept
there.
The estimates foe the next fiscal year
aae sls,oeo.o9o. being 30. 100. .488, less
than for lart year.
THR Way TO KILL RArs.-A writer IN
the Rochester Union proposes new meth
cd for killing rats. His own house being
Z overruu with the yermin, the servant who
had seen the effect of''old Borboun whis
key on bipsds. thought she would try an