Nebraska advertiser., 1860-01-05

lie REPORTS
The Secretary Of Wal reports that
while the authorized strength of the Ar
my is 1876, the number in July last was
only l7,498, and A 1000 of that nunber
were only available for service in The
field. Small as it IS, the force has been
required to man $50 permapeht garri-
sons, posts ana camps, scattered over an
area of three millions of square miles
The whole cost Of the Army is put down
at sl3, O9s, 725, (which he thinks may be
considerably reduced. Ga the condition
Of affairs in Utah, he says:
affairs IN the Territory Of Utah re-
main very much as at the date Of my last
annual report. The army IS inactive and
stands in the attitude ola menacing force
towards a eoHquered-and snllen people.
/ am satisfied that the preservation of
right and Justice, through the means Of
any Jurisprudence known or recognized
by the people Of the United States, is inn
possible in that Territory. 1t is govern
ed, practically, by a system which is in
totaldisregard Of the laws or Constitution
of the land. The laws of the Mormon
Church, and the will of the hierarchy are
alone potential there. Beyond a mere
outward show of -acquiescence in federal
authority, they are as irresponsible to it
| as any foreign nation. There is, In the
present attitude of affairs, scarcely any
necessity for the presence of troops in
Utah, and. they viii be Otherwise dispos.
ed Of in the coming season. =
Murders and robberies Of the most afro
cious character have been perpetrated in
the Territory upon emigrants from the
States jourheying towards the Pacific,
and in Some Of the most shocking instan-
ces by white men disguised as Indians
The general impression amongst those
having opportunity to know, is that these
murders are the work Of the Mormon
people themselves; sanctioned, L not dir
ect6d, BY the authority Of the Mormon
Church Ma n BID
The Report Of the Secretary Of the
Navy entersla into the achievements
Of the Paraguay expedition and the new
arrangements for suppressing the african
slave-trade, Since the commencement
Of the present administration, twenty
steam vessels have been added 20 the
navy.
BY the Report of the Secretary Of the
Interior, we see that during the five
quarters ending September 80, 1889,
18,6l8,183 acres of the public lands were
disposed Of; 4,97O,5O0 acres were sold
for cash, yielding $2,1O7,476; 3,6l7,44O
acres were located with bounty land war
rants. The Secretary recommends that a
law be passed allowing settlers on unof-
fered lands, two years, from the date Of
the filing of the d~eclaratory statement,
within which to pay for their land and
that lands be offered at public sale within
two years after the plats Of survey have
! DS6n hppION6Os " lullu AlAG past gSOA Gil
area Of 3,OI4,9 07 acres hare been sur
veyed in Nebraska, at cost Of $4,000.
The Indian Bureau states that there are
$50. 900 AbOrigenes within the limits of
the Union. asl
The Report Of the Postmaster General
dwells largely upon the financial embar-
rassments Of the year, attributable 10 the
failure of the usual appropriations. The
amount Of Liabilities is 1926, 900. The
gross revenues Of the year we're $685..
ASH The expenditures amount to SILL
55S, I39. The number of ~post-ofices is
2s,539, an aggregate increase Of 562 for
the year, Divers reforms are urged,
especially the abolition Of the franking
privilege.